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United Church of God

Good compromise edit, Waitingwatch! Thanks! -- JeffBillman (talk) 00:21, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

United Church of God (as a "Christian denomination")

Slainte, Waitingwatch! I have a bit of a problem: Some time ago, there was a heated debate between supporters and detractors of the United Church of God over how to characterize the church. Detractors tended to call it a "cult", whilst supporters called it something equally as POV (I don't remember what now). At that time, I offered "Christian denomination" as a compromise edit. I have since tried to find quality sources to bolster this label. What I've added to the article represents my best efforts to date. While I agree that the sources have been inadequate, I fear that without something there, the edit wars will begin anew. Suggestions on what we should do? Thanks! -- JeffBillman (talk) 18:08, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jeff - this is a tricky one. It is a relatively new church and doesn't follow mainstream teachings. (e.g. doesn't believe in trinity, teaches a mixture of new and old covenant, teaches british israelism, etc.) I haven't been able to find reputable links for whatever it might be.Waitingwatch (talk) 15:44, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance seem to indicate that it's a Christian denomination, or at least a "splinter group" of the Worldwide Church of God, in their page about the latter. (See http://www.religioustolerance.org/wwcog.htm .) Problem is, they don't actually state that the UCG is a Christian denomination, though it can be inferred. -- JeffBillman (talk) 16:18, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey Jeff - UCG can definitely be viewed as a form of Christianity. The best name for their teachings is 'Armstrongism' - i.e. a church that teaches Herbert Armstrong's (old Worldwide Church of God) teachings. (They don't like this label - they prefer to call themselves 'Christians'.) I think the tricky part is that they are Christians on one hand, but definitely not mainstream because they teach some unique doctrines that are not ordinarily associated with Christianity. e.g. British Israelism, the rejection of the trinity, etc. etc. My inclination would be to describe them as a 'unique form of Christianity, known to non-adherents as 'Armstrongism'.' Waitingwatch (talk) 19:27, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

February 2010

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. As I can see at least one instance where you haven't used it, I presume it isn't set in preferences. In any case, please make sure you only use it when appropriate in the future. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 06:51, 3 February 2010 (UTC) Hi - I do have it pre-checked in preferences and remember to uncheck in future. Waitingwatch (talk) 14:07, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

British Israelism

Hello Waitingwatch.

I see that you have made some comments in relation to the above article, comments which I think are relevant to the situation at hand, so I am contacting you to request any input you may be able to contribute.

The situation at hand is that I made what I felt were some basic edits, and they were repeatedly deleted by a contributor, even after I made an adjustment.

I am basically new to this scenario, so I hadn't been aware of the Talk page, etc. At any rate, I have been reading the talk page, and the content of my edit had already been largely addressed by other contributors, including yourself.

So, since I am tackling the deplorable state of the article in question and intend to do a significant edit, I would like to try and build a little consensus, and the more the merrier in the that process!

I would appreciate it if you could take the time to read through the recent entries on the Talk page and participate in the course of events leading to as substantial an edit as possible.

Thanks. Ubikwit (talk) 16:45, 17 November 2012 (UTC)Ubikwit

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