[marshmallow]

For our church there are the Articles of Religion and the Confession of Faith. These are not to be adjusted except by vote of 3/4 of the members of each of our geographic regions (annual conferences) present and counted.

So if 3/4 of the members vote that Christ did not rise bodily from the dead, then it's a done deal?

I'm not arguing with the articles of your faith, just wondering whether these issues truly belong to the realm of the democratic process. Christ either did or did not rise from the dead.

A vote simply surveys the state of belief in your church at any one point in time. It does nothing to alter the objective realities of Christ's life, death and resurrection.

Ditto for other moral issues such as the sinfulness of sodomy, theft or murder.

[xzins]

Oh, no. It would be a good thing if I knew that 75% of the people wanted to reject the resurrection.

I'd know then that the candlestick had been removed, and that it was time to depart.

Far better than a rule that says "nothing can be rewritten that has been written." Apostates can really hide behind that.