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From: djdaneh@pacbell.com (Dan'l DanehyOakes)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Fellowship and doctrinal agreement
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Date: 23 Jan 91 08:18:55 GMT
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Ye Moderator writes:

>[The degree of doctrinal commitment for a number of churches is quite
>limited. . .  A lot of
>differences have to do with church government, liturgy, etc., though I
>admit that there are some general differences in belief.  --clh]

It may be that what I am calling differences in belief, you are referring to
as liturgical and church government... For example, one of the reasons I can't
quite bring myself to become a Catholic is the matter of ecclesiastical
authority; I don't buy it.

Similarly w.r.t. liturgy:  they do indeed vary, and to participate in a prayer
I disagreed with would be, imho, lying to God.

While I'm as human as the next & realize I undoubtedly lie to myself and to
God, I can't feature doing it _knowingly_.

Dan'l