Excommunication Regarding Outspoken Sexual Matters

[Anonymous]

Thank you old-timer. I agree.

It has been my experience that we are not the only church treating pornography as an addiction (rather than a compulsion or unhealthy coping mechanism). It is a truism that we proclaim our special and unique status, and by doing so we follow all the other churches that do likewise.

[Anonymous]

I just flat out disagree with the idea of excommunication because it doesn’t help anybody. I believe the church is now and always has been wrong to excommunicate people . Christ never kicked anybody out except in the temple, it is not his way.

[Anonymous]

Doubter wrote:

I just flat out disagree with the idea of excommunication because it doesn’t help anybody. I believe the church is now and always has been wrong to excommunicate people . Christ never kicked anybody out except in the temple, it is not his way.

I agree that excommunication or “withdrawal of membership” is generally not helpful and does not help people “repent.” And I agree that it’s not God’s way. I believe God’s love, grace, and mercy are perfectly unconditional.

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