Creation of Additional Major Categories

[Buttermilk]

CF isn't going to judge your walk. We aren't going to tell you that you're not Christian, and that's not what this forum rearrangement is aimed at doing.

However, CF isn't going to take a stance of neutrality. The site still is aimed at promoting orthodox Christianity.

Well said

 

[Erwin]

I'm happy for discussion to continue in relation to this issue.

 

[Orontes]

I'm happy for discussion to continue in relation to this issue.

Erwin,

I would be interested in comment on my earlier post. This was post 91 and relates to an LDS Congregation Forum. The message after the quoted citations was:

" I think the language of Erwin's 777 announcement is unambiguous. Sectarian lines drawn in the sand speak to a mind set other than the announcement: "If you believe you are a Christian, you are" and the verbiage that appears underneath the Christian Forums logo found in the top right of the site: uniting all Christians as one body. The language of the 777 announcement and the intent of the site does not parse according to orthodox and unorthodox. There is no language along the lines: uniting all orthodox Christians as one body. Orthodox and unorthodox, mainstream and non-mainstream are adjectives that only carry meaning insofar as one understands the noun they modify. In this case that is Christian. Given the thrust of the site: this only reinforces the oddity of then trying to marginalize particular Christian groups.

I think one needs to consider fundamental positioning. Is the site meant to be inclusive or divisive? What is the motivation of those who would oppose an LDS Congregation forum? Why should oppositionist groups be given any deference at all? Given congregation forums are non-debate areas, one can only assume the hostility is because Mormons should be considered targets and because it is assumed an LDS Congregation Forum would convey a type of legitimacy to what is supposed to be an illegitimate faith: the undesirables are to remain in the shanty towns assigned so that polite society will not be bothered. Such sentiment is its own refutation."


"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” - Dostoevsky"

 

[FriendsFellowship]

However, CF isn't going to take a stance of neutrality. The site still is aimed at promoting orthodox Christianity.

This is the most encouraging thing I've heard from a staff member since all of these changes began!

 

[dragoniatiegre]

CF isn't going to judge your walk. We aren't going to tell you that you're not Christian, and that's not what this forum rearrangement is aimed at doing.

However, CF isn't going to take a stance of neutrality. The site still is aimed at promoting orthodox Christianity.

I don't see the creation of an LDS congregational forum as a stance of neutrality. The site can still promote orthodox Christianity, and the creation of such a forum wouldn't alter that, in my opinion.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

CF isn't going to judge your walk. We aren't going to tell you that you're not Christian, and that's not what this forum rearrangement is aimed at doing.

However, CF isn't going to take a stance of neutrality. The site still is aimed at promoting orthodox Christianity.

There's no contradiction.

CF isn't going to say that you are not Christian. That is between you and God.

However, we're not going to say that unorthodoxy is the same and equal to orthodoxy.

Are the bold sections your views or Erwin's views?

I am still under the impression this whole "unity" thing was actually going forward, not backward.

 

[Orontes]

This is the most encouraging thing I've heard from a staff member since all of these changes began!

I don't understand why this would be encouraging. Consider, the very term orthodox wouldn't have been applied to Protestants (deemed heretics) by Roman Catholics until not so long ago. Why so keen to exclude when you come from a tradition that was itself deemed heretical for so long?

 

[Letalis]

This isn't going forward if we can't get a consensus.

Input is still being sought on the People of the Book section. A poll was set up in NCR.

This is closed as no longer applicable.