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i don't follow Ted Wilson, I don't follow Dan Jackson. I let Christ be the one authority in the Church.This was a real problem for the religious authorities in his day. He was considered radical and a rebell, and fighting against the established righteous authority of His day. I pray today, I will be found standing In Jesus and Jesus alone. If i add human authority to the authority Jesus in my life i will stand in human strength and not in the strength of the Holy Spirit.

I think people, including leadership, on both sides of [whatever the church controversy du jour might be] have spoken and acted like spoiled brats. I don't even bother to read 99% of churchy opinion pieces anymore, because nobody is interested in understanding the opposing views. They just want everyone to embrace *their* views. And each side acts as if they have the moral high ground. What's kinda sad is that so many have become so driven, so involved, so wrapped up in being crusaders of their respective opinions, that if the problem were solved, the gasbags would all go into a deep depression because there'd be nothing left about which to fight and demean the opposition... because, you know, humbly spreading the Gospel doesn't provide the endorphin "fix" that they get from playing the victim...

The fact that there may be a similarity between the Church of Rome and the current SDA church is not really important. Keep in mind that they were much closer to the early Christians and the Apostles and were not so distant from them as to not have a lot of similarity to the church in the time of the Apostles of which we try also to emulate. Do remember that this argument is really all about WO and there has never been women in leadership of the church throughout the earth's history. Leadership in the way of being a judge is a very different thing. Male leadership of the church was not a Roman invention. Next we will be calling Jesus a member of the Roman church because he didn't have female disciples!

Not sure why Jackson is on EGWs shoulders, but I would suggest he get off. Actually, I see a lot of what he is doing is very much against what EGW wrote of. I have already posted a section of her writings somewhere here on Adventistan that clearly show how issues should be settled in the church. I would even go a bit further. Jackson has shown by his disregard for those who hold alternative views to his by using such words as hooey and stating they should "buzz off." It seems to me to be conduct unbecoming a division president.