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Grouping: i would lump that purpose in with #2 on my list, but if you want to separate it, fine with me.

i do not consider abortion a political issue, it was a moral issue that was politicised, a subtle difference.

This is indicative of what happened in Protestant Churches in the late 19th Century. A majority of Protestant Clergy actively promoted abortion, because they chose to listen to bad science, and not the Word of God. Hence the neccessity to publish and proclaim what is true. In the issue of sexuality, the Roman Catholic Church has made historical, authoritative statements, the Bishops chose not to listen, trusting in "science falsly called". Same thing, both wrong, both factions(Catholic Bishops who bought this nonsense, and Protestant Clergy who devalued human life) need to repent.

It is also obvious that we both need to start by proclaiming the truth IN OUR OWN RESPECTIVE CONGREGATIONS.
A simple rule that Protestants should have learned with prohibition: WHAT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED WILL EITHER NOT COME INTO BEING OR CEASE TO EXIST IF IT DOES.
In our respective traditions, we need to restore the didactic -authoritative teaching-, and stop dialoging to consensus. It seems funny to me that -in spite of the claims of ecumenism- the churches spoke in a more unified voice when they were emphaic about their distinctions from one another. RC's and PC's (Roman Christians, Protestant Christians), spoke as a unified voice on social issues (for the most part) all the while spitting and hissing at each other. Now we're divided on those issues, but nice to each other (again, for the most part, i don't want to get into differences, there is another thread for that!).