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Originally Posted by aklim
All true. HOWEVER, this is like dealing with muslims and OBL. IF OBL were doing things in the name of the religion that are not part of the religion, isn't it up to the so called moderate muslims who are supposedly the majority to stand up and denounce him? If not, what are we to think? Besides that Islam IS, in fact, in favor of such activities? Same thing here. Where were the good majority to stand up to these actions at the time? So yes, if you called yourself "XYZ" and said you were doing it in the name of the deity of "XYZ" and it was untrue, where was the rest of "XYZ" to dispute that?
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I can't speak for "XYZ", nor other supposedly "Christian" groups, or denominations, However, The Presbyterian Church in America ( my denomination) has a track record of expelling ministers who stray from what they professed to believe at the time of their ordination, or whose actions fall outside of biblical morality. ( In Presbyterian churches, the Ministers are members of a Presbytery; not any local church--the Presbyteries police their own members.)