Originally Posted by Mrs.Johnnie McInnis
Mike,
I understand what you're saying about the community, etc, but what has that got to do with the reason the man was excommunicated from the church? To me, if a church gets upset when you study and ask questions, it's not much of a church. My church encourages people to study and ask all the questions they want.

Bill,
No MAN can cut off a person from God. If that person is living his life according to God's will, a church can't cut him off. That's why I think it's so crazy that a church like that can claim all power in everything. Look at all the children they have molested. What kind of leadership is that? If they would let their priests marry, I don't think they would have the problems they do.


Mrs. McInnis,

The man was not excommunicated from the church. A priest in the church wrongly tried to excommunicate him, the church did not allow it.

Bill, Many men try to cut people off from God. Some here are trying to. No, a church can't cut people off from God, and that's not what would have happened in the example, a church, however, can cut people off from the church. In this case, it didn't happen.

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