Scott,
Am I or am I NOT a schismatic heretic according to your catholicanswer link and the catechism? along with anyone else who has left Rome to what they see as the true church? These things are not things I would wish for an unknowledgeable new believer to read, that they are a heretic, yet we are forced to read this everytime you quote these sources, if you can post that why can't I post what the Augsburg confessions say about the anti-christ or what my church thinks of infant baptism (i've been infracted for this)?
Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
I am not convinced that what is posted is the issue, but rather how it is used and to what ends. If I post a document that objectively discusses the issue of heresy, what it means, and what qualifies, then I don't necessarily consider that polemical.
Posting anything that denounces anyone's salvation doesn't do anything to further understanding of anything, and is just polarizing.
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I am not convinced that what is posted is the issue, but rather how it is used and to what ends. If I post a document that objectively discusses the issue of heresy, what it means, and what qualifies, then I don't necessarily consider that polemical.
Posting anything that denounces anyone's salvation doesn't do anything to further understanding of anything, and is just polarizing.
Your right it does nothing but polarize let me reclarify, a certain poster from your denomination continually links CA, while what he cuts and pastes may not directly say that the people whom oppose your beliefs are outside of salvation many times the links he attaches do say this in fact they outright ridicule the tenets of fundamentalist Christianity the last thing that is healthy for Christianity as a whole is the spirit of universalism and newcoming new believers should NOT have to be exposed to this if an argument can't be put forward using ones own understanding of their theology they obviously don't understand their theology.
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As far as I understand it, discussions are underway to discuss the very issue of polemics in GT discussions.
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While those discussions are underway, I'm going to put my 2 cents in here as well.
GT is just that General Theology.
Which means that it is OPEN to all members of all Christian Faiths. It is NOT a "protestants only" club...NOR is it an area to call another member's salvation into question.
there's not a protestant church out there that doesn't claim somehwere in their doctrines that Catholics aren't "saved" and the RCC does teach there is no salvation outside the church...that's a given...
So instead of building houses on this rather obvious adn contention difference...discuss the doctrines y'all do share adn I think you'll be pretty amazed at how MUCH the 2 have in common...both with each other, and with Scripture.
But following Catholic members to their own congregation forums to cause trouble is out of bounds as well...adn some protestant members have started doing that...and worse...
harassment is not allowed on this site...especially based on a person's faith.
Enough is enough...like it or not Catholics have every right to salvation as you do...and more often than not...Catholics are more apt to show the love of Christ than any other (pardon me for this) denomination of faith I've had contact with...
What's happening here is a travesty and I'm sure our Savior and Messiah is NOT happy with it.
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I wasn't always this way I used to be the one with the halo
But that disappeared when I had my first taste
And fell from grace It left me In this place
Well I'm starting to think Maybe you like it
I tear you down I make you bleed Eternally
Can't help myself From hurting you
And it's hurting me I don't have wings
So flying with me won't be easy Cause I'm not an angel
Fine, then ban everything. Just make it the general policy that no outside links whatsoever can be posted.
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Not sure if there are any, there is a copyright rule though. If someone has copied and pasted from an online source, a simple Google search of a string of the text should bring you to the source document. If the copied and pasted text is from a copyrighted document and not properly cited, you are free to report that post as a copyright infringement. Additionally, we require that quotes from other sources be constricted to 20% of the source material and then a link to the source material so people can go to the source and read it.
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