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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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Night, broPut me on the list...and I am signing off...not putting it off for one more second...really
Content, you got it all out of your system on the 8th? Hehe
Do you reckon the name change is harmless?
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I don't know what to think about the name change. Certainly for us who found eachother before the change - we'll be OK. But I found Christian Forums by Googling in July, 2003, as a newish believer who wanted fellowship with more on-fire Christians. What will happen to those nameless, faceless people now? How will they find us? We don't know them, so we can't invite them.Night, bro
Content, you got it all out of your system on the 8th? Hehe
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Kind of makes your heart hurt, doesn't it. You're absolutely right. How are supposed to reach out to those people.I don't know what to think about the name change. Certainly for us who found eachother before the change - we'll be OK. But I found Christian Forums by Googling in July, 2003, as a newish believer who wanted fellowship with more on-fire Christians. What will happen to those nameless, faceless people now? How will they find us? We don't know them, so we can't invite them.
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LOL, GM, my heart hurts most days anymore. If it's not something good getting ruined, it's something evil getting glorified. I honestly don't understand how God stands it anymore - why he hasn't just said "I'm done with you lot!" He is surely patient and long-suffering!
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Yes, and not only that...
I feel that the real threat to this Christian congregation lies much more with us than with the changes that Erwin made.
We already have all the freedom and opportunity we need to turn this Conservative Christian forum into a really good fellowship and ministry that glorifies God, but we aren't making it happen.
We at least need to learn how to disagree with each other in more gentle ways, such as by saying "I don't think I see it that way because..." It really isn't all that hard to disagree on occasions without using aggressive language or personalising our responses.
Yesterday evening, this forum looked ghastly, with nearly every thread about rules, polls, controversies over Erwin's changes, membership etc, and very little about the Lord. I was glad to see that we began to address that situation later on, with some fellowship threads and stuff about audio Bibles etc.
Also, I think that some of the extreme scepticism concerning Erwin's motives is unwarranted. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power and love, the Bible says, and we should not allow a pervasive mood of scepticism and hearsay to erode our faith and hope.
Those who assert this and that about what Erwin is really planning to do, only need to be wrong in their assumptions, and they are then bearing false witness against that man over and over again.
On the positive side, there is also quite a lot of agreement and cordiality between individuals of different denominations. So there are some encouraging signs.
I don't think the answer to the problems is necessarily to leave this forum, but to percieve the problems as a challenge. I think we could easily combine our faith, hope, love, skills, Bible knowledge, experiences of God etc, to create a forum that really glows. Let's do it then.
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Amen!
God is still sovereign - He wasn't taken by surprise by all this! And He is still working here.
We just need to pray, listen and obey!
And some of the new header thingies (sorry - don't know the techie terminology!) are great!
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OK, thanks!Me good...you?
Busy preparing for a church outreach next week - had forgotten how long it takes to prepare sketchboard stuff!!
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I think there are two aspects to what you said. First, the site in general, and secondly, the CC forum specifically.
Regarding the latter, you're spot on, no equivocation
The site in general, though... I think it's more complicated than that. There's no question, much of what's been said, and done, in terms of reaction, has been unacceptable. But people have legitimate concerns, and should be allowed to express that. What you have to bear in mind is it's been in turmoil since February, and reached a pinnacle of "Auuuugh!" on the 7th of July. Then this.
I really believe we are utterly entitled to question Erwin's actions, as people who have invested time and sometimes money into the forum. But there's a line, and attacking him and insulting him is going a long way past it.
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