Comments on: Principles and Purposes revision — get the PDF http://boyinthebands.com/archives/principles-and-purposes-revision-get-the-pdf/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:59:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Patrick McLaughlin http://boyinthebands.com/archives/principles-and-purposes-revision-get-the-pdf/comment-page-1/#comment-48702 Patrick McLaughlin Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:33:20 +0000 http://boyinthebands.com/?p=2717#comment-48702 Short form: <i>gag</i> What's the point of investing the immense amount of time and effort involved in discussion in congregations, of General Assembly time and effort (for TWO GAs) to install a revision that consists of enshrining almost unchanged language (I've seen no change of weight or consequence) and equally non-poetic explication? I was excited by what might be coming--and this is so underwhelming as to literally astonish me. I'll just plan to cancel the Adult R.E. program that was going to address the meaning of the principles and the revision... and the weight and import of the changes. This? This falls to the level of trying to get fired up over a comma. Short form: gag
What’s the point of investing the immense amount of time and effort involved in discussion in congregations, of General Assembly time and effort (for TWO GAs) to install a revision that consists of enshrining almost unchanged language (I’ve seen no change of weight or consequence) and equally non-poetic explication?

I was excited by what might be coming–and this is so underwhelming as to literally astonish me. I’ll just plan to cancel the Adult R.E. program that was going to address the meaning of the principles and the revision… and the weight and import of the changes. This? This falls to the level of trying to get fired up over a comma.

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