Posted on 04/17/2008 11:43:27 AM PDT by alpha-8-25-02
Answer . . .
YES!
In essentials, unity.
In nonessentials, charity.
In all things, love.
Doctrine unites those that agree with said doctrine.
As my pastor says he is very close friends with the Assembly of God pastor in town but our doctrines do not jive on some things. “So would I ask him to speak from our churches pulpit no and he would not ask me to speak from his.” “Are we both bound for Heaven? yep.”
I say all that to say God made us different. And we chose to worship Him in different ways and our doctrinal beliefs are different as well.
Love the Lord God with all your heart and your mind and
Love your neighbor as you would yourself
I was not doing that, I was only trying to make an important point. What we believe about the jesus we love is defined by our doctrine
My point is that the title of the thread is a false dilemma. "unity" or "doctrine"? Christ commands unity. God desires and expresses through Paul that all be saved and brought to knowledge of the truth. Period. "Unity or doctrine" is not a choice we get to make.
THAT is the same point I would like to make ... it is a hobson's choice. We express our faith /beliefs in our doctrine
What separates the Mormons and the JW’s from you?
I don't go door to door.
That is something we should be doing
Yeah, none of that silly bring a sword and make enemies within families junk for us.
This post needs a barf alert.
Doctrine is what the Bible teaches...it is not how I see God and Christ.
And what if unity IS my doctrine....
Does Mormon doctrine reflect the scriptural truth?
I am dealing with the word doctrine
There is true doctrine and false doctrine.
Not necessarily.
Civility? No, we can all discuss doctrine while remaining civil.
Doctrine matters because doctrine is simply another word for what a person believes.
And that matters.
We see it often here, on FRee Repbulic threads. A religious matter is posted to be discussed, and the subject gets hijacked by some doctrine-waving bigot whose only objective seems to be to attack people who believe differently, and thus prove himself more "worthy" than the poor sorry sods who set up the thread.. It's sick, really.
"Doctrine-waving bigot?" Your assessment sounds quite judgmental. Almost uncivil.
That's a shame. I was running low on After Shave! LOL
JUSSSSSST Teasin'!
You know....I don't think I would have the guts to go door to door....preachin'. The way some folks react to me here (on Free Republic) my life would at risk!
Mature christians desire TRUTH over APPROVAL.
BINGO.
I'd include the sacraments (acknowledging that you and I would disagree on how they should be rightly administered).
> Civility? No, we can all discuss doctrine while remaining civil.
Some folk can’t.
> “Doctrine-waving bigot?” Your assessment sounds quite judgmental. Almost uncivil.
Yup. A civil discussion on Doctrine is healthy and enjoyable. An uncivil one is an unpleasant experience — particularly if it is catalyzed by a doctrine-waving bigot. In such cases it is perfectly OK to be judgmental and respond in kind. But it isn’t pleasant, and I doubt that is what Christ intends for us to do.
oh you mean, “have you been saved?”
BLESS YOU,
I WAS BORN IN THE FLESH ROMAN CATHOLIC,READ MY PROFILE WHEN YOU CAN.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE NOTED MY ABSCENCE FROM THE MUDSLINGING THREADS,COMEPLETELY UN-CHRIST LIKE.
They preserve unity by upholding sound doctrine.
Please don’t shout. Thank you.
(The use of all capitalized letters signifies extreme emphasis. It also makes what you write difficult to read. For some reason — and I do not mean to suggest you fit into any of these categories but it I do mean to warn you that it might make you seem as if you do — it’s also associated with the barely literate or anti-American foreigners.)
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