Stupid Evangelicals

[lavendersparkle]

Have just sent this email to this website http://www.stl.org/stlorg/public/StockPolicy.jhtml

Dear Sir/Madam

When I was perusing your website I noticed your statement of faith which
you seem to imply is the apostles creed. However, I noticed that the
statement of faith on your website labelled as the Apostles creed differed
to a significant degree from the Apostles creed.

Here is what most people would mean when they referred to the Apostles Creed:

Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,
et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus
est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato,
crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad inferos, tertia die
resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Patris
omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum
communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam
aeternam.
Amen

Anyone with even schoolboy Latin can tell that it does not include
statements which could be translated as:
"We believe that the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments in their
original texts, are fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, without error, and
the final authority for the Church."
or
"We believe that man was originally created sinless. Tempted by satan, man
fell and thereby brought the whole human race under the condemnation and
separation from God."

In case you have the misfortune to lack a classical education here is a
widely accepted translation of the Apostles creed:
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell / to the dead.
On the third day he rose again,
He ascended into heaven.
He is seated at the right hand of the Father
and He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic (universal) Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

I suggest that you correct your website so that it no longer incorrectly
implies that your statement of faith is the Apostles Creed.

Yours sincerely