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To: B-Chan
When a comical clown like Swaggart gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, it's an occasion for humor; when one of Our Guys gets busted, it's news. Why? Because the Enemy knows we're For Real, that's why; we rate the deluxe treatment.

Jimmy Swaggert WAS NEWS for a long time. I am not a member of the Assembies of God denomination, but they wasted no time defrocking him when his immoral behavior was discovered. Can't really say that about the Roman Catholic Church. The problem with the Roman Catholic Church and some, but not even nearly a majority of Roman Catholics, is that its claims to be the only true Church may be a reason it has attempted to hide the corruption and sexual abuse within its organization. After all, it is reasonable to conclude that God's church would not tolerate priests who sexually abuse its members.

I will readily agree that the Roman Catholic Church does not have a monopoly in this thinking. There is that organization based in SLC and even some protestant denominations that have tried to cover up these types of crimes as well.

What we must remamber is that a man-created organization, and the Roman Catholic Church is a man-created organization, is not the Catholic (i.e. universal church) Church. The Church is the body of all those who profess Christ as their personal Savior, regardless of discriptive labels they or others put on them.

It seems to me that for the most part, churches within denominations in which local congregations are pretty much independent and non-denominational churches quickly address problems of sexual abuse and serious moral sins of its local leadership. They seem to be much less likely to attempt to cover it up, or at least be less successful at covering it up; althougn I have no doubt that it does happen.

203 posted on 06/16/2003 6:32:31 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: connectthedots
Do you realize how easy it is to be condemned and removed by your local church and move cross country and start a "new" church? Just wondering.
239 posted on 06/16/2003 7:45:55 PM PDT by saradippity
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