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   From: toomuchspam@spammer.org   
      
   Bree wrote:   
      
   >>Well, they judge everything they do by M.C./Mere X-ism. If it fits --   
   >>in their sincere-but-not-infallible opinion -- they allow it; if not,   
   >>they don't.   
   >   
   > But you just said "Sincere  Christians have both condemned those   
   > things... and supported them." So why would that be different in your   
   > MC world? Why wouldn't they continue to disagree about this?   
      
   They would, or they might in some M.C. worlds. In others, they'd all   
   agree with each that it was wrong to wage wars, burn witches and gays...   
   or the opposite.   
      
   > /snip/   
   >>>>>>If I were a minority denomination, a homosexual, a Jew, a black, a   
   >>>>>>Muslim, a woman, etc, my apprehension would be even higher. "Mere   
   >>>>>>Christianity" is ELOQUENT about core theological doctrines, but   
   >>>>>>SILENT about whether it's right or wrong to use severe forms of   
   >>>>>>punishment/execution, to wage war against other Christians, to   
   >>>>>>grant women and minorities equal rights, etc, etc.   
   >   
   > Again, since MC is silent about these questions, maybe people would   
   > continue to disagree, just as here.   
      
   Yes, but how can MC be silent on things that seem much more important   
   than things it has a lot to say about? I hope people here agree that not   
   persecuting people who disagree with you is much more important than   
   believing in the Resurrection or that Christ literally walked on water.   
   MC seems to believe it's the other way around.   
      
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