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Mrs. Don-o: “On what authority do you say that your personal opinion trumps all the centuries of Christian belief and practice?”

You better be careful, the same was said in defense of slavery and women’s rights....

Using precedent and historical tradition as a guide CAN be useful but certainly is not the fundamental basis for belief!

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Using precedent and historical tradition as a guide CAN be useful but certainly is not the fundamental basis for belief!

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WELL SAID.

THX.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Using precedent and historical tradition as a guide CAN be useful but certainly is not the fundamental basis for belief!

True. But unanimous precedent and for-over-a-dozen-centuries uncontested historic tradition counts for a heckuvalot more, especially when you're talking about a Church which has some hefty guarantees from her Founder.

And BTW, the Church never proclaimed any doctrines supporting the institution of slavery or the oppression of women. Quite the contrary.