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To: Terabitten
In any (Protestant) church I’ve ever attended, no practicing homosexual (or admitted adulterer or fornicator, for that matter) was allowed to have any position of authority or leadership within the church. They could attend church, but that was it. They couldn’t be a deacon or elder, help lead worship, couldn’t even teach a Sunday School class.

I guess for you, Anglicanism is not considered Protestant anymore ? They've ordained more than one gay bishop already ( openly gay and living with their partners too ).
34 posted on 04/09/2010 9:12:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I guess for you, Anglicanism is not considered Protestant anymore ? They've ordained more than one gay bishop already ( openly gay and living with their partners too ).

Please note that I said "Protestant churches I've attended." I've never attended an apostate church (ie, one that accepts the homosexual "lifestyle" or that didn't accept the inerrancy of Scripture). I could be snarky and say that you can't really consider those other organizations as "churches" anymore, because, well, they're just overgrown social clubs.

I knew someone was going to immediately post all the Protestant churches that accept gays, but as far as I'm concerned, those "churches" are no longer Christian. As I said before, they're just vaguely religious social clubs.

I'm an old-school, 5-point Calvinist -- but theologically, I have more in common with the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church than I do with the Presbyterian Church (USA). At least the conservative Protestant denominations, the RCC, and the Orthodox are generally holding the line in matters of morality.

37 posted on 04/09/2010 9:47:07 AM PDT by Terabitten ("Don't retreat. RELOAD!!" -Sarah Palin)
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To: SeekAndFind

I personally don’t consider them Christian anymore. They are no different than the Unitarians.


44 posted on 04/09/2010 10:35:21 AM PDT by BenKenobi ("we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be")
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