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PROMISE KEEPERS IS LIKE OLEO

"I am told that when `oleo' was first sold it came in white, bland- looking sticks. A separate packet of yellow dye was included with your purchase and had to be kneaded into the oleo to give it a `butter' color. PK is like that old oleo. It is totally colorless regarding any true doctrinal substance. Anyone involved with it can add whatever doctrinal coloring in whatever amount they choose in order to make it personally palatable. But no matter how much you attempt to color it, PK still isn't butter. It is simply a bland carrier for ecumenical and Catholic dialogue and cooperation" (Jack Stephens, "The Seven False Premises of Promise Keepers," OBF Visitor, August 1995, 3865 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43214).