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The scourge of
coercion - Conform or be condemned!
In an organised group, the lust to coerce all into conformity or be ostracised is always
present. If someone claims that the group he represents is an exception, I will
gladly grant him the benefit of the doubt. When I was among the RBs, I
experienced it personally... one has to toe the line "This is what WEEEEE
believe." They will quote their favourite "reformed" theologians
to shut you up. But I was reading things in the Scriptures that plainly (to me
anyway) repudiate some of their cherished fables, but I just had to toe the line and stick to their "standard reformed position" because those
theologians knew better! And when I did begin to speak up, I was sacked,
shunned, and smeared.
But that was the
best thing that happened to me. I was unshackled, and felt so liberated... for
the first time I felt like a FREEEEEEEEEEE man in Christ Jesus.
So, I'm very wary of joining any church group that will give license to some men to hound and
lord over the Lord's people.
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Charles Page
Sing, you are
correct about the coercion of RBs and so so-called Calvinists. I have commented a
little lately on the Limited Atonement FB board, and it is useless unless you
"toe the line" with their theology. Why have a board if there is one
line to toe? When you oppose their view, they go ad hominem on you!
This same coercion permeates all facets of society, no matter where you are.
