The basis of this goes way back in history and it has an up side and a downside like all human endeavours.
The church for all of it's obvious flaws has also provided shelter for persons who have ben persecuted by the state and or are downtrodden. However this is way off topic and a subject of another Yahoo group. ; ) Alan On 2014-10-31, at 08:37 AM, Dee wrote: Which I think is all wrong...dee Sent from my iPad On 31 Oct 2014, at 12:52, AJR <[email protected]> wrote: > church is regulated by common law and state is done > by civil and corporate law..They can not be connected > in a court of law without much difficulty..Genesis has its > own legal status system and protection. > > From: pal joey > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 9:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>MMS and "Church" > > > Please widen your focus Folks, and learn about Church and State > relationships before you pontificate of the merits or demerits of forming a > "church", which Jim Humble has done. It is done to ward off attacks by the > State, because laws protect " practice of religion". Therefore, stating what > you believe carries much weight, and the State is required to "leave you > alone", in most cases, for practicing your "religion".
