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Originally Posted by Steadfast
My reasoning is fairly simple. Let me clarify for you... when you see things like the PAW's recent vote that almost kicked the doors open to say, "False doctrine doesn't matter" you start seeing why other Apostolics (not just UPC either) are quick to get nervous about people who want to erase the lines of Apostolic distinctives - whether they be Resolution 4 or anything else.
There is a faction of the Apostolic movement that are concerned about the 'direction' our movement will go if we keep saying, "Well, this doesn't matter anymore and that doesn't matter anymore".
When you see a well established group like the PAW that can even remotely consider false doctrine as a viable option... well... many Apostolics can't help but wonder "Is this where we'll eventually end up?"
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OKay, sure....ask the question "Where will we end up?" That is only reasonable. But lack of standards does not automatically equal trinitariansim because many standards holders ARE trinitarian. When someone decides to cause division over a MAYBE that is serious cause for concern. The conservatives are maybe saying that this issue is causing division because some are getting liberal, but the truth is that the conservatives are going to FORCE division out of nothing but FEAR over a MAYBE. That's pretty serious if you ask me. I think the latter is worse than the former.
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