Religion can take a hike

OrthodoxyUSA said:

"TAKE A HIKE" == FLAME, GOAD ETC.


DIVISIVE

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Creating a "call out thread" is considered flaming also.

W2L said:

You however are not the holder of all truth. Do you call anyone a heretic who doesnt belong to your denomination?

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The Church is... that is the fundamental that we are disagreeing on. You say it does not. I say it does.

AND THIS AREA IS FOR THOSE WHO SAY IT DOES.

I would call anything that rejects 'Holy Tradition' heresy.

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W2L said:

I dont agree with their church, so they accuse mee of rejecting truth in the creed. They want to get rid of me it seems.

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Don't let them. If they're accusing you falsely, that cannot stand.

Michael Collum said:

Creating a "call out thread" is considered flaming also.

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As I have done. I admit. I'm not likely to stop either when it's needed.

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Michael Collum said:

• Annihilationism

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Good example of why one would have something against 'religion'.
It's ambiguous decissions like dismissing Annihilationism (which is the same as Conditional Immortalism John 3:16 ) and calling it 'controversial' and (in the case of CF) may not be preached, while Bible exegesis tells you God will not torture the unsaved for ever and ever without any purpose or outcome (justice will never be done in the traditional view), and eternal life without Christ because of the eternal soul heresy, that shows you why creeds should be subjected to Scripture in stead of the other way around.

And what's an 'Apostolic Church' supposed to be nowadays?

Anyway, the dreaded teaching of eternal conscious torment (eternal life without Christ, but in 'hell', being tortured fort ever and ever and ever) has scared away many people from God, thanks to 'religion'.
Meanwhile so called Christians feel justified in agreeing that the unsaved should be tortured for ever and ever.

Rotten fruits.

I'm not even gonna touch on the crusades and the inquisition under "saint" Ignatius.

(sorry, bit of a rant...)

Michael Collum said:

Don't let them. If they're accusing you falsely, that cannot stand.

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Then change what GT says. It's been done before.

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W2L said:

Exactly. I avoid the traditional forum. This isnt good enough though, it seems, because im being asked to leave GT.

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Yeah, but you don't have to, I may have posted something like this in Controversial Theology and got the same reception. General theology is a place to examine theology without the denominational protections in the congregational areas.

OrthodoxyUSA said:

Then change what GT says. It's been done before.

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I see what GT says differently, false accusations have been done for sure, me being at the receiving end of them. I go away for a bit, and the flaming rules were updated each time. I look at the end of James 3 and see a lot of progress since the old days. Since he hasn't violated the statement of faith, don't say he has. Your definition of what Nicene christianity may be different than the SOF, but that's not what the mods are enforcing in consideration of all the traditions here.

Michael Collum said:

Yeah, but you don't have to, I may have posted something like this in Controversial Theology and got the same reception. General theology is a place to examine theology without the denominational protections in the congregational areas.

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Within those denominations.

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W2L said:

It seems that the EO has many such places to go and have a safe environment, but i can only post in the controversial forums? Thats not right.

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General theology and controversial theology are similar type areas with different purposes. I was just saying what I would have done, not what you had to do.

OrthodoxyUSA said:

"TAKE A HIKE" == FLAME, GOAD ETC.


DIVISIVE

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Saying:
We are the one true Church
as some do, causes this division.
People are allowed to say "Take a hike" to such statements i.m.h.o.

OrthodoxyUSA said:

I would call anything that rejects 'Holy Tradition' heresy.

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Aherm.. a bit like how the Pharisees reacted to Jesus, is what springs to mind..
sorry..

W2L said:

I already jettisoned religion. I still have the Lord though.

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So you think...