[nobdysfool]

And this Church was an established physical church with bishops, presbyters, and deacons tasked with the responsibility for teaching and disciplining her members.

You guys sure do like all that structure...I guess it's like a security blanket; it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

[D-fendr]

I'm pretty fond of warm, but if you wanna talk really fuzzy, see Drs. Heisenberg and Shrödinger.

Don't know what their church is.

[RobbyS]

Structure is necessary to an society, but any First Century person would have regarded radical individualism as very odd. They lived in a patriarchial society that easily accepted diferent levels in society. But so do we. Every company has a hierarchy of power, no matter how democratic their manners may be.

[Titanites]

And this Church was an established physical church with bishops, presbyters, and deacons tasked with the responsibility for teaching and disciplining her members.

You guys sure do like all that structure...I guess it's like a security blanket; it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

I sure do. And so did Christ. Read all about it in the Bible.