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Originally Posted by Evangelical
The Bible is against denominations which are factions:
1 Cor 11:19 For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
A denomination is a faction. There's no other way to describe it. You cannot have half a faction or half a unity.
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The idea that the LCM is not a faction is ridiculous. Faction means dissent which means disagreement and implies contentious disagreement.
The LCM is one of the most contentious disagreers out there.
Sorry, the LCM doesn't just get to claim they are the "home base" against which everyone else is dissenting just because the LCM has "no name" and is "on the ground." It doesn't work that way. By claiming you are the IT everyone needs to join you are making yourself the biggest faction.
Paul rebuked those who said in a factious way they were "of Christ." That's exactly what the LCM does. (1 Cor 1:12)
What you need to understand,
Evangelical, is that we are all the church, and none of us gets to say our little group is the one everyone else needs to join up with to realize oneness. To make that claim is itself extremely factious.
To be factious is not just to divide from others, it can also mean to insist everyone be like you. None of us have the right to expect everyone join us and to discredit everyone who doesn't! Insisting everyone join you based on your view of oneness is no different than insisting everyone join you based on your view of baptism. It's just as factious, maybe more so.
Yes, we all need to work toward oneness and cooperation with the rest of the Body. If you look around you can see that happening like it never has in centuries. But for your little group to insist it is the IT everyone needs to line up with, well, it ought to be obvious how factious that really is. Your are "of Christ" more than anyone, you say? Paul rebuked those who made that claim.