I want to address this post before I retire to bed:
Okay. Fair enough. I'm not sure Christian theologians would agree with your statement when it comes to our definition of God, Christ, and the human purpose. They certainly would not agree with our canon, and probably not our eschatology, and while astrology is biblical, I don't know of any Christian denomination that approves of it. I myself have not resolved whether we are even part of Christendom, but we'll set that aside for the moment.
1. We don't use the KJV. We use the NIV 1984 ed.
2. There is not now, nor has there ever been a denomination of Christianity that followed ONLY the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. We are the first.
3. Because we follow ONLY Jesus Christ, we have to be the true religion. It's not a matter of debate.
4. We are the only form of Christianity that includes the Gospel of Thomas in their canon.
5. We are the authors of the
Veridican Gospel of Jesus Christ. There has only been one other true Gospel harmony and that was written by Tatian (the Diatessaron) in the 2nd Century, but even he did not include the Gospel of Thomas. We do. And so, we are the church of an historical document that has never existed before in Christendom.
6. We have an original argument for the existence of God (The Veridian Argument for the Existence of God). This is more important to philosophers who argue against atheists, but nevertheless, our argument cannot be defeated.
7. We are formed specifically for the end times. Veridicanism would have had no purpose a hundred years ago.
8. Every member is encouraged to become ordained. They don't have to, but we encourage it. Every member should have Reverend before their name, and VCDC after it.
I agree. That's their problem. They are not end-times churches. They are obsolete. E.g., the RCC only existed to preserve the 4 NT Gospels. That's it. That's all they were for. Nothing else. And all other Christian Churches are an offshoot of the RCC. As for the Bible, we have our canon. We honor the Bible, but we have our canon.
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew
- The Gospel According to St. Mark
- The Gospel According to St. Luke
- The Gospel According to St. John
- The book of Revelation
- The Gospel of Thomas
- The Veridican Gospel of Jesus Christ
And as for joining the VCDC, there are no requirements. If a person comes to the forum and asks to be a member of the Church, we assume they agree enough with the Articles of Faith to want to be part of it. If they are openly and wantonly violating the Articles, then we'll boot them later on. Otherwise, we trust them up front.