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historically, the church has gone more and more and more and more (since the earliest of days) of finding ways of erecting man made barricades to keep "them" out, whoever "them" may be.Creeds are devices to keep heretics out rather than draw people in. I believe that each of us, as an individual, have a responsibility before God, to determine what is true about God and also what is false.
agreed on all counts--especially about TonksThe Symbol is a good standard. I think I posted once that if you use anything else, you have about a 99% chance of falling into heresy.
What is important is what Staff does with that standard.
If there is anyone on Staff I trust to say what he means and do what he says, it's Tonks. He may be brusque and prone to headaches, but his most important characteristic in this context is that he is honest.
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No.
The most prominently condemned "false teachers" in the New Testament are the Judaizers/Ebionites who demanded that Gentiles follow the Law and the Docetists who denied Jesus was God in the flesh.
I see little condemnation of the modern-day descendants of these heresies and in fact a good deal of promotion of them pass without notice or question on this site.
historically, the church has gone more and more and more and more (since the earliest of days) of finding ways of erecting man made barricades to keep "them" out, whoever "them" may be.
We worked hard for a long time to work towards doing away with this mentality at CF--I fear this is a slippery slope towards erecting even more barricades.
There is a new owner and it is his call as to what this site will be.
Just a reality.
God seeks those who worship Him in spirit and TRUTH.
Sweeping away truth standards is a mark of spiritual decline.
My view is the owner and his selected Advisors set the guidelines and we can participate to whatever degree we feel our conscience allows.
Not hard.
And there are other options.
as to the highlighted part---trying to get me banned?There is a new owner and it is his call as to what this site will be.
Just a reality.
God seeks those who worship Him in spirit and TRUTH.
Sweeping away truth standards is a mark of spiritual decline.
My view is the owner and his selected Advisors set the guidelines and we can participate to whatever degree we feel our conscience allows.
Not hard.
And there are other options.
My goodness, what a ridiculous and hurtful accusation. Maybe try considering that some people actually care about God's glory, hm?
why is finding agreement with others supposed to be the primary goal of a MESSAGE BOARD? There ARE safe houses, but the other areas ought to be as wide open as possible--UNITING ALL CHRISTIANS used to means something around here.
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There is a new owner and it is his call as to what this site will be.
Just a reality.
God seeks those who worship Him in spirit and TRUTH.
I LOLed! God certainly cares not about the idiocies posted on a message board!
Strange, and very sad, that some need regulations and rejecting others, to feel safe in their faith!
This just shows you the 2 divisions here they're trying to unite.My goodness, what a ridiculous and hurtful accusation. Maybe try considering that some people actually care about God's glory, hm?
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