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I don't see a discussion thread for this announcement, so I'll assume we may discuss here.[/FONT]
mnphysicist said:
[1] Non-Nicene Theology is renamed Unorthodox Theology and moved to the Theology forum category;
[2] A fellowship forum is created for unorthodox members as a sub-forum of Unorthodox Theology;
[3] All existing unorthodox theology discussion threads are moved to the Unorthodox Theology forum; all existing threads in the unorthodox Congregations are moved to the fellowship sub-forum.
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That looks like an improvement, but I am not clear on what is going to happen. I can't find the pertinent wiki nor its snapshot, so I shall use my own definitions for levels of categorization :[/FONT]
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For example
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Non-Nicene Faiths [/FONT]
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Non-Nicene Theology [/FONT]
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As far as I understand[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]All the threads in the Non-Nicene Theology category will be moved to the Non-Nicene Theology subforum[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]All threads of the Non-Nicene Congregation category are moved to the Unitarian/Non-Trinitarian subforum.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]An Unorthodox Theology subcategory is created.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Non-Nicene Theology subforum is renamend Unorthodox Theology and is moved to the Unorthodox Theology subcategory.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Unitarian/Non-Trinitarian subforum is renamed Fellowship and is moved moved to the Unorthodox Theology subcategory.[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]The Unorthodox Theology subcategory is moved to the Theology category.[/FONT]
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Thus we would have[/FONT]
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Christian Faith [/FONT]
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Is that correct ?[/FONT]
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mnphysicist said:
Over the next month, staff will go in and clean up any promotion type posts or threads. Posts or threads older than 30 days will be left alone to scroll off the page, unless promotion is especially egregious. No violations will be issued for posts made prior to Jan. 31.
Such measures are evidence of the inferiority of the Nicene worldview and I will demote it as such. Niceneans are weak in faith.[/FONT]
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Apex said:
For me this changes nothing. We still are not allowed to "promote non-nicene" beliefs. All this amendment does is attempts to appease by creating a "congregational forum" for "unorthodox" members. It is stating that if you do not believe as CF does, you are not "Christian" enough.
If I understand correctly, you forums would be moved to The Christian Faith section. So you would be recognised as Christian.[/FONT]
Crazy Liz said:
Maybe we could start with a little quiz:
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Starting a wiki on it is no longer possible, but perhaps a dedicated thread on the definition of promotion would be useful.[/FONT]
Starlight : That's a good change, but they should be allowed to promote their views at least in the unorthodox theology forum and the fellowship forum in it.
A New Dawn : Why?
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Because otherwise they would be negatively discriminated. The slogan 'All people are equal.' is only commendable if you don't add to it 'But some people are more equual than others.'[/FONT]
A New Dawn said:
I disagree. Discussing and promoting are two different things. You can have a good discussion without promoting. When I was unorthodox I had no problem discussing things and never got called down for promoting things.
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Niceneans should then be prohibited from promoting the Nicene worldview in the Unorthodox Theology subcategory.[/FONT]
Starlight said:
But what if the other side in a discussion (the one which is allowed to promote their beliefs) starts promoting their views instead of simply discussing it?
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The unorthodox Christian could call the orthodox one on it, for example with You are preaching or The forum rules do not permit me to tell the truth about this issue.[/FONT]
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RendaLane said:
I know you're not asking me. But, imo, because not every Christian holds to this site's ideas of what that means, for one thing. And supressing other peoples beliefs doesn't lead to conversion, it leads people to hate Christianity.
Be it hate or ridicule, Christianity has dropped on my respect scale since LeeD is in charge.[/FONT]
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A New Dawn said:
The Bible says a lot of other things that are, frankly, ignored by people who feel that one theology is as good as another, even if it isn't Biblical. God never said "I'm OK, You're OK". He did say "Go thy way and sin no more", though.
'I am OK. You are OK.' is one of the basic principles of communication. When will God learn ?[/FONT]
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Rep Daddy said:
The goal is not FAIR. When LeeD says he does not want Non-Nicene views promoted he is making it clear that his goal is not fairness, He has a POV that he wants promoted and one he does not. Fairness isn't the yardstick, the Nicene Creed is.
Will you stop slandering LeeD please ? That's my prerogative.[/FONT]