About upcoming changes ...

[shernren]

... let us not just be unhappy. There are plenty of Christian-Only forums on the Internet, and if you feel that that's where God's leading you, I'm quite sure He will more than fill in for your absence here.

But let us prepare for what's about to come. It's high time we shed our safe-house mentalities (all of us) and be ready for the future. After all, the Bible itself says that we would experience hardships in this world. Why not online? And if we cannot face up to non-believers online, where they cannot even see us or touch us or threaten us in any bodily manner, how can we possibly deal with non-believers in meatspace - in the real world? If it takes a holy huddle for us to encourage and strengthen each other we might as well forget about evangelism and missions. The Gospel makes no sense without a world to live it in.

I don't know about you, but for me I'm going to work hard at making sure my foundational understandings are rock-solid, even more than they already are. This is going to mean more non-confrontational, expository articles (in the vein of my previous explorations), so that I have a good resource base to refer critics to; more hard thought; more soul-searching and Scripture-searching; more earnest prayer. I've made a home and a base of this site and I'm not going to give it up just because policy changes are about to be put into effect.

 

[laptoppop]

I understand what you are saying. I would also say though that there are times for public conversation and time for private discussion and prayer. I don't go into my church expecting folks to get up in the middle and challenge the worship songs or the preaching, etc. It is reasonable to have times of fellowship with believers. Also, for me, it can be easier to hear correction from a friendly source than a hostile one.

 

[juvenissun]

I don't know about you, but for me I'm going to work hard at making sure my foundational understandings are rock-solid, even more than they already are. This is going to mean more non-confrontational, expository articles (in the vein of my previous explorations), so that I have a good resource base to refer critics to; more hard thought; more soul-searching and Scripture-searching; more earnest prayer. I've made a home and a base of this site and I'm not going to give it up just because policy changes are about to be put into effect.

May Him richly bless you. I remember (?) once you thrown a comment back to me saying that do not try to involve age into the argument. But I am impressed by the way you argue about topics and your young age. I don't remember I was able to do the same.

The reason I came to this forum is that my experience in non-Christian forums was very bad. I do not care they insult me. I am pretty bullet proof on that. Think, we Christians who have the most critical foundation in common, but could still arguing and commenting out of the context, then how messy could the situation be when one talked with atheist? To use an analogy, it is something like a physicist is trying to do research with a geologist. Unless one is changing the attitude, it would simply a waste of time.

 

[Willtor]

I'm kind of glad for it. I'm hoping it will mean there will be more theological talk in this forum and maybe some of the science will be pushed to Crevo. Certainly, I value the opportunity to discuss some of the science with my YEC brethren, but the threads I would most enjoy are more theological in nature.

 

[arunma]

Respectfully, I disagree with the OP and I don't embrace the new changes. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be at CF because of this. But while I'm here, I don't plan to respond to posts by non-believers on the Origins Theology board.

 

[Tonks]

From my understanding the Origins Theology folks will be able to decide how they want their forum to run..rules and such. You'll also be able to select your own moderators for these fora specifically and then vote in the other layer which would cover all of theology (and then vote in the site-wide moderators).

I'm of mixed feelings about this. However, after a few days of being angry I'm beginning to wonder whether or not it could actually work.

So, my two cents on the matter.

 

[juvenissun]

I'm kind of glad for it. I'm hoping it will mean there will be more theological talk in this forum and maybe some of the science will be pushed to Crevo. Certainly, I value the opportunity to discuss some of the science with my YEC brethren, but the threads I would most enjoy are more theological in nature.

(Origin Theology) - Science = ???

Please give one example to the right side of the equation.

 

[Tindomerel]

I don't go into my church expecting folks to get up in the middle and challenge the worship songs or the preaching, etc. It is reasonable to have times of fellowship with believers. Also, for me, it can be easier to hear correction from a friendly source than a hostile one.

Are all non-Christians hostile? I'm only a newbie but don't you think it could enrich the discussion here. When I only came to CF now and again to read I always found it weird that there was a section only for christians. Kind of discriminating...
As for hostile sources: I assume that there will be rule about the appropriate behaviour as in any forum? And hostile voices could come from both sides, I think... Just my 2 Cents as a Newbie...

 

[laptoppop]

This forum has been different than the open creation/evolution forum.

 

[archaeologist]

i find that the changes are not biblically based thus they will cause nothing but problems. soon a faction, radical or not; extreme or not, or all the non-christians can get together and vote in whom they would like to run the place, change the rules in their favor and any concept of 'christian' will be lost.

worst case scenario but i need to remind you that God doesn't work on a majority rules basis.

 

[Willtor]

(Origin Theology) - Science = ???

Please give one example to the right side of the equation.

lollipop!