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10th January 2008, 04:48 PM
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Reps: 7,463,217,375,786,638 (power: 0) | | | The subject does get discussed in various places around CF.
The advantage I see is the organizational one that those discussions would be centered in one place.
The disadvantage I see is that it probably would not be a very peaceful place. UR is right up there with "Teh Ghey" as a hot button issue for some people. If you are looking forward to a quiet place to have discussions about UR, a separate forum is probably not going to provide that. |
10th January 2008, 04:54 PM
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9 Faithful is the saying and worthy of all welcome
10 (for for this are we toiling and being reproached), that we rely on the living God, Who is the Saviour of all mankind,
11 especially of believers. These things be charging and teaching.
With the word that first proceeded out of the mouth of God agreeing with us.....I would say that it would only be a matter of time before a UR Forum comes into being.
While I fully support the creation of a UR Forum.....how will we bring those who avoid it to the relisation of the truth ?
I get the feeling we do, what God has set out for us to do here better, with out a UR Forum.
Remember Jesus did say the World hated him first....
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10th January 2008, 05:11 PM
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Reps: 24,160,000,787,179,980 (power: 24,160,000,787,193) | | | We should all realize it wouldn't be a terribly peaceful forum, and I wonder what could be done to minimize it. It would be great to have one central place for discussion.
Discussing it around the forums hasn't been too successful, imo, sure you can leave seeds and get people thinking, but it usually ends up in personal attacks and fights. It would be great to have somewhere to place all that teaching in one central place.. where it's not accepted elsewhere. A place for the UR people to share their beliefs. If others want to debate we could have a special debate area. Then at least if anyone's slightly interested they could wander through and at least read about it. Most people have no clue what it's about, only what their church organisation has told them.
Anyways.. let's see what unfolds...
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10th January 2008, 05:21 PM
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10th January 2008, 05:55 PM
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Reps: 24,160,000,787,179,980 (power: 24,160,000,787,193) | | Originally Posted by *Starlight*  I think it would be the best if the forum didn't allow debating against the idea of Universal Reconciliation. In that case, it would be a friendly safe place to discuss it.
Ahh.. Starlight, I just realized you're a mod... do you know how many people we would need to get the forum going? Could you find out?
Yes, I agree, and if they want to debate we could have a separate debate area... as people do learn through debate too. CaDan suggested we keep the forum in the theology area, but does that leave it open for everyone who wants to argue? What about the denomination area... trouble is, is it really a denomination? There is so much to think about and discuss.
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10th January 2008, 06:02 PM
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Reps: 9,326,004,923,863,128 (power: 9,326,004,923,945) | | Originally Posted by Tavita Ahh.. Starlight, I just realized you're a mod... do you know how many people we would need to get the forum going? Could you find out?
Yes, I agree, and if they want to debate we could have a separate debate area... as people do learn through debate too. CaDan suggested we keep the forum in the theology area, but does that leave it open for everyone who wants to argue? What about the denomination area... trouble is, is it really a denomination? There is so much to think about and discuss.
I have no idea how many people are needed to get a forum, and I'm not sure where to find out...  but I hope we can find enough people for it.
Yes, there could be a subforum for debates. Hmm... maybe the Congregation area would be good. It's not only for denominations, but also for specific movements within Christianity... maybe Universalism can be seen as such a movement.
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10th January 2008, 06:14 PM
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Reps: 30,488,426,425,788 (power: 30,488,426,432) | | Originally Posted by Tavita Ahh.. Starlight, I just realized you're a mod... do you know how many people we would need to get the forum going? Could you find out?
Yes, I agree, and if they want to debate we could have a separate debate area... as people do learn through debate too. CaDan suggested we keep the forum in the theology area, but does that leave it open for everyone who wants to argue? What about the denomination area... trouble is, is it really a denomination? There is so much to think about and discuss.
Hello Tavita...
Just my 2 cents worth... in regards to thoughts on denomination....when reading the letters of Paul, we could only describe ourselves as Paul describes the body of believers in Gods word.
Therfore Theology area would be best...it would out reach to the most people that come here...
The Disciples said to Jesus... you send us out as sheep amongst Wolves....
We must become as Wolves.....
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11th January 2008, 11:14 AM
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Reps: 558,707,763,218,111,424 (power: 558,707,763,218,119) | | | I think another advantage to Christian Universalism having it's own forum is something I discovered just this morning: Depending on what the rules are for a particular board, the mere mention of universal reconciliation can set off clicks on the Report Button in the more "trigger-happy" of the crowd. Right now the only "safe" place here in CF to express one's views is over at the Blog section, which I use quite a bit. No Report buttons over there, LOL!
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11th January 2008, 12:15 PM
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Reps: 24,160,000,787,179,980 (power: 24,160,000,787,193) | | Originally Posted by SpiritDriven Hello Tavita...
Just my 2 cents worth... in regards to thoughts on denomination....when reading the letters of Paul, we could only describe ourselves as Paul describes the body of believers in Gods word.
Therfore Theology area would be best...it would out reach to the most people that come here...
The Disciples said to Jesus... you send us out as sheep amongst Wolves....
We must become as Wolves.....
I can appreciate where you're coming from, SpiritDriven, thank you.
We've had huge discussions in Christian Philosophy and Ethics recently concerning Reconciliation Awareness (universalism) and what seems to come through is that it's very very hard to discuss the huge paradigm shift that occurs in a person and how to articulate that in a single post or even ongoing posts. Moriah Conquering Wind summed it up so eloquently in this post #11...
http://christianforums.com/t6707479-...se.html&page=2
*I don't know about the becoming as wolves though... 
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11th January 2008, 12:18 PM
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Reps: 24,160,000,787,179,980 (power: 24,160,000,787,193) | | Originally Posted by chaela I think another advantage to Christian Universalism having it's own forum is something I discovered just this morning: Depending on what the rules are for a particular board, the mere mention of universal reconciliation can set off clicks on the Report Button in the more "trigger-happy" of the crowd. Right now the only "safe" place here in CF to express one's views is over at the Blog section, which I use quite a bit. No Report buttons over there, LOL!
Yeah, even the mention of it brings the worst out in some. And while I agree with SpiritDriven that we should be out and about the forums discussing this topic and trying to help people see the truth, it would still be great to have home ground.
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