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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
I don't disagree with this view outright. I only disagree with it when it is next to a view that I must be in a particular group in order to be right with God (as a matter of doctrine, not personal conviction for the Lord). When I am required to remain in a group, then the authority problems come in. When I am free to leave, according to my conscience, then I have no problem with the view that leaders should be respected and submitted to within the sphere of their organization.
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Peter,
Then we agree, because that's exactly what I was trying to say.
How can any human being
require you to remain in a group, anyway, or say that because you are not in this or that particular group you are at odds with the Church? How insane is that? Yet, this is what our LSM friends do.