Why is CF not working for me at the moment in the way that I hoped?

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I have started a number of threads since I joined CF but at the moment they are not prompting responses. There must be reasons for this. Many posters have kindly said they will pray for me, and I am sure they are continuing to do so, but I cannot expect them to keep posting on my threads. Others may be put off by my divergence from mainstream Christianity and lack of participation with established or denominational Churches. Others may perceive that my faith is weak or non-existent and are simply leaving me to God.
One poster here has suggested that in retirement all we need to do as Christians is to fast, to pray, to go to a local Church and to do some voluntary work if able. We need not be concerned about deep Bible Study and theology.
My wife and myself engage in morning devotions and prayer. This morning's devotion admonished us to spread the Good News to others.
We fast, we pray, we are not well enough to go to Church and have misgivings about that anyway, which leaves us open to spread knowledge of The Word - Jesus, voluntarily of course. The Internet is our only facility to do that, so as on Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, here we are!
I have placed this thread in the Discussion and Debate Forum hoping for critical or supportive responses from fellow Christians.
 

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The internet is a great forum, and CF can be a productive one for Christians - or not.

I haven't seen any of your threads, but I will look them up.

As we say in the U.S. (about our First Amendment), you have the right to speak, but others have the right to ignore you.
 
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I have started a number of threads since I joined CF but at the moment they are not prompting responses. There must be reasons for this. Many posters have kindly said they will pray for me, and I am sure they are continuing to do so, but I cannot expect them to keep posting on my threads. Others may be put off by my divergence from mainstream Christianity and lack of participation with established or denominational Churches. Others may perceive that my faith is weak or non-existent and are simply leaving me to God.
One poster here has suggested that in retirement all we need to do as Christians is to fast, to pray, to go to a local Church and to do some voluntary work if able. We need not be concerned about deep Bible Study and theology.
My wife and myself engage in morning devotions and prayer. This morning's devotion admonished us to spread the Good News to others.
We fast, we pray, we are not well enough to go to Church and have misgivings about that anyway, which leaves us open to spread knowledge of The Word - Jesus, voluntarily of course. The Internet is our only facility to do that, so as on Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, here we are!
I have placed this thread in the Discussion and Debate Forum hoping for critical or supportive responses from fellow Christians.

I will have a look to see what discussions you have began to see if I can add anything???
 
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I have started a number of threads since I joined CF but at the moment they are not prompting responses. There must be reasons for this. Many posters have kindly said they will pray for me, and I am sure they are continuing to do so, but I cannot expect them to keep posting on my threads. Others may be put off by my divergence from mainstream Christianity and lack of participation with established or denominational Churches. Others may perceive that my faith is weak or non-existent and are simply leaving me to God.
One poster here has suggested that in retirement all we need to do as Christians is to fast, to pray, to go to a local Church and to do some voluntary work if able. We need not be concerned about deep Bible Study and theology.
My wife and myself engage in morning devotions and prayer. This morning's devotion admonished us to spread the Good News to others.
We fast, we pray, we are not well enough to go to Church and have misgivings about that anyway, which leaves us open to spread knowledge of The Word - Jesus, voluntarily of course. The Internet is our only facility to do that, so as on Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, here we are!
I have placed this thread in the Discussion and Debate Forum hoping for critical or supportive responses from fellow Christians.
I think the internet forums are a great place to share what you've learned about Christ. But some are merely incubators for heretics. And you can only go so far before you realize you've been trampled under foot. So I don't get too emotionally involved with any. And try to share what the Lord has blessed me with whether I get replies or not.
 
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Looking through threads you have started, most have had 2 or more pages of replies. Your "Flat Earth" thread has had 462 replies (24 pages)! These are pretty good results, but maybe not what you had hoped for.

Your views on Christianity don't seem all that radical to me, but your tone may come across as harsh. That's often the case on the internet. I make an effort to emphasize politeness.

I have created threads which have had no replies, and most get only a few (1 page).
Do I stop? No - I think about it as sowing seeds. Not all of them will grow, and not all that grow will catch my attention, but I do it anyway. Usually, I'm trying to get people to think in ways they may never have considered ("outside the box"). Whether they agree or disagree, they will be better for having considered the topic.

You're new here; you might want to give it more time...
 
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Looking through threads you have started, most have had 2 or more pages of replies. Your "Flat Earth" thread has had 462 replies (24 pages)! These are pretty good results, but maybe not what you had hoped for.

Your views on Christianity don't seem all that radical to me, but your tone may come across as harsh. That's often the case on the internet. I make an effort to emphasize politeness.

I have created threads which have had no replies, and most get only a few (1 page).
Do I stop? No - I think about it as sowing seeds. Not all of them will grow, and not all that grow will catch my attention, but I do it anyway. Usually, I'm trying to get people to think in ways they may never have considered ("outside the box"). Whether they agree or disagree, they will be better for having considered the topic.

You're new here; you might want to give it more time...

Exactly!!!!!

Finding the best most productive forum for a particular type of topic is important as well. Controversial Christian Theology is my favourite:

Controversial Christian Theology


Could the prophet Elijah have altered history if he had NOT........

... RAN AWAY from Queen Jezebel and her armies?

Should Christians support Rebuilding of Jerusalem Third Temple.



Would any of you debaters like to elaborate on the theory that this pastor probably put forward?

This may get your creative juices working:
Multiverse Theory and multiple Ezekiel 37 type events.
 
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I think the internet forums are a great place to share what you've learned about Christ. But some are merely incubators for heretics. And you can only go so far before you realize you've been trampled under foot. So I don't get too emotionally involved with any. And try to share what the Lord has blessed me with whether I get replies or not.

Over the past thirty years.......
I have noticed that it takes Messiah Yeshua - Jesus roughly five years of repeating and repeating and repeating.........
a message on a particular topic that I am seriously in error on........ .before I catch on!!!!

All I can do is laugh at all this.........

but I do feel kind of guilty over deep theological discussions that I had back in the '70's and '80's and finally...... decades later..... I finally now have a better understanding of how far off I was back in those days..... .on those subjects.

On the plus side.......
after being stuck in a seriously bad idea for several decades we do seem to have a great joy and thankfulness once we finally do understand our error from the past?!
 
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:heart: Norman, don't take it personal when/if there are not responses. We "sow" and/or "plant seed" and God is Who "grows" it. Trust that all that you have said, done, and posted on His behalf and for His glory is seed that He will water, and grow, and bless, and that He does not forsake ANY of our outpourings and sharings to others for Him. He will SURELY bless you for it. TRUST Him in all of it. May He encourage you and grant you peace, as HE mooooooves as only He can. God bless you Norman. Praying for you and your wife. How precious that both of you seek to honor and glorify God. (((hug)))
 
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I have started a number of threads since I joined CF but at the moment they are not prompting responses. There must be reasons for this.

see 6 of your threads have been featured and noticed one of those had over 50 responses which seems a lot to me

many people do read but not everyone will respond
that's just how forums work

it can be frustrating when one really wants some input but we can't force others to respond

do you have friends in your life that you can engage with?
don't give up though, CF has a lot of good people on here and hope you'll still post
 
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Thank you everyone for your support. Local RL fellowship is not very forthcoming for either my wife nor myself. As I have explained elsewhere, local established Church attendance is out for both of us, both physically and, dare I say, spiritually.
 
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Thank you everyone for your support. Local RL fellowship is not very forthcoming for either my wife nor myself. As I have explained elsewhere, local established Church attendance is out for both of us, both physically and, dare I say, spiritually.

:heart: God can meet you where you are. He "hears" the heart. KEEP praying and "meeting Him in His Word". He will moooove in ways that only He can, through His precious Holy Spirit. TRUST that He is doing so, even as we speak. Post as He gives you the unction to, and continue praying, rejoicing that He is the God Who IS able, through ALL of us. Keep your heart tuned to His and praise and worship Him and DELIGHT in Him, and He WILL give you the desires of your heart, in tangible and visible ways. Praying for you and your wife. God bless both of you and your household. (((hug)))
 
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Thank you everyone for your support. Local RL fellowship is not very forthcoming for either my wife nor myself. As I have explained elsewhere, local established Church attendance is out for both of us, both physically and, dare I say, spiritually.


I personally believe that we are in the beginning of a full fledged AWAKENING that will surpass what happened in the Book of Acts!

I am convinced that forums like this can play a huge role in this BUT........
very often we will not know the results of our encouragement in the lives of others until we pass on from this world because it is difficult for us to admit to being incorrect in the past.

The Great Tsunami by Rick Joyner | MorningStar Prophetic Bulletins 2011
 
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I personally believe that we are in the beginning of a full fledged AWAKENING that will surpass what happened in the Book of Acts!
I too truly believe we are in the end times, perhaps on the lines of Teilhard de Chardin's description of a so-called noosphere (this word did not originate with him). The Internet might be playing its part, I see it as another of God's gifts to man, to bring us closer to Him. But as with all of His gifts, we abuse it.
I will continue to pray to God and ask Him to guide me into wise postings. It's all I have left now, apart from loving my dear wife.
 
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@DennisTate. Many thanks for all of your posts, you give me lots to read! Given energy and if I can motivate myself I could particularly focus on fundamental particle physics, my ambition as a child was to become a nuclear physicist!
Not so, I became a physics teacher. In my old age my focus is now spiritual, but God’s gift of science is intended by Him to help us draw closer to Him.
With great respect I am not so enamoured by mega-church practitioners. Rick Joyner and others often deliver a great message, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your link entitled "The Great Tsunami" and, I thought, in line with my interest in Christian Anarchism. However, the early Christians described in Acts never formed a mega-church. I think this is the work of the devil! God bless.
 
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QUOTE="Norman70, post: 73932340, member: 414518"]I have started a number of threads since I joined CF but at the moment they are not prompting responses. There must be reasons for this. Many posters have kindly said they will pray for me, and I am sure they are continuing to do so, but I cannot expect them to keep posting on my threads. Others may be put off by my divergence from mainstream Christianity and lack of participation with established or denominational Churches. Others may perceive that my faith is weak or non-existent and are simply leaving me to God.
One poster here has suggested that in retirement all we need to do as Christians is to fast, to pray, to go to a local Church and to do some voluntary work if able. We need not be concerned about deep Bible Study and theology.
My wife and myself engage in morning devotions and prayer. This morning's devotion admonished us to spread the Good News to others.
We fast, we pray, we are not well enough to go to Church and have misgivings about that anyway, which leaves us open to spread knowledge of The Word - Jesus, voluntarily of course. The Internet is our only facility to do that, so as on Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, here we are!
I have placed this thread in the Discussion and Debate Forum

hoping for critical or supportive responses from fellow Christians.
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I don't believe anyone can be helped much (re GOOD NEWS) if at all through anything on the internet.
There is no such thing , I believe, as "fellowship" via internet.

"In person" with one or more others is not just a requirement, but without
"in person" relationship there is no relationship,
not in Christ, nor in reality.

It is not possible to break bread together, nor to share all things in common, nor to heal the sick, nor to help the forlorn, broken, weak
via the internet services. i.e. what is important cannot be accomplished via the electronic confusion.
 
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However, the early Christians described in Acts never formed a mega-church.
Now here is a secret of fellowship !

"the early Christians" did what few if any here do - they lived self-sacrificing lives daily,
IN UNION (ECHAD) with one another and with Yahusha and with the Father.

See what is written in Scripture, what is the Father's directions and requirements
for those who are seeking Him,
and do that, trusting HIM TO ACCOMPLISH

AS HE DID IN ACTS/ IN THE FIRST CENTURY

what man can never accomplish.
 
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"the early Christians" did what few if any here do - they lived self-sacrificing lives daily,
IN UNION (ECHAD) with one another and with Yahusha and with the Father.
Absolutely, and this is fundamental to my interest in Christian Anarchism. I am wary of attaching myself to this label because of the pejorative interpretation of anarchism, however I find many of the Scriptures, both OT and NT, guide me in this direction.
Thank you for expressing your beliefs about science and the Internet so succinctly and brief, with which, as a fellow Christian, I fully respect. I have a thread running entitled "Is deeper fellowship possible on CF?". It is in a forum entitled "Deeper Fellowship" I have explained elsewhere here in CF, my wife and myself are having great difficulty finding any sort of Christian fellowship in RL. Thank you again for your posts.
 
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I have a thread running entitled "Is deeper fellowship possible on CF?". As I have explained elsewhere here in CF, my wife and myself are having great difficulty finding any sort of Christian fellowship in RL.
I think and have seemingly found better fellowship at the grocery store and laundromat.
Not with everyone , of course, but with a few people there who are or seem interested.

Almost everyone I'm aware of is for the last two decades plus a little (since 1995 specifically)
having "great difficulty finding any sort of Christian fellowship" truthfully -
even if they were members for decades previously in a 'good' church. It seems that 'churches' changed dramatically around 1995 and are not at all what they were before then. (most of them, not all hopefully)

The "way" that "seems" "best" (yes, a lot of potential qualifiers)
is
to simply start having a bible study / prayer time with other people in one's home, daily or as frequently as possible. Care for one another daily, look out for one another
and DO what the Father's Word SAYS DO .

as Jesus says: WHO are My brother and sister and mother?

WHOEVER HEARS the WORD OF MY FATHER, and DOES IT(every day, steadily, continually, always) - they are My brother and sister and mother.
 
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