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Malcolm X had been a pimp, a cocaine addict and a thief. He was an unashamed demagogue. His gospel was hatred: "Your little babies will get polio!" he cried to the "white devils." His creed was violence: "If ballots won't work, bullets will...
Presbyterians are substantially altering their confession of faith. A new creed has been drawn up by a committee of United Presbyterian pastors and theologians, headed by Princeton Theological Seminary's Professor Edward A. Dowey...
Schizophrenic Belief. The Westminster Confession, drawn up in England and ratified by Parliament in 1648, has been the Presbyterian creed ever since. Most members of the church have long ago rejected the predestination and the Biblical inerrancy that are the confession's basis. But United Presbyterian pastors must take an ordination oath to "sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and Catechisms," even though most do so with declared reservations. The result, says Boston Pastor Sidney Menk, is "schizophrenic" for many. In 1958, the United Presbyterian Church appointed the Dowey committee to update the confessional beliefs...
...creed will supplement, not abolish, the Westminster Confession, says Dowey. His committee will propose to the general assembly that the church constitution include the West minster Confession, the Confession of 1967, and six other historical statements of belief, such as the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, which predate the Protestant Reformation and are accepted by most Christians. The Westminster Confession will thus be de-emphasized and set in its historical place as the expression of 17th century Presbyterianism. "A confession is not a monument, but the tool for the present mission of the church. It is not good...
...General Creed. Politesse has grown so elaborate between whites and Negroes, jokes Godfrey Cambridge, that there has come to be what he calls "the manual of arms." He tells about a time when he and a white man were waiting for an elevator. "He was dressed just like I was, with an attache case too. You know, they copy everything we do. After the doors of the elevator opened, we accidentally bumped into each other. He leaped aside and said, 'After you. As a responsible member of the white community, I wouldn't want to set a spark...