JUST PREACHERS MAJOR Crackdown! turning WPF??????? - Page 103

timlan2057 · #**1021** 10-27-2008, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leaf

Are cloistered clerics a concept contradictory to our confession of the priesthood of all believers?

Is that like "Peter Piper picked a pail of pickled peppers"?

Uh ... actually it probably ain't like that.

I mean, I'm sure they're discussing how many angels can fit on the head of a pin or something.

MissBrattified · #**1022** 10-27-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by timlan2057

Is that like "Peter Piper picked a pail of pickled peppers"?

Uh ... actually it probably ain't like that.

I mean, I'm sure they're discussing how many angels can fit on the head of a pin or something.

The real question is whether it is a literal pin, or an idiom similar to the "eye of a needle", e.g., a gate that's big enough for a camel. (Isn't the camel gate a myth?)

I would guess if it is a literal pin, then only shape-shifting angels need apply, and really, how many of those are there? But if "pin" is code for "the whole universe", then I imagine the numbers would be a lot bigger.

Maple Leaf · #**1023** 10-27-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

All believers? Priests? Who are you? Martin Luther?

It's a little idea I got from St. Peter.

Believers will reign as Kings and serve as Priests in the Kingdom, but for now they can't even read the postings of their betters.

Maple Leaf · #**1024** 10-27-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by timlan2057

Is that like "Peter Piper picked a pail of pickled peppers"?

Uh ... actually it probably ain't like that.

I mean, I'm sure they're discussing how many angels can fit on the head of a pin or something.

The best feature of a closed forum for clerics is that it prevents parishioners from knowing how much time the clerics spend ministering online.

timlan2057 · #**1025** 10-27-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leaf

It's a little idea I got from St. Peter.

Believers will reign as Kings and serve as Priests in the Kingdom, but for now they can't even read the postings of their betters.

Well, it's kinda like this ...

When a prominent poster on FCF started his own forum for a little while, many threads started were of this nature:

"Did you see where so-and-so posted such-and-such of FCF (or NFCF or AFF)?

Then some cheerleader would reply:

"Yes ... wasn't that ridiculous?"

Then a couple more cheerleaders would reply with some snarky or (in their mind) witty remark and in the minds of that board - they dealt with the issue and destroyed the arguments of those liberals/heathens.

Of course, what went unsaid was the liberal/heathen was prohibited from their private enclave and could not respond.

So ... these "private" good-ole-boy, country club boards give some folks the enviable task of destroying arguments that run counter to their culture and tradition without the inconvenience of opposing ideas being articulated.

This seems to run in cycles when the pack posters all leave at once from FCF/NFCF/AFF.

Michael Phelps · #**1026** 10-27-2008, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Where did you see Apostolic women that look like those women? It has been very rare and I preach for ultra-cons.

I see them all over, Elder. I also see the fashionable UPC women, but trust me, there are prairie dress wearin' women intermingled.

And, besides that, it's inconsequential - to the "outsider" (i.e. non-Apostolic), all women who wear dresses, no jewelry, no makeup, and have their hair done up, or long and uncut are in the same camp. I know. They ask me if that's "our group" that they're seeing on TV.

MissBrattified · #**1027** 10-27-2008, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

...They ask me if that's "our group" that they're seeing on TV.

I think this makes me want to dress like a hussy just to "come out from among them and be...separate!"

Maple Leaf · #**1028** 10-27-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by timlan2057

Well, it's kinda like this ...

When a prominent poster on FCF started his own forum for a little while, many threads started were of this nature:

"Did you see where so-and-so posted such-and-such of FCF (or NFCF or AFF)?

Then some cheerleader would reply:

"Yes ... wasn't that ridiculous?"

Then a couple more cheerleaders would reply with some snarky or (in their mind) witty remark and in the minds of that board - they dealt with the issue and destroyed the arguments of those liberals/heathens.

Of course, what went unsaid was the liberal/heathen was prohibited from their private enclave and could not respond.

So ... these "private" good-ole-boy, country club boards give some folks the enviable task of destroying arguments that run counter to their culture and tradition without the inconvenience of opposing ideas being articulated.

This seems to run in cycles when the pack posters all leave at once from FCF/NFCF/AFF.

The simple reality is that there are "Apostolic" teachings that rely on a form of magisterium. Without the special authority vested in an informal episcopacy, there are doctrines that simply collapse under the weight of even elementary scrutiny. (The "beards" discussion on this thread is a good example)

Boy, I miss WWOD on days like this.