Hmmn. I guess you don't know how to read or at least comprehend what you read...maybe that is why you are in the RCN.sean newboy wrote:Main Entry: dog·ma
Pronunciation: 'dog-m&, 'däg-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural dogmas also dog·ma·ta /-m&-t&/
Etymology: Latin dogmat-, dogma, from Greek, from dokein to seem -- more at DECENT
Date: 1638
1 a : something held as an established opinion; especially : a definite authoritative tenet b : a code of such tenets <pedagogical dogma> c : a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds
2 : a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by a church
As what i said counts as 1 (as far as RCN cares), and is a Doctrine, then i guess the RCN has a Dogma. Data courtesy of the Merriam Webster online Dictionary. The 3 questions u want to to know (how,why, when) dont really seem to be necessary parts of that. Why is always in any religon because our religious word (written or spoken) says so and we agree. How is not a doctine concerning faith or morals, neither is when. Your confusing Dogma with Custom.
You are neglecting the parts that said, "a point of veiw put forth as an authoritave tenet"
Authoritative...over whom? Yourselves? If you all believe separate things then your "dogmas" are really just opinions. A church of one is not a church. I have never seen a dogma that you all agree on. What you wrote is what you believe and the others have not embraced it. In fact, you changed your own dogma in this very thread. So I still stand correct in saying that the RCN as a group has no dogma...other than being anti-NBA.
Also, the definition you should be using is #2, not #1.
If your organization has a formally stated and authoritatively proclamed doctrine then I have yet to see it.
And if you don't think that how and why are important in a religion then I guess I don't need to go any further because you have just shown the complete idiocy of your own organization.
