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Controversy

1.1) Iglesia ni Cristo is a Philippines based church which has strong advocates both pro and con. The Wikipedia editors on the talk page sometimes discuss internet forums which they are familiar with and seem to have participated in, see http://www.network54.com/Forum/70213 http://www.network54.com/Forum/84590 and the now deleted http://www.network54.com/Forum/70210 There is also reference to The Bereans, a Phillipines based anti-cult website which considers Iglesia ni Cristo to be a cult [1]. See edit by Emico [2]. The Bereans Iglesia ni Cristo forum, particularly this tread.

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. Lbmixpro responds, citing [[WP:NPA|Get over yourself.]] defending tag team reverting [10]. Emico continues to complain about tag team reverting [11]. Lbmixpro brushes him off [12]. Lbmixpro defends himself and threatens Emico with an Arbitration proceeding [13]. Lbmixpro tries to explain himself [14]. Emico then makes a very aggressive edit at Talk:Bereans [15]. Emico in a post betraying emotional upset again raises the sockpuppet hypothesis [16]. Emico charges collusion [17]. Lxmixpro expresses his grievances and continues to threaten arbitration [18]. Emico admits an unintentional error [19]. Lxmixpro explains his intentions on Talk:Iglesia ni Cristo [20]. Emico defiant [21]. Emico expresses disgust and fear [22].

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Personal attacks

3) By Onlytofind (talk · contribs) [23] , [24], [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]. By Emico (talk · contribs) [42] [43], [44], [45]. By 71.32.86.239 (talk · contribs) [46].

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1. I would like to point out some more diffs of what I believe are Emico personally attacking other Wikipedians, which are not currently displayed. Whether or not they're actual attacks is up the ArbCom.

• [47] - "The arrogance of these people!"
• [48] - "Stop making promises you can't keep. gollum."
• [49] - "...but I rarely reply to post by juveniles, I think it's a waste of my valuable time."
• [50] - "I think it would help if you admit you're a berean."
• [51] - "3 losers and a juvenile conspiring and ganging up on me, making threats left and right. did you notice though, that's about all they do."
• [52] - "Those know-it-alls"
• [53] - "The big cry baby is at it again."
• [54] - "The clique is now severely disabled. It's death will soon follow."

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^{(Speak on it!)}

09:47, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

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Focus on the Trinity

4) Emico (talk · contribs) focuses in his edits and talk on belief in the Trinity [55]. Apparently belief in the Trinity is seen as a weak point in the beliefs of the Bereans who while focusing on bible-based beliefs continue, as most protestants do, to hold to the doctrine of the Trinity, which is arguably not based on Biblical text [56].

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History of Bereans

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. CJ Clayworth removes Emico's original research and the link to the Bereans website [73]. Emico adds info on Calvinist background Emico adds contention that Calvinism was Catholic due to acceptance of the Trinity [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bereans&diff=next&oldid=14277311. More on the Trinity [74]. Raygirvan (talk · contribs) removes references to Trinity and places the diverse items into context [75]. Emico restores his original research and wrecks Raygirvan's improvements [76]. Emico adds historical material [77]. Raygirvan restores, but removes historical material added by Emico [78]. Raygirvan adds material about use of "Berean" to represent reliance on scriptural authority [79]. Emico restores but wrecks the contributions of others [80]. Raygirvan makes a useful explanitory edit [81].

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Acts 17:11

5.1) The Bereans are mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 17:11 [82], "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." Thus the use of "Berean" means to place emphasis on scripture as authority. This makes comprehensible Emico's emphasis on the Trinity which is poorly supported by explicit scriptural authority.

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Iglesia ni Cristo

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References regarding Iglesia ni Cristo

6.1) There are limited references available regarding Iglesia ni Cristo. An Amazon search for the subject yields 5 hits, but all are out of print. A subject search on ABE yields 5 hits in Spanish and Studies in Philippine church history

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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_ni_Cristo&diff=prev&oldid=15525199

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Iglesia_ni_Cristo&diff=next&oldid=15106921

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