Joseph Loconte, a professor at King's College in
Think there may be a message in the opinion piece for the CUNA Board. Here are some excerpts:
"Medieval Catholicism had reduced a vibrant faith to rituals and obligations, mediated by Church authorities and performed under the threat of punishment. Indulgences ["free passes" for overlooking individual sins] to finance a new St. Peter's Church in Rome were offered with the "tagline": "as soon as the coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs".
Luther's answer to all this was "a doctrine of freedom of conscience, rooted in a religious view of human nature and the nature of belief." And here is what Luther said about true faith and the nature of belief:
"For faith is a free work, to which no one can be forced.... certainly not a matter which outward authority should compel or create."
... and the message for the CUNA Board?
As to "CHOICE"...
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE FAITH IN YOUR FELLOW CREDIT UNIONS,
YOU DESERVE TO GET NAILED!!!
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The CUNA philosophy is simple. Credit unions and their leagues are not to question but to follow. They are not to ask why but instead to say yes to anything that the CUNA leadership says is the right way. They are not to challenge but rather defend the actions of those at the top. This is the CUNA way similar to the way at NCUA. Time will show that both regimes will crumble and fall.
Interesting.
Or, is it that CUNA knows that credit unions no longer have faith in Cuna?
And, while many credit unions have left the "mission" behind...and for years.
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