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Originally Posted by Indy Coug
There is a AA member that joined the church a year ago in our branch. He said that the church's stance pre-1978 didn't matter to him during his conversion because
1. He had an undeniable spiritual witness that the church was true
2. It was a thing of the past
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I think the concern is for those for whom this might be an issue. Not for those for whom it isn't.
How many black people failed to join the church in your branch because of the church's pre-1978 stance?
Rhetorical question - of course there's no way to know. But isn't that sort of the point?
I think the real question is how many black people refuse to ever listen to the missionaries in the first place because they know it's a racist church because of the pre-1978 stance?
My feeling is that horse has already left the barn, and an apology wouldn't have a huge effect on the general feeling. However, it might have an effect on a few, and isn't that worth it?
Also, I believe an apology is the right thing, and isn't that worth it?