Talk:Christadelphians

Comparisons to other groups

The theology comparisons are proselytizing and not informative. They should be deleted. (crazenate) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.28.9.135 (talk) 16:21, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

I agree with the above comment. The Comparisons section is essentially an apologetic work and contains numerous claims which are dubious or debatable, including: Clement of Rome's beliefs about the intermediate state, Jonathan ben Uzziel's beliefs about Satan, the Christology of the Nazarenes, etc. Tjfarrar1983 (talk) 09:26, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

I also agree. Anyone opposed to removing this section?Richardson mcphillips (talk) 01:49, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

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All right. I reverted my whole editing spree, the article is in the condition I found it in. Alephb (talk) 01:11, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

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Life in Christ

I think the "Life in Christ" section could be improved. It currently says

"The Commandments of Christ demonstrates the community's recognition of the importance of biblical teaching on morality. Marriage and family life are important. Most Christadelphians believe that sexual relationships should be limited to heterosexual marriage, ideally between baptised believers."

There are two documents called "The Commandments of Christ" - one with 53 paragraphs, one with 100. It isn't clear which one is meant here, and I think it is better to say "The Commandments of Christ summarises the community's understanding of Biblical morality".

It isn't clear what "Marriage and family life are important" means.

Finally "Most Christadelphians believe" is an example of weasel words.

I suggest the following update to the paragraph

"The short version of the Commandments of Christ, found in The Ecclesial Guide, summarises the community's understanding of Biblical morality. Traditionally, Christadelphians believe that sexual relationships should be limited to heterosexual marriage, although some ecclesias welcome members in same-sex relationships."

For the first sentence, I suggest citing the Commandments of Christ in The Ecclesial Guide as a source. (There are numerous versions online, such as https://www.antipas.org/books/ecclesial_guide/commandments.html).

The second sentence is more difficult to get a citation for. I am a member of a Christadelphian ecclesia (Edinburgh) in a same-sex relationship; most of the sources I can find online are things I have written, so I can't really update Wikipedia to cite myself. Can we reach consensus on what to say and what to cite on here? If I were a third party, I'd use https://andrew.mcfarlandcampbell.org/2023/03/12/i-dont-feel-hate/ as a source in addition to the two existing citations. AndrewMcFarlandCampbell (talk) 10:40, 5 January 2025 (UTC)