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Originally Posted by triumphant1
But, how is a TV allowance different for you in that many of those same Missouri churches allow things such as wedding rings and shorter sleeves right now and have for the years that you have been in the org?
Are not your people already accustomed to other UPC churches holding a different line?
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In some ways, you could say it is the same. However, there comes a time in which the organization adds "the straw that broke the camel's back." I personally believe that for the UPC to condone the use of television IN ANY FORM is, indeed, a MAJOR step backward with regards to our overall holiness stand. I realize that many people disagree with this conclusion, but it is the way I percieve it. Therefore, once the UPCI changes its stand on television, I will no longer maintain my license with them.
Surely everyone understands the principle of gradualism. If a minister does not have SOME line, then the UPCI could (theoretically, of course) change its fundamental doctrine and it would not affect that minister. There HAS to be (at least in my mind) some "line of demarcation." For me, television is that line.
"Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and
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