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Originally Posted by aron
I think it was the Church of Christ. The worker said they don't take a name, but meet as the church in that city. Denominations are wrong, divisive, and unbiblical, he said... In our discussion I mentioned something of music and the worker said that they don't use instruments there, because it isn't in the NT.
And so on. No openness, or friendliness. Just get on board or get out. So I moved on. Paul's epistle lay there, open on the table, merely useful as a means to convince the mark that the Church of Christ was the True Church. As I said, Jesus Himself was merely there to point toward the Church of Christ. I'm not kidding; Jesus' purpose was merely as the entry point to the church. From then on it becomes church, church, church.
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Any group that takes a definitive standing according to a particular practice risks becoming an exclusive group. Wasn't this is the exact issue that WN/WL noticed once upon a time and had hoped to avoid? Did they not see the inevitable fate in insisting upon a new practice in attempt to remedy the problems created by insisting on other practices?
It needs no saying that if a practice is insisted upon, the attitude will probably gravitate towards that of "my way or the highway". How sad it is that those in the LC would divide with other Christians over a practice that they believe is able to produce 'oneness'.