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Originally Posted by ILG
Good answer. But there is a 'deal breaker' for your family. As well, I think there must also be a time when it is a 'deal breaker' in helping out those around you (vs. submission) lest a person end up saying "Am I my brother's keeper?"
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Okay, I agree with you. There are some deal-breakers. If I believed someone was being taught false doctrine*, I would tell them so. With no qualms or second thoughts. Further, if I thought they were truly being abused by their leadership or if the church were a cult* I would say so.
Abi's personal definitions for clarification of my point -
*false doctrine - any doctrine which would ultimately or immediately lead to disobedience to God, and the loss of their soul.
*cult - any group in which the leader is unaccountable to anyone but himself, and preaches false doctrine, abuses his authority and the people under his authority and shares dangerous concepts and doctrines.
I hesitate to even make these types of posts, because I think the labels of "abusive", "cult", and "false doctrine" are bandied about way to liberally and those who apply them without careful evaluation and analysis risk judging that which is godly as ungodly, and displeasing God as a result.
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