Robert,

Correct,, or if he simply practices his view as his preference, but does not put it forth as authoritative.  Again, Dogma is defined as a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds.

Kindly, Cole

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> Subject: [Focus_On_Truth] Re: Dogma or Tradition
> To: Focus_On_Truth@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:22 PM
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> Hi Robert,
> Isn't it dogma only if the opinion is held non-negotiable? IF one held to a particular view as their personal understanding and practice, but allowed that others could differ, then it wouldn't be dogma, IMHO?
> Kindly, Cole  
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> > Here is one example:  People assert that Jesus taught that divorced people commit adutlery when they marry.  It does appear that the woman is being told this, but get this: THE MAN is not told he cannot marry another if he puts away his wife (Mark 10:11), thus brethren are being dogmatic in applying this text to both men and women in the Christian age.  People also are being dogmatic in aserting that Jesus was speaking of divorce when the word used is more properly translated "put away," which is not a complete divorce. 
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> > --- On Mon, 2/13/12, cole colesatterfield@ wrote:
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> > From: cole colesatterfield@
> > Subject: [Focus_On_Truth] Dogma or Tradition
> > To: Focus_On_Truth@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 1:19 PM
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> > When does tradition become dogma? Dogma is defined as a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds.  I often hear people say that they believe such and such, but don't want to be dogmatic about it. So when does one of our many church traditions cross that line from being a tradition to becoming a dogma?  Any examples?
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