[Cvengr]

There is a difference between going to Church to continue in a sanctification process by God, cleaning up a scarred soul, and instead unrepentantly identifying oneself with sin without turning away from known sin.

The the latter case, sanctification isn’t possible, but in the former case, it is preconditioned upon turning away from sin and returning to God on His terms.

[Vigilanteman]

No disagreement from me. But even a weak sinner who has cycles of improvement and relapse is far far, far preferable to a militant one who wants to drag down the congregation with them and have the sin sanctioned as "normal" or "the way God made me" or "just another lifestyle" or other such claptrap.

At least, the backslider realizes they are wrong and actually wants to shed the sin.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “The the latter case, sanctification isn’t possible, but in the former case, it is preconditioned upon turning away from sin and returning to God on His terms.” <<

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Exactly, and that is why AA, and similar orgs, are wrong to the core, and spiritually destructive. They teach that one can learn to avoid their sin without fully gaining victory over it.
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