bertramr (http://bertramr.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Re-Gentrifying Our Lady of Sorrows (Concordia, St....":
Autocrats run the various synods to take care of themselves, their families, and their friends. If you doubt it, follow their doctrine or lack of doctrine over time. Time is the key. Most people do not connect the points over gaps in time. They tend to forget or fail to see the patterns.
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GJ - If the agenda is to keep things running smoothly, at least to keep up that appearance, doctrine will decline to the point of pure atheism, as it does in all official ELCA actions. This does not keep WELS and Missouri from working closely with them, because all the synods have the same agenda. ELCA is just a bit more obvious.
If the agenda is to be faithful to the Word, there will be turmoil, conferences, debates, pamphlet (or blog) wars, splits, brother against brother. Paul and Jesus said so, but the church bureaucrats see that as it is, a threat to their comfort, security, and bimbos.
