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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 08:45:49 CDT
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- From: Ian Williams <iwilliam@AU.ORACLE.COM>
- Subject: Re: Interrupting a worship service.
- In-Reply-To: <01GSUHVHAGLE99DI9B@asu.edu>; from "DRCV06::GRAHAM" at Dec 28,
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- >The simple facts are that people who call themselves Christians were
- >engaging in the disruption of a Christian worship service, how they did it
- >is irrelevant.
- >
- The question on whether or not it was a christian worship service might
- be raised.. Although i know very little of the circumstances, I find
- it hard to believe that the sorts of things that these people stand for
- in anyway reflect the life of the Holy Spirit living within..
-
- Can a christian interrupt a service of satanists if they call themselves
- christian??
-
- >Jesus said that where two, three or more are gathered in His name, He is in
- >their midst. How can somebody who claims to be a follower of the Master
- >justify the interruption of such a service? To say that the particular
- >church in question was engaging in non-Christian things regarding their
- >teen sexuality seminars is a poor excuse at best.
-
- In His Name? Just as the satanists might be gathered in HIS name..
-
- I am not neccesarily justifying what these people did, mainly because I dont
- understand it. But you basically cannot make blanket statements that a
- christian service cannot be interrupted under any circumstances.
-
- >Dan Graham
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