Re: Fw: RE: [TruthTalk] Love or Rebuke?

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:47:00 -0500 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Be ye therefore perfect,  even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.   Dean, et. al.,   The perfection JC speaks of here is rooted in 'loving one's enemies' (too)--not merely/only in loving one's 'brethren'   Such love (and perfection) is God's, alone, isolated in this passage by JC himself; no other aspect of personal relationship to God, to Christ, or to other people is involved in it   However by legislating such perfection, as neither God nor Christ do, one may (therefore) be/come 'imperfect', which is to nullify if not defy the explicit outcome that JC is hoping to instill in his people    In sum, JCs idea in this passage is for his followers to recognize God's love both for them(selves) and for ALL others; and, in turn, to love people in this same way, God's way, without makin' a big deal out of it..   (..secretly? perhaps; humbly? certainly)   It's wise to think carefully, not only about the Mormon ideology on TT, but about any/all of the posts in which you are involved (even this one:) ? Yep; I'd say so, and, if someone comes along and subtly suggests, legislatively, that JCs followers aren't perfect (for whatever reason)--how are thry gonna respond?   Are they gonna counter/argue that they are perfect (publically) or agree (publically) that they aren't?   Should I ask: WWJD?    (How did it come to this?:)   gentlemen