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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I understand you aren't forced to buy something that you don't want, but it looks like a racket to me.
Someone spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars to put this thing on and a cynical type might say the whole course is a sales pitch for someone else to do the same and sell a few books, cds, stickers and postcards along the way.
I hope they aren't tax exempt.
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Religious material isn't tax exempt. In any case the church or denomination would cover the costs.
I've heard of the program. i could probably dig up some commentary
on it if pressed. Going by memory I believe it was designed by an Anglican
and was first used in England. It has had widespread appeal because it is general enough not to conflict with most mainstream denomination's dogma.
Personally I don't like ecumenical ism and this course promotes it by focusing on what is common ground among Christians at the expense of omitting what causes us to stand apart. Much of the Christian world has been lead to believe that unity is so important that we should seek it even if it means compromise. Fidelity to wards God has been replaced with this dogma of unity. Churches have become focused on pleasing there dwindling numbers rather then God.