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    The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Thursday to allow pastors to marry same-sex couples in states where it is legal, the church said on its Twitter account.


    Thoroughly disappointed in yet another denomination's compromise with the world...
    That's what
    - She

    Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
    - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

    I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
    - Stephen R. Donaldson

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    Only in states where it's legal? That hardly seems to make sense, unless we're talking only about civilly-recognized ceremonies, as opposed to purely religious ones.
    Don't call it a comeback. It's a riposte.

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    • #3
      I know a PCUSA pastor who is in the process of breaking off and forming a new denomination. I hate the idea of schism but sometimes it's necessary in these cases. (My own denomination, the American Baptists, broke off from the Southern Baptists over slavery in the 19th century).
      "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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      • #4
        Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
        I know a PCUSA pastor who is in the process of breaking off and forming a new denomination. I hate the idea of schism but sometimes it's necessary in these cases. (My own denomination, the American Baptists, broke off from the Southern Baptists over slavery in the 19th century).
        Perhaps he should join with another denomination that meets his beliefs. Why form yet another denomination when there are still good ones out there already?
        That's what
        - She

        Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
        - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

        I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
        - Stephen R. Donaldson

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
          Perhaps he should join with another denomination that meets his beliefs. Why form yet another denomination when there are still good ones out there already?
          It's an organized movement of conservative PCUSA churches. Apparently they don't want to just join the PCA and I don't know much about the situation to know why.
          "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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          • #6
            Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
            I know a PCUSA pastor who is in the process of breaking off and forming a new denomination. I hate the idea of schism but sometimes it's necessary in these cases. (My own denomination, the American Baptists, broke off from the Southern Baptists over slavery in the 19th century).
            That's why we're sharing out "Baptist" Church Building with a bunch of Lutherans --- they broke off from the main Lutheran Denomination/Synods because of things like this, and named themselves "Abiding Word Lutheran Church".
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
              The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Thursday to allow pastors to marry same-sex couples in states where it is legal, the church said on its Twitter account.


              Thoroughly disappointed in yet another denomination's compromise with the world...
              Well,it's not a surprise, after all, they are a Protestant denomination.



              /endsarc

              Seriously though, come on Presbyterians! Are you really going to let this sick fetish mascaraed as normalcy and love? Hopefully, it's overturned, somehow. (I'm not aware of how Protestant Churches decide doctrines and such.)
              Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

              -Thomas Aquinas

              I love to travel, But hate to arrive.

              -Hernando Cortez

              What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?

              -Frederick 2, Holy Roman Emperor

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              • #8
                Originally posted by TimelessTheist View Post
                Seriously though, come on Presbyterians! Are you really going to let this sick fetish mascaraed as normalcy and love? Hopefully, it's overturned, somehow. (I'm not aware of how Protestant Churches decide doctrines and such.)
                Probably won't be as General Assembly is the top of the authority pyramid. (Especially now that the Bible is gone.) The Presbyteries still have to approve the change but since the conservatives are stampeding out the door, that will just be a formality.
                "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                • #9
                  They also voted to divest on Israel today.
                  That's what
                  - She

                  Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                  - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                  I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                  - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
                    The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Thursday to allow pastors to marry same-sex couples in states where it is legal, the church said on its Twitter account.


                    Thoroughly disappointed in yet another denomination's compromise with the world...
                    Disappointing, but not a surprise. PC-USA has been compromising for a long time now. In other news, they've been hemorrhaging members for a long time now.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                      Disappointing, but not a surprise. PC-USA has been compromising for a long time now. In other news, they've been hemorrhaging members for a long time now.
                      Add my congregation to the hemorrhage we just got out of debt and can leave with a clear conscience now.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by TimelessTheist View Post
                        Well,it's not a surprise, after all, they are a Protestant denomination.



                        /endsarc

                        Seriously though, come on Presbyterians! Are you really going to let this sick fetish mascaraed as normalcy and love? Hopefully, it's overturned, somehow. (I'm not aware of how Protestant Churches decide doctrines and such.)
                        the only thing we can do now is what my congregation is doing leave a denomonation in rebellion Presbyterian USA is in rebellion and refuses to listen to those who tried to lead them to the right path.

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