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Originally Posted by Nell
The problem with thinking you've figured out "the church" is...you haven't.
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But Nell, doesn't this idea -- Recovery, Restoration, whatever name -- come from the belief that the RCC corrupted the early Acts church, and that God's blessing, not to mention the return of the Bridegroom, will result if we can only get it back to its pre-corrupted state?
It's a funny idea, when you step back and take a look at it ... very reverse-engineering ... very Cargo Cultic.
And it is exclusive and divisive. It's a, we're the true bride and all y'all, all the rest in Christendom, are not.
That's why the trouble with taking a name. They didn't want to identify with the whores that corrupted the early Acts church. They were/are THE LORD'S RECOVERY. Everybody else is not.
But putting a sign up, now that betrays that they aren't identified with all the rest. I can't believe they are actually doing it. I remember, it was such a source of pride that we had no name.
To me, and I'm not surprised, the sign makes them a laughingstock.
And you are right, all failures of building the church boils down to what causes the failure of all human systems: human nature, even of the "regenerated ones."
That "old man" is like a cartoon character. Drop a piano on him, and flatten him flat as a flitter, and he springs back up, fine as new.