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08-19-2009, 11:16 AM
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By we, I mean the denomination I inhabit. The news is that after a 25 year existence, the PC(USA) has lost a million people, about a third of all who once called this denomination home: PC(USA) - Research Services - Comparative Statistics 2008
You fill in the rest....
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08-19-2009, 11:25 AM
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Remember Toby the great words of Clifton Kirkpatrick (former Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), obscenely liberal) concerning the membership loss?
"It is not like they are going to more conservative congregations, they are leaving the church completely".
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08-19-2009, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian  "It is not like they are going to more conservative congregations, they are leaving the church completely". | As if to say, "At least it's not all bad." 
Hadn't thought of this before, but it is much akin to a communistic purge of the population, in order to bring about the workers' paradise.
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08-19-2009, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Wayne Quote:
Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian "It is not like they are going to more conservative congregations, they are leaving the church completely". | As if to say, "At least it's not all bad."
Hadn't thought of this before, but it is much akin to a communistic purge of the population, in order to bring about the workers' paradise. | So, you're thinking this is like what Stalin did to the Ukrainian peasants?
I like that way you think!
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08-19-2009, 11:43 AM
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What has happened to the PC(USA) is so very sad.
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