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To: hosepipe
Are you saying you think the Donatist heresy constitutes a "sheep pen"?

I would venture that even those who have, or who think they have, an intimate personal relationship with IHS might be in error about certain aspects of the truth of Him, and some more seriously in error than others.

So even if I stipulate sheep pens for the time being, then I'd want to ask if some are better pens than others, in your view

4,327 posted on 03/19/2008 12:56:48 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mad Dawg; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
So even if I stipulate sheep pens for the time being, then I'd want to ask if some are better pens than others, in your view ]

Of course there are some pens better than others.. but better is a judgement call.. its an observation.. Some dont see too good.. others see things that are not there.. yet others.. are blind.. Some sheep are not too smart.. i.e. Mormans. JW's ect..

Sheep are not called to be smart they are called to be sheep.. i.e. Apostles argueing which would be greatest in heaven.. Sheep argueing over which pen is best is an old story.. There are even pens within pens.. i.e. orders.. monkdoms, denominations etc..

I tell you the sheep pen metaphor is deep.. The more you identify the characters and operators in the metaphor the deeper it gets.. So more more for US that have observed the prolifieration of the schism of christian identity.. The sheep pens are real.. clubs.. call them churchs.. But be advised the word church in greek means the CALL OUT ONES.. not the penned up ones.. Called out of WHAT?.. read John 10 and you see called out of what..

I know, I know it goes against othodoxy and extant lore but I didnt devise the metaphor.. Do you think the lord was embedding future things, even a prophecy?.. I do.. You know TO KEEP SOME OF US from going even more nutz.. and becomeing cynical..

4,334 posted on 03/19/2008 2:13:08 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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