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Originally Posted by OBW
Or mooing cows. Sound Familiar anyone?
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Yes. 'Incestuous Moabites' comes to mind, too. Lee had such a colorful grab bag of put-downs, didn't he?
In general, though, the idea that one group gets to call itself "the church in..." and, by squatter's rights I guess, gets to consider their leaders as the default leaders of the whole city is pretty far-fetched. The idea that God is waiting for everyone to join that group is even more far-fetched.
But the LC doesn't even recognize squatter's rights, really. They've never recognized a church which called itself "the church in..." which wasn't compliant with their movement. The best they would do is come into town, tell the group it needed to align with the LC's. When the group would say "No, we don't," the LCers would then disregard them and set up their own shop. I doubt they even bother with this shallow gesture anymore.
Oneness and unity? Wonderful! As defined by the LC? Deeply flawed and dangerous.