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    I'm watching this Netflix documentary "The Family." It is about a very powerful, secret Christian fellowship based in the DC area. This is the first time I have heard of them, and I'm not sure what to think.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fe..._organization)


    https://www.cosmopolitan.com/enterta...ix-true-crime/
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    Originally posted by seer View Post
    I'm watching this Netflix documentary "The Family." It is about a very powerful, secret Christian fellowship based in the DC area. This is the first time I have heard of them, and I'm not sure what to think.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fe..._organization)


    https://www.cosmopolitan.com/enterta...ix-true-crime/
    Interesting. My immediate concern was "why secret?" but they address that.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      Interesting. My immediate concern was "why secret?" but they address that.
      In only two episodes in (there are five) and so far Netflix is pretty fair. But the connections are far reaching and across party line.
      Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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      • #4
        Originally posted by seer View Post
        I'm watching this Netflix documentary "The Family." It is about a very powerful, secret Christian fellowship based in the DC area. This is the first time I have heard of them, and I'm not sure what to think.
        For them to confess lust of power to peers, then continue doing same powergrubbing next day?
        Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
          For them to confess lust of power to peers, then continue doing same powergrubbing next day?
          what?

          Please if you stop speak like Boris Badenov, comrade.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by seer View Post
            I'm watching this Netflix documentary "The Family." It is about a very powerful, secret Christian fellowship based in the DC area. This is the first time I have heard of them, and I'm not sure what to think.


            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fe..._organization)


            https://www.cosmopolitan.com/enterta...ix-true-crime/
            It's allegedly a conservative Christian group, but the views mentioned mostly don't seem very conservative.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
              It's allegedly a conservative Christian group, but the views mentioned mostly don't seem very conservative.
              Well as far as things like abortion and gay marriage they are quite conservative.
              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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              • #8
                Originally posted by seer View Post
                Well as far as things like abortion and gay marriage they are quite conservative.
                portrayed in a judgmental way?
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  From the Wikipedia article:

                  He opines that their theological teaching of instant forgiveness has been useful to powerful men, providing them a convenient excuse for misdeeds or crimes and allowing them to avoid accepting responsibility or accountability for their actions.[
                  I'd like to know what Sharlet means by that. The idea of Christians being able to be forgiven immediately upon repentance seems unobjectionable based on 1 John 1:9. In context, is he implying that they believe there are no further consequences for sin once you've asked for forgiveness, like that you don't need to try to right the wrongs you created?
                  "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                    From the Wikipedia article:



                    I'd like to know what Sharlet means by that. The idea of Christians being able to be forgiven immediately upon repentance seems unobjectionable based on 1 John 1:9. In context, is he implying that they believe there are no further consequences for sin once you've asked for forgiveness, like that you don't need to try to right the wrongs you created?
                    Kinda like regularly being in a drunken brawl on Friday night, then going to Saturday morning confession, and all is well?
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post

                      I'd like to know what Sharlet means by that. The idea of Christians being able to be forgiven immediately upon repentance seems unobjectionable based on 1 John 1:9. In context, is he implying that they believe there are no further consequences for sin once you've asked for forgiveness, like that you don't need to try to right the wrongs you created?
                      Right in the two cases of infidelity that were mentioned in the series it was all about stopping the behavior getting the family reconciled.
                      Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                        portrayed in a judgmental way?
                        Yes...
                        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                          Kinda like regularly being in a drunken brawl on Friday night, then going to Saturday morning confession, and all is well?
                          Key word: regularly. That means there's been no repentance.
                          "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by seer View Post
                            Right in the two cases of infidelity that were mentioned in the series it was all about stopping the behavior getting the family reconciled.
                            I guess Mrs CP and I will give this a look.

                            Our experience with previous Netflix series is that they tend to start out "decent", then get progressively worse. We were really blown away when "designated survivor" suddenly devolved into a "F-word" context in the (3rd? 4th?) season, and we could no longer watch it.
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                              Key word: regularly. That means there's been no repentance.
                              I actually added that word in after I posted.

                              That was my experience when I was a cop - the Catholic Church just up the street from the PD would REGULARLY have "game nights" or such at their facility on Friday nights, drunken brawls would break out, then they'd have a good crowd for Saturday morning confession (so I was told by one of their serial combatants).
                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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