I don't get your point with "Pastors carelessly impose on the congregation (this or that ministry needs people, scheduling regular meetings besides those on Sundays)"
The early church met daily, not just once a week. Are you objecting to church meetings other than just on the Lords Day?
"They very soon after instituted wine-only Lord's Supper w/o any warning or even congregational discussion.... We had to resign"
Obviously this should have been discussed, however clearly using wine is biblically correct. If they went from using bread and wine in the Lords Supper to thimbles of juice and crackers I would leave as this is unbiblical (assuming ther were an alternative gathering).
I have always found that juice and crackers (like rock and roll music) is indicative of other underlaying issues / spiritual problems in the church. Juice is fake and crackers are dead and dry. The plastic thimbles represent disunity and a lack of genuiness.
Most likely, I've seen half of it so far. I think overall it is very good, although I question the connection with Margaret Thatcher and the 'measurements' of sun spot activity many centuries in the past.
But questioning such points pales into insignificance when compared with the whoppers GW adherents ask us to accept without question. Man-made GW is a religious belief and can only be accepted by blind faith.
Forget the laptop - I've met robot pastors. There are several about here in fact.
Must confess I've had the temptation to drop a brick on their foot to see if any sign of emotion can be obtained, or even a shift in the monotone drone.
3/13/07 4:09 PM
This aspect is no different from Islam at all.
3/9/07 6:03 AM
