Conference lgp30::christian-perspective

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    Yes, I'm a little familiar with Unity.  Headquarters are in
    Unity, Missouri, USA.  I used to get their daily devotional
    guide.
    
    Theologically, Unity appears like a melding of several branches
    of Christianity.
    
    Unity's focus is mostly positive and there's a special emphasis
    on healing and healing prayer.
    
    Shalom,
    Richard
    

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    Incidentally, welcome to C-P!  I hope you'll take a moment to introduce
    yourself in topic 3.
    
    Shalom,
    Richard
    

 I could be wrong, but I believe the Unity Church was started by some folks
 who broke off from the Christian Science church.



Jim

    .0 Francine,
    
    Is there a particular church you would prefer your children to attend
    during their visit with their father, or a particular church you would
    prefer they stay away from?
    
    Shalom,
    Richard
    

    I take my children here to a Evangelical Free Church (which is
    basically a bible believing, God is the trinity type church) and I
    wanted to know what kind of church this Unity church was.  I know once
    my children are out there I have no say where they go.  So I wanted to
    know beforehand what kind of church it was and basically understand
    what their practices are. 
    

    Hi:
    
    Keep them at the Evangelical Free Church.  They are doctrinally sound!!
    
    -Jack

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    It should be pointed out that this unqualified statement is an opinion
    and one which other Christians may or may not agree.
    
    Shalom,
    Richard
    

    .5 Francine,
    
    I seriously doubt that a couple of visits to a Unity congregation
    will damage the children doctrinally or otherwise.  I think it's
    good the children know where their father worships and where their
    mother worships.  Kids are pretty good about being sensitive to both
    their parents' spiritual inclinations.
    
    Shalom,
    Richard
    

    	Differences in faith is one of the major contributors to divorce.
    	(Not THE biggest, but it's up there...)  One of the things that
    	we emphasize in our pre-marriage instruction at our church is that
    	inter-faith couples MUST learn to respect each others' faiths.
    	Our pastor will not marry an interfaith couple if there is an
    	indication that one wants or intends to change the other to his/her
    	own faith.  Such change must come from within one or the other to
    	change to the spouse's faith expression.
    
    	Where differences in faith often get manifested is in the raising
    	of children.  Respecting the other's faith is one thing.  Turning
    	over one's children to that different faith is another.  
    
    	It is my personal opinion that people are "better off" (note the 
    	fuzzy term) seeking opposite-sex friendships from among those 
    	who share the same faith to avoid such stresses in interfaith 
    	inter-relationships and in subsequent child rearing issues.  Of 
    	course I realize that even within the same faith different people 
    	have different ideas, but at least the chances of avoiding such 
    	stresses diminish.  I also realize that it would be a rather
    	narrow life we'd lead if we were to isolate ourselves to only
    	relate to those who share our faith.  (See Fiddler On The Roof.)
    	And I also realize that this doesn't take into account cases
    	where a spouse changes faiths after the fact.  But I still 
    	believe that in this one area the whole family can eliminate
    	a source of relationship stress if all members are of the same
    	faith.
    
    	I am not posting this to criticize in any way the basenoter, nor
    	to pretend that this will help either.  I'm just adding a personal
    	opinion that was triggered by the situation in this topic.