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02-15-2007 11:35
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That creedal thing
Marshall,
I thought I understood what you meant by dogma, but I am not so sure now. Are dogmas the set of beliefs that are taught by the meetings and that are generally believed by its members? If the people in our meeting have a general agreement about religious matters would that establish the dogmas of our meeting? Since our membership changes over the years, do the dogmas also change? Should we look to meetings of decades ago for our dogmas? Or centuries ago? I guess it is not clear to me what \"established\" means in your sentence, \"dogmas were established because Friends collectively felt a divine imperative ...\". To come to unity in our yearly meeting or even the local Friends Meeting about something much less complicated than a dogma, like the wording of a brochure or a faith and practice document, can be tedious and brings light to differences in understanding that would not have otherwise been apparent. How would we know what the dogma is that is \"established\" if it is not established by a human structure? IP: 151.213.107.242
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