Quote:
Originally Posted by Igzy
Either: - I got the wrong leading, in which case you have to form an opinion that I am wrong and therefore divisive.
- You got the wrong leading. (How you resolve that is up to you.)
- There is some third group both of us missed.
- The "truth" of the doctrine is not the truth you thought it was.
|
Since the one practical church per city doctrine forces the adherent to reject others' personal leadings of which group to meet with which conflict with the one he holds to be correct, the doctrine is by its very nature sectarian. The adherent cannot both believe that he is following the right eldership and honor the leading of someone else in the city who feels led to follow another eldership, even if both elderships meet on the "ground," because there can be only one practical church and so only one practical eldership. So the adherent must either at some level consider all others divisive, or admit that he is still not clear who the eldership is, or reject the doctrine of one practical church per city.
So either all others are sectarian, or the local ground adherent is sectarian. Again, there can be no middle ground.