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Fred Thompson called out on his profession of faith Evangelical prof: not active in church
worldnetdaily.com ^ | Posted: June 10, 2007

Posted on 06/21/2007 6:57:50 AM PDT by DBCJR

Doubts continue to swirl over Fred Thompson's faith ... Thompson shot back that he's not only a Christian, but a member of the fundamentalist Churches of Christ.

...Professor Mark Elrod of Harding University said he doubts Thompson is "filling out an attendance card at a Church of Christ on Sundays." ...he hasn't been able to find any information regarding the former senator's actual membership... "In our tradition," Elrod said, "that's called 'being out of fellowship' or a 'lapsed member.'"

... WND has learned Thompson was baptized into Christ in the early 1950s at the First Street Church of Christ in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

His mother, Ruth Thompson, regularly attends the Brentwood Church of Christ near Nashville... Fred Thompson is known to worship there when he visits his mother.

In 1997, Thompson spoke at a fund-raising event at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn. – another college affiliated with the Churches of Christ – where he was presented with a Bible. He and his parents have set up academic scholarships in their names there.

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According to a spokesman for Focus on the Family, Dobson had not not meant to disparage Thompson and was simply "attempting to highlight that to the best of his knowledge, Sen. Thompson hadn't clearly communicated his religious faith, and many evangelical Christians might find this a barrier to supporting him."

Dobson told reporter Dan Gilgoff he had never met Thompson ...

Thompson and his first wife, Sara Lindsey, divorced in 1985. The Church of Christ frowns on divorce, and believes only "fornication," or sexual infidelity, can be grounds for divorce and remarriage.

In 2002, Thompson and second wife, Jeri Kehn, were married in the liberal United Church of Christ, not the ultra-conservative Churches of Christ to which Thompson claims to belong.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fred; fredthompson; thompson; unitedchurchofchrist; unsaved
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To: Marathoner; DBCJR

John Edwards is a United Methodist.


41 posted on 06/21/2007 7:22:51 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

What you said! (I really oughta read the whole thread before I post . . .)


42 posted on 06/21/2007 7:22:52 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: wideawake; deport; RockinRight

See #32, it was automatic.


43 posted on 06/21/2007 7:23:00 AM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: JamesP81

They are not traditional 4th century Christians. Their views are more in tune with 1st century Christianity. 1st Century Christians are not traditional Christians either because the tradition did not start until 4th century.


44 posted on 06/21/2007 7:29:30 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: DBCJR
As a member, lapsed or otherwise, of the Church of Christ, Fred Thompson would not be saying the Nicene Creed as I do and, if he were to say it, he would certainly say that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, whereas I, as an Orthodox Christian, condemn the addition of the filioque.

Which obviously means that Fred Thompson's name is mud in my book and, if he thinks I'm going to vote for such a bald-faced heretic as himself, he'd just better think again. (/SARC!!!)

45 posted on 06/21/2007 7:30:45 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fred Thompson 2008)
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To: DBCJR
not active in church

neither am I particularly but I go for my kids and I believe strongly.

church doesn't make a Chrisitan ...acceptance does.

46 posted on 06/21/2007 7:31:03 AM PDT by wardaddy (on supervised release...btw....I know Trent Lott and he sucks......)
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To: Pete
Again, unfortunately, there are many evangelical communities where this is not practiced.

Everybody gets to make their own rules, who's to say who's right?

47 posted on 06/21/2007 7:31:16 AM PDT by JohnnyZ (Romney : "not really trying to define what is technically amnesty. I'll let the lawyers decide.")
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To: Goreknowshowtocheat
1st Century Christians are not traditional Christians either because the tradition did not start until 4th century.

Christian tradition started with Jesus and went from there.

48 posted on 06/21/2007 7:33:11 AM PDT by JohnnyZ (Romney : "not really trying to define what is technically amnesty. I'll let the lawyers decide.")
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To: DBCJR

Divide and conquer


49 posted on 06/21/2007 7:34:26 AM PDT by listenhillary (Conservatives -- We're NOT DEAD YET !!!)
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To: Goreknowshowtocheat
Their views are more in tune with 1st century Christianity.

!st century Christianity was based on gold plates allegedly found in a backyard in upstate New York eighteen hundred years in the future?

Wow.

50 posted on 06/21/2007 7:35:58 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: joebuck

But if we all point out to eachother something we see the other doing wrong that will help keep us accountable and we help eachother along. Encouragement.


51 posted on 06/21/2007 7:38:34 AM PDT by Married with Children
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To: JamesP81
Mormons do not believe in the doctrine of original sin

I'm not a Mormon, but I don't believe in the doctrine of original sin, either, since I can't find it in my Bible.

52 posted on 06/21/2007 7:38:40 AM PDT by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: DBCJR

bump


53 posted on 06/21/2007 7:39:19 AM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)
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To: JohnnyZ

The extrapolation of the Trinity doctrine was not available until the 4th century, so how could anyone before that know the in and outs of that doctrine.? It required a massive amount of discussion and fits and starts.


54 posted on 06/21/2007 7:39:37 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: JohnnyZ
Everybody gets to make their own rules, who's to say who's right?

I would simply say that any Christians who make their own rules would be wise to bump them up against scripture to see how they fare.

55 posted on 06/21/2007 7:40:18 AM PDT by Pete ("Sucks to be you. Shouldn't have been a terrorist, Dawg.")
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To: DBCJR
Please see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849154/posts?q=1&;page=1 for a discussion of this exact article ad nauseum. Post 119 is especially enlightening, but it takes the original article more seriously than the author intended.

The original "Evangelical prof" wrote the information in a blog, and WND picked it up as totally serious. You need to read the Harding University professor's original March blog post - http://www.markaelrod.net/2007/03/29/the-i-saw-fred-thompson-at-a-church-of-christ-challenge and his June post directed to readers of WND - http://www.markaelrod.net/2007/06/11/for-readers-of-worldnetdaily

The church of Christ is not the same as the United Church of Christ (Obama's church), nor is it the same as the International Church of Christ (which has been proven to be a cult). The United Church of Christ appears to this outsider as if it has the basic philosophy of believe whatever you want and come worship with us. The church of Christ believes the scripture is the inspired word of God, the old law died with Christ's crucification on the cross, immersion is required for salvation, and that man should neither add to nor take from the word of God. Their goal is to follow the pattern set forth for New Testament Christianity as closely as possible.

56 posted on 06/21/2007 7:42:14 AM PDT by OrangeDaisy
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

What is the Nicene Creed? What does saying it do for you? Are these words that you recite? I am not familiar with this.


57 posted on 06/21/2007 7:43:08 AM PDT by Married with Children
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To: wideawake

I said doctrine “views”.


58 posted on 06/21/2007 7:43:16 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: wardaddy

Acceptance does? Depends on what it is. There are plenty of things Christians and God do not accept.


59 posted on 06/21/2007 7:44:38 AM PDT by Married with Children
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To: RexBeach

Professor Mark Elrod of Harding University said he doubts Thompson is “filling out an attendance card at a Church of Christ on Sundays.” ...he hasn’t been able to find any information regarding the former senator’s actual membership... “In our tradition,” Elrod said, “that’s called ‘being out of fellowship’ or a ‘lapsed member.’”
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The first thing I thought was how does this guy know whether or not Fred attends....seems like someone is trying to make a point, they aren’t very subtle are they?


60 posted on 06/21/2007 7:44:49 AM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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