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What do you think Erwin has done in the last years when dealing with people's whinings? I think many of us are forgetting this.
Judas walked with Jesus 3 years, healed and preached... whats your point?
 
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Here is a thought--- we don't want Christ to be an after thought here... so, rather than let the devil win this round... what if we all put HIS name boldly in all of our signatures? Then He'll be everywhere... :cool:

It is at least a place to start reunifying with our brothers and sisters, and bring some good out of this mess. :)
 
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In case anyone missed this, Erwin wrote a reason for the name change at the bottom of drstevej's poll on changing the name of Christianforums...

http://foru.ms/t5757523&page=20
so out of a community of nearly 200,000 erwin chose to listen to a poll (bad poll at that!) that showed 50 people thought something? How does THAT make sense?
 
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Here is a thought--- we don't want Christ to be an after thought here... so, rather than let the devil win this round... what if we all put HIS name boldly in all of our signatures? Then He'll be everywhere... :cool:

It is at least a place to start reunifying with our brothers and sisters, and bring some good out of this mess. :)
Or if changes are not made just have another site and then the ones that are happy will have this for their socialization
 
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Jesus knew he would be a traitor before Judas was born. That's the difference.
So Jesus didnt know Erwin would lie and become a traitor to his supporters and his own integrity? You dont believe in the omniscience of God?
 
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Or if changes are not made just have another site and then the ones that are happy will have this for their socialization
There you go my suggestion repeated again. That was option three. What happened to three?
 
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I don't know what to make of this. As someone who was very strongly in favour of the 07/07/07 changes, I don't believe that a name change was necessary. I felt Christian Forums was a very appropriate name - a forum for those who wish to discuss Christianity, whether Christian or interested in the religion for whatever reason. I did not believe that the name implied any "Christian only" exclusivity.

Well, I suppose I'll just wait and see how this pans out. I appreciate Erwin's dedication, even if I'm yet to be convinced this latest change is a good one.

Well, I thank Erwin for his work but I dislike this. A lil story, my wife searched years ago for christian fourms, lookin for a christian place, she found that in CF, she has already told me she'd never have clicked on sumthin called "foru.ms".

I'm sorry you spent your money for this domain actually, I didn't wanna believe in 'hostile take overs' but I'm startin to wonder, I support many of the changes an not some others, this is one I cain't support, I was a member of a christian online community where I could fellowship... I cain't see bein a member of some "social-networkin" thin mysef..... I know folks complained bout the name of CF for a long time though.......

I completely agree with both of these. I never would have joined something by this name "social networking" ..... so I'm not thrilled with the new name. I'm staying though since I am not here for the labels but the people, and the people I like the best tend to not be the type to throw a hissy fit and leave ;)
 
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what a crock. Only 92 members voted in that poll.

Well there were the other polls in this sub-forum and were announced at the top of every forum. And they stayed open for two weeks I think. Over 1000 voted there. And that spawned the option three poll as well. In that poll many were telling Erwin to do what he felt was right to do in his vision.

I don't agree with the direction the site has moved in that caused the name change. But the name change reflects the current vision. Now many can look at what the site stands for and decide if they want to stay. We have the statement from 7-7-7 that many felt was relativistic. We have this as a follow up clarification.

One of the problems was that many took the July change as what they thought it was...rather than what it was. Now this is a clarification.

The name, as Erwin explained, reflects the direction of the site. All the change does is let people know up front that this site is different than what many joined.

Is it still a place people want to be? Now many can make that decision with better info.

But the old name does not reflect the new vision. That is sad. But sadder would be to call it Christian Forums when the vision does not support that. And only Erwin could make that decision because he knows what the vision is and by these methods is explaining it to others.

I don't agree with the new vision or ways of doing things. And I think changing the name is sad...but an honest result of the new direction.
 
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Here is a thought--- we don't want Christ to be an after thought here... so, rather than let the devil win this round... what if we all put HIS name boldly in all of our signatures? Then He'll be everywhere... :cool:

It is at least a place to start reunifying with our brothers and sisters, and bring some good out of this mess. :)
 
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So Jesus didnt know Erwin would lie and become a traitor to his supporters and his own integrity? You dont believe in the omniscience of God?
Hey listen. We are not arguing about God. We are discussing a change. A bad change. It is these posts that cloud the issue. I hate to be rude but can we please stick to the topic here. This has upset me and all of us enough. Lets resolve it.
 
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Sometime one needs to place the responsibility where it belongs. He created this nightmare himself.

And be honest, you're loving every minute of this aren't you? You felt betrayed by Erwin long before this name change came about and now you're here to salivate over the "nightmare" and hope to pick up some spoils as you go back to your own site, what is it, CCF?

The bitterness in most of your posts isn't hidden.
 
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Or if changes are not made just have another site and then the ones that are happy will have this for their socialization
There are no rules keeping the name of Christ from being defamed here any more. Unitarians are now considered Christians here and are free to poison waters for the weak and unlearned... theres more probs than just a name change
 
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In case anyone missed this, Erwin wrote a reason for the name change at the bottom of drstevej's poll on changing the name of Christianforums...

http://foru.ms/t5757523&page=20

Thank you for posting this link, MewtwoX. It makes things more clear. And thank you to Erwin for that explanation.

I don't believe it to be the only reason for the drastic changes... But I do believe that the harrassment Erwin has received over the last couple of months.. is the poison that started all of this.

To my brothers and sisters in the Lord, this is heartbreaking.. I know. But this is no time to harrass, accuse and bash Erwin. This is a time to hold him up to the Lord in prayer.
 
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So Jesus didnt know Erwin would lie and become a traitor to his supporters and his own integrity? You dont believe in the omniscience of God?

Now.. that is based on your assumption. We need to sit back and wait for the verdict rather than bringing up assumptions. Going back to Job, in the beginning of the Book of Job, Job's innocence is established so that people won't interpret Job's friends opinions as judgemental. The very first verse explains that Job was blameless and a man of complete integrity. Many of us have identified with him. Many of us also have identified some of our fellow Christians as Elphazs, Bildads, and Zophars. Some have the attitude, "I have the knowledge and how God have blessed me with that knowledge. One of these days you will also come to know and have the same knowledge and that is when you will know the TRUTH." Self-righteousness is terrible among Christian community because it is very naturally that we judge everyone by what/who we are because it is usually smug satisfaction with self. Self-righteousness also leads to self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of what is going on.
 
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There are no rules keeping the name of Christ from being defamed here any more. Unitarians are now considered Christians here and are free to poison waters for the weak and unlearned... theres more probs than just a name change
If Erwin betrayed the board before, for instance concerning the nicene creed, why shouldn t we ALL feel betrayed before this final blow?
 
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