김금해님이 대총회가 일휴광고한 사람 고소한 사실을 증명해보라 해서 20028 글 "김금해님" 원글에 댓글로 올렸던 글인데 김금해님 처럼 이게 진짠지 혹 의문있어하는 분들이 계실까봐서 여기 원글로 올립니다. 

김금해님 글 (붉은색) :

김금해님.  여기있소.  함 읽어보시오.  15 년 전 일인데 아직도 몰랐단 말이요?   일휴나 짐승의 표에 그렇게 관심이 많다는 사람이?  그 당시엔 상당히 큰 뉴스거리였는데?

플로리다에 있는 페레즈라는 안식교 목사가 빌보드, 라디오, USA Today (미국에서 가장 큰 신문사), LA Times, Washington Times, New York Daily News 와 같은 굵직굵직한 매체 등등에 짐승의 표는 카톨릭 그리고 적그리스도 (카톨릭) 가 안식일인 토요일을 일요일로 바꿨다고 엄청나게 광고했다가 결국엔 대총회한테서 카톨릭 욕하는 광고에 "재림교회" 이름 썼다고 고소당했다는 내용이요.  

아래 위키피디아 링크로 들어가면 적그리스도가 안식일을 토요일로 바꿨다는 빌보드 광고 사진이 나옵니다.  그 사진 아래 있는 전화번호에 POPE 이라는 단어까지 써가며 교황의 적그리스도라는 광고를 냅니다.  이 광고를 본 카톨릭 신부외 수많은 사람들이 불평하고 항의하니까 대총회에서 페레즈 목사 뿐만이 아니라 광고낸 신문사들까지 고소해서 그 광고들을 삭제시켜버렸습니다.   이상하지 않습니까, 김금해님?  빌보드 광고를 보면 김금해님도 100% 동의할 내용인데 그 광고를 대총회가 반대를 한겁니다.  

물론 대총회가 페레즈 목사를 고소하니까 김금해님과 같은 극보수 안식교인들이 난리가 났지요.  재림교회 진리를 세상에 알리는데 대총회가 어떻게 고소할수 있냐고 하면서 말입니다.  대총회를 향한 서명운동도 하고 난리를 쳤었습니다.  자세한 내용들은 아래 퍼 왔으니 함 읽어보시지요.   사이트 링크를 클릭하시면 오리지날 사이트로 갑니다. ^^  그리고 이 사건에 대해 구글에 검색해보면 수많은 정보들이 있습니다.   더 자세한 내용이 궁금하신 분들은 구글에 검색해 보세요.

처음건 위키피디아 - 여기선 빌보드 광고 사진이 나옵니다.  그 외 신문광고는 더이상 찿을수가 없습니다.  대총회 고소 때문에 다 없앴지요.

두번째건 Steps to Life 라는 잡지 기사인데 이건 페레즈 목사를 고소한 대총회에게 고소를 취소하라는 편지를 보내라는 호소성 기사입니다.  대총회 주소와 편지를 어떻게 써야 하는지 까지 상세히 알려주지요.  주로 어떤 내용이냐하면 재림교회의 전통적 믿음을 온 세상에 알리기 위한 광고를 한 것이 무슨 잘못이냐.  재림교인으로써 해야 할 일을 당연히 했을 뿐인데 어떻게 대총회가 이렇게 나올수 있느냐.   뭐 대충 이런 내용들입니다.  

김금해님.   님이 재림교회의 진리라고 믿는 짐승의 표와 일휴에 대해 대총회가 고소한것을 님이 요구하는데로 증거를 제시했으니 이제 어떻게 하실겁니까?  15년이 지난 지금이라도 대총회의 입장을 바꾸라는 호소의 편지라도 보내실겁니까?  

김금해님.  물론 님 말대로 Hope TV, AWR, 위성전도회, 책자, 전도지, BRI 뉴스레터, 각종 강연, 각종 인터넷 웹 사이트 등등에선 아직도 광고 많이 하고 있지요.  한국연합회장이나 대총회장이 아직도 그런 설교하고 다닙니다.  누가 그걸 모른답니까?  근데요, 김금혜님.  정말 헷갈리는건 우리끼리는 (즉, 재림교회 안에서는) 일휴니 적그리스도가 교황이니 이런 말 맘껏하는데 님에겐 보배같은 이 진리를 정작 세상 사람들에겐 알리질 못하게 한다는 말입니다 !!!!   왜 그럴까요?  함 맞춰보세요.

1.  진리는 진리인데 남들한테 알리기엔 창피한 진리라서

2.  진리가 아닌데 이제와서 진리가 아니라고 하면 김금혜님같은 보수들한테 혼줄날까봐서

3.  진리는 진리인데 너무도 예민한 진리라서 시대의 흐름에 따라 세상에 알리지 않기로 결정해서

4.   진리는 진리인데 저런거 세상에 알렸다간 카톨릭한테 고소당할까봐 무서워서

즐독하시기를.

위키피디아:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Gospel_Church

The Eternal Gospel Church received worldwide attention as a result of an aggressive advertising campaign in 1999 consisting of billboards, radio announcements, and full-page newspaper advertisements.[6] Entitled "Earth's Final Warning," the newspaper ads named the Roman Catholic Church as the whore of revelation and criticized the Papacy for its role in instigating the observance of Sunday as a holy day in place of the seventh-day Sabbath.[7][8] The ad campaign sparked public and Catholic criticism towards the newspapers that ran the ads and the Seventh-day Adventist church, which was mistakenly implicated as the source of the advertisements.[9][10] The complaints prompted apologies from various newspaper publishers and an official statement by the Seventh-day Adventist church, which soon after initiated legal proceedings against Pastor Rafael Perez for federal trademark infringement.[4][5][11][12]

The lawsuit was criticized by historic Seventh-day Adventists, who felt that the advertisement was an accurate representation of the Seventh-day Adventist position regarding Rome and that involving the courts in the dispute violated Adventist understanding of Biblical counsel on the matter.[13][14] Similar criticism was levied against the Eternal Gospel Church in regards to its concession to relinquish the name "Seventh-day Adventist" as part of the settlement agreement.[15] The terms of the agreement stipulated a very specific set of rules for how the church could display its new name and use the term "Founded in (1990 or later) by Seventh-day Adventist believers" as a tagline to "Eternal Gospel Church."[16] According to the General Conference, who said they would be monitoring Pastor Perez closely to insure compliance, the settlement reached their goal of keeping the Eternal Gospel Church from using the name "Seventh-day Adventist" in the name of their church.[17]

Steps to life:

http://www.stepstolife.org/php/view_article.php?article_id=531

Report on the Lawsuit Against 

By Editorial

It is with regret and sadness that we share this report regarding the lawsuit filed by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists against Raphael Perez and the Eternal Gospel Church of Laymen Seventh-day Adventists.

Brother Perez was asked by the Southeastern Conference to start a Spanish speaking church in July of 1990. With the approval of the Southeastern Conference, he and the church began a radio ministry for the Spanish speaking people, broadcasting from the West Palm Beach area. Eventually the broadcast was being aired on five radio stations.

Taking seriously the counsel in Evangelism, 129, Raphael and the Eternal Gospel church told the conference administration that they would like to start putting advertisements in newspapers. The first one they started with was a tract which they received from the Florida Conference Adventist Book Center entitled "The Law of God" which they thought would especially appeal to the Jewish segment of the population. They bought a full page of advertising space in the Palm Beach Post, in 1991, to spread the message of this tract about the importance of God's law.

In a matter of time, complaints started coming, and Pastor Perez was asked by his conference president to discontinue the radio program "because it was going outside his district." He was also told to stop the newspaper ads. It seemed evident that the Lord was blessing with responses to the broadcast and the ads, and Pastor Perez felt that he must continue to spread the warning message for a lost world to all who would listen or read. Eventually, as conflict over these evangelistic outreach efforts developed, the Eternal Gospel Church was disowned by the conference and Pastor Perez was disfellowshipped from the conference. However, he and the group of Seventh-day Adventist believers in the Eternal Gospel church continued to expand their efforts as the Lord provided the way.

Through the next few years, the Eternal Gospel Church of Laymen Seventh-day Adventists arranged for ads in major newspapers across the nation. In 1993, the text of "Earth's Final Warning" was placed in a full page ad in the Fort Lauderdale "The Sun Sentinel." In 1995, an ad was placed in the "New York Daily News." This brought some vocal reaction from the prominent Roman Catholic, Cardinal O'Conner and also from a General Conference representative who called the "New York Daily News." As a result the "New York Daily News" defaulted on the contract for a second ad.

In 1998, ads were placed in the "Washington Times," "The Miami Herald," and "The Los Angeles Times." Ads have also been placed in all the major Spanish newspapers of the nation. Following the appearance of an ad, on September 11, in the "Washington Times," a Cardinal Hickey wrote an article of protest which was published in the newspaper. In it he called for the leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist church to make a public apology for the "unconscionable attack" upon the pope and the Catholic church. About the same time, the "Washington Times" was contacted and threatened with a lawsuit for their publication of the advertisement. Pastor Perez had previously received messages from Kermit Netteburg, and eventually from Vincent Ramik, the Roman Catholic attorney who had previously been hired by the General Conference in trademark lawsuit issues, threatening him with court action if he did not quit using the name Seventh-day Adventist.

Finally, on December 3, 1998, Pastor Perez and the Eternal Gospel Church of Laymen Seventh-day Adventists were served with a summons to answer to charges filed by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. These charges included unfair competition, and trademark infringement. It is also charged that Pastor Perez and the other members of the church have caused "damage and injury" to the General Conference that is "irreparable," and further that the use of the term "Seventh-day Adventist" by Pastor Perez, "has caused and/or is likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception" producing "irreparable damage and harm."

The General Conference in this lawsuit, civil action case #98-2940 in the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida, seeks a court order enforcing that "all their owners, officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, their heirs, successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert or participation with them" be "restrained pendente lite [while the lawsuit is in progress] and permanently" from using the words "Seventh-day Adventist" and "SDA" or any other words that are similar in connection with their activities. In addition, the General Conference asks the court to order Pastor Perez and the Eternal Gospel Church to forthwith "cease all advertising which includes" the use of the words "Seventh-day Adventist," "SDA," and their equivalents in Spanish. The General Conference desires that the court instruct Pastor Perez and his fellow Seventh-day Adventist believers to "deliver up to the Clerk of this court for destruction all signs, advertisements, stationary, and all other materials in the possession or under the control of Defendants" that have the words "Seventh-day Adventist" and "SDA." The lawsuit also requests payment for "damages suffered by the Plaintiff and for all attorney's fees and costs incurred in the General Conference action to take this case to court, and any other further amount for which the court will make provision.

With the help of Max Corbett, a Seventh-day Adventist attorney in Texas, Pastor Perez returned a response to the court on January 19, 1999. In this response the Defendants admit to using the name Seventh-day Adventist, but deny that it is causing damage to the General Conference or that the General Conference even has the right to trademark the name. The Defendants have not engaged in the alleged unfair competition, nor in deceptive and unfair trade practices. They further state that the name Seventh-day Adventist is the name of a faith, and as such is an article of faith, and faith and belief cannot be trademarked. The freedom to use the name Seventh-day Adventist, as an expression of faith, is a fundamental right, and falls under the freedom of religion protected by the Unites States Constitution.

The Defendants also point out that there are a number of organizations and groups outside the General Conference that use the name "Seventh-day Adventist" and that to allow any of them to use the name to the exclusion of the others is to favor some to the exclusion of others which is a violation of the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Defendants state that the lawsuit is actually a case of "malicious prosecution," and that in reality the Defendants are doing what every Seventh-day Adventist should be doing, namely warning the world about coming chaos to the cities and the enforcement of the national Sunday law—the mark of the beast. In addition to asking the court to make the General Conference pay the costs of conducting the lawsuit, they ask the court to declare that the trademark registration is null and void, and unenforceable.

Pastor Perez asked if the General Conference would be willing to work out a settlement outside of court, and the General Conference responded with a settlement proposal dated January 19, 1999. In it Pastor Perez and the rest of the group were to discontinue all use of the name "Seventh-day Adventist," "SDA," and "Adventist," especially on church signs, in advertisements and publications, church activities, Sabbath services or schedules, pamphlets, magazines, stationary, envelopes, faxes, telephone calls or audio materials, etc. The settlement also required that Pastor Perez was to keep all the terms of the agreement confidential (emphasis and underlining in the original). He was to further agree that if in the future he was found by the court to be guilty of using the name in any of the ways that were forbidden he would agree to pay all court costs, attorney's fees, and "damages." This settlement was to be binding upon Pastor Perez, all his associates, successors, and assigns.

Even as the General Conference lawsuit was getting under way, an ad was published on January 25, 1999, in the "St. Louis Post Dispatch" when the pope was making his appearance in St. Louis. A man who had been waiting, for 7 to 8 hours, to see the pope bought a newspaper while he was waiting and in the course of looking through it he came to the advertisement with "Earth's Final Warning." He read that the pope was the antichrist, and that the Catholic church had changed the day of worship from Sabbath to Sunday. He went to the phone, called the number given at the end of the advertisement, and exclaimed that he had just found out that he had been waiting for eight hours to see the antichrist. He requested more information and literature that was offered.

As can often happen to those who endeavor to stand firmly for the standards of God's Word, Pastor Perez has been viewed as being "against" the church, although he has publicly offered $1000 to anyone furnishing evidence that he has ever called the church Babylon, or encouraged people to leave the church. People have told him, "You don't want to work with the conference." He has responded that he would be happy to work with the conference. He has even stated that he would be willing to stop the radio broadcasts and newspaper advertisements if it can be clearly shown that the Lord wants these stopped. But it would be wrong to stop these things just because man says to stop, when the Lord clearly instructed us to go and preach to all nations and give the last warning message of mercy and impending judgments to the world.

Sometimes, it also happens that General Conference officials will state that they are not filing a lawsuit, only an injunction. An injunction, by definition, is a court order prohibiting or requiring certain actions. A lawsuit, by definition, is a case brought before a court for settlement. An injunction, is a particular kind of lawsuit. It would be a little like pointing to an oak tree and saying: "This is not a tree, it is an oak." The issue here is whether the court is being sought to carry out and enforce an action.

LETTERS URGENTLY NEEDED

Do not be like the people of Meroz who brought upon themselves the curse of God for doing nothing in an emergency. (See Testimonies, vol. 3, 281.) If you want the Third Angel's Message to be publicly proclaimed without reprisal, we earnestly ask that you write a letter as soon as possible to Pastor Raphael Perez.

Your letters of support and those of many others are urgently needed. They may be used in court by the lawyers who will be representing the defendants. These letters are part of an Amicus Curiae brief which refers to friends of the court who want to file evidence for use in the case (in this situation on behalf of the defendant). These letters should state reasons why a ruling against the defendants would also be against many others who subscribe to the Seventh-day Adventist faith. All of the letters need to be written in a calm and Christlike way, but should clearly express the concerns which we have. Statements from the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy supporting the concerns which you express are appropriate. We have included some examples of such statements with this report. These letters should be forwarded to Pastor Raphael Perez at the following address:

Eternal Gospel Church of Seventh-day Adventists

P.O. Box 15138 

West Palm Beach, FL 33416

Phone: 561-688-2150

Fax: 561-688-0470

The following are points to be considered when you compose your letter.

1. This lawsuit is civil action case #98-2940 in the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida.

2. The author of the letter holds beliefs like those of the defendants in this lawsuit. 

3. Those who share this faith believe that it is our duty to God and our fellow human beings to give the last warning of mercy to the inhabitants of this earth as Pastor Perez and his co-defendants have been actively engaged in doing. 

4. When communicating our faith, Pastor Perez, and all of us who share his faith, should be free from the threat of prosecution. 

5. The name Seventh-day Adventist is a statement of faith and is not the sole property of a group claiming that title. The name was given by God Himself to His last day people.

"We are Seventh-day Adventists. Are we ashamed of our name? We answer, 'No, no! We are not. It is the name the Lord has given us. It points out the truth that is to be the test of the churches.' " Selected Messages, Book 2, 384.

6. Those who hold to the historic beliefs of Seventh-day Adventism should not be forced to forfeit the name that represents our beliefs. The use of a name that expresses our faith is a fundamental right and is protected by freedom of religion as outlined in the first amendment of the United States Constitution.

7. The actions of the Eternal Gospel Church of Seventh-day Adventists do not constitute competition or trademark infringement as the sharing of our faith and the last warning message of mercy to the world is not a competitive or profit making venture. 

8. Those who believe and practice the historic tenets of the Seventh-day Adventist faith will not feel damaged or injured by the proclamation of those beliefs to the public. We do not believe that the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist has suffered any damage or injury by the actions of the Eternal Gospel Church. 

9. This lawsuit is actually a case of "malicious prosecution" of those who are doing what every faithful Seventh-day Adventist should be doing. As such, those who brought the case should bare the costs of conducting the case.

10. Since the name Seventh-day Adventist is used by many groups and organizations that work outside the General Conference, to allow some to freely use the name while forbidding others is to favor some to the exclusion of others.

11. The trademark registration of the name Seventh-day Adventist should be declared by the court to be null, void and unenforceable.

You can also send a copy of your letter to the General Conference President. You may use information from this report as a basis for your thoughts. It would also be appropriate to point out that this action is totally contrary to the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy. As Seventh-day Adventists, we feel that a great injustice is being done to fellow believers, and that God is being dishonored and brought to open shame by this action on the part of the General Conference. We urgently request that this case be dropped as soon as possible. The address for the General Conference President is:

General Conference President

General Conference of SDA

12501 Old Columbia Pike

Silver Springs, MD 20904

Phone: 301-680-6090

Fax: 301-680-6464

Thank you for your prayers and help.

Statements About Lawsuits from the Pen of Inspiration:

"These men cast aside the counsel God has given, and do the very things He has bidden them not to do. They show that they have chosen the world as their judge, and in heaven their names are registered as one with unbelievers. Christ is crucified afresh, and put to open shame. Let these men know that God does not hear their prayers. They insult His holy name, and He will leave them to the buffetings of Satan until they shall see their folly and seek the Lord by confession of their sin." Selected Messages, Book 3, 299.

"God will deal with the unworthy church member who defrauds his brother or the cause of God; the Christian need not contend for his rights. God will deal with the one who violates these rights. 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.' Romans 12:19. An account is kept of all these matters, and for all the Lord declares that He will avenge. He will bring every work into judgment." Ibid., 300.

"I have written largely in regard to Christians who believe the truth placing their cases in courts of law to obtain redress. In doing this, they are biting and devouring one another in every sense of the word, 'to be consumed one of another.' They cast aside the inspired counsel God has given, and in the face of the message He gives they do the very thing He has told them not to do. Such men may as well stop praying to God, for He will not hear their prayers. They insult Jehovah, and He will leave them to become the subjects of Satan until they shall see their folly and seek the Lord by confession of their sins." Ibid., 302.

"I call upon you in the name of Christ to withdraw the suit that you have begun and never bring another into court. God forbids you thus to dishonor His name. You have had great light and many opportunities, and you cannot afford to unite with worldlings and follow their methods. Remember that the Lord will treat you according to the stand that you take in this life. . . .

"I tell you solemnly that if you take the action which you now purpose to take, you will never recover from the result of it. If you open before the world the wrongs that you suppose your brethren have done you, there will be some things that will have to be said on the other side. I have a caution to give you.

"In regard to the case of those who shared large responsibilities with you in the Review and Herald, and who have turned to be enemies of the work, you will not wish to hear the verdict that shall be passed upon them when the judgment shall sit and the books shall be opened, and every man shall be judged according to the things written in the books. I want to save you from following a course that would link you up with those who have linked themselves up with fallen angels, to do all the harm they possibly can to those who love God, and who, under great difficulty, are striving to proclaim present truth to the world." Ibid., 304–305.