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Originally Posted by Ohio
Brother Matt,
When like-minded observers like Timotheist, who come back to the forum with a fresh perspective, and are startled with what they view as an "obsession" in your posts, then shouldn't you consider his point of view? Observations are what they are, even if they are not loaded with "information."...
...Hoping for peace in Christ Jesus.
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No matter how it goes, it is a good thing for everyone to have freedom to speak their own view and experience. Let's all pray the Lord bring us together in peace and moderation. In my experience, it is the extremes where one get's into trouble. Philippians 4:5 - Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
The Chinese culture brought into many of the local churches cannot be discounted. I, for one, watched the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies with total understanding of how that many people could be brought together into total syncronization. I understood this because of my own experience with this culture. Even with that said, I remember when I kept a sister from Taiwan in my home for a period of time. She had tons of questions which I was not accustomed to hearing or answering. She had her own opinion. She did not understand why sisters here did not wear makeup, high heals, or nice clothing. She did not understand why we did not have big weddings. She said it was very different in Taiwan. So perhaps we had just created our own new culture of Quaker-Chinese-Protestant Fundamentalist-Brethren-Pentacostal-Sort-a-kinda
(I hope you get the point)