Posted by ros [ros] on April 05, 1999 at 18:06:46 {6.uz.4vynMdmhhsMJ.h27/SY5I9NtE}:
In Reply to: *Opinion About Reform posted by Kinsman on April 05, 1999 at 13:19:44:
Granted change among authoritarian religionist is indeed slow; but without vocal protests and discussion among protesters, it would
indeed be even slower. So anonymously or not, compelling or not, quantitative or not, reformers
communicating to one another and to
the world, spreading their message through an underground movement; can and will eventually have an impact. �Slow as molasses,
�yes, �but real nonetheless.
In 1992 the Catholic Church officially
admitted error and apologized for its treatment of Galliao. �It seems the Catholic Church now
officially concedes that the earth is not flat and the center of the universe; furthermore they state that the earth was never flat. �Go
Figure
�eh?
Kind Regards - Kinsman
Well, Kinsman, if you're satisfied to wait 400 years for results of your efforts now, perhaps you have a point of sorts. I'm sure there will be a lot of changes in that time. But I don't think that's what people here have in mind. They're concerned with the issues now, such as disfellowshipping people for asking questions about their flawed chronology; expressing doubt about 1914; free choice for whether to accept a blood transfusion. Maybe in 400 years, that will all happen, but I don't think the Witnesses here who have expressed their hope for reform could take credit for that--do you? What good was it for Gallilao that the RCC forgave him in 1992?
Ros