Sonia Johnson was excommunicated in the late 1970s for teaching people not to let missionaries into their homes. She was pushing the Equal Rights Amendment, which the Church opposed. She wanted to put political pressure on the Church by having people not allow missionaries into their homes. She refused to back down, and her bishop had no choice but to excommunicate her for teaching a doctrine that opposed a fundamental teaching of the Church. Normally, this would not have been made public, but she made a big to-do of it in the press, and the Church had no choice but to defend itself in the media. K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Paul: No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false doctrine. Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
