Posted on 03/03/2015 12:32:27 PM PST by two134711
Thank you Free Republic for allowing me to post and vent on this site for over ten years. I am a young, married conservative woman who is trying to raise her daughter to be a fine, upstanding lady, an educated woman and a worthy wife to a decent man. Despite the stupidity of my generation (I am on the cusp of GenX and GenY) there is hope. Many young people are more prolife than ever. And at last, many others are beginning to open their eyes to the lies of socialism.
However recent events on this site like witnessing the discord between fellow believers of Christ and how the Religious moderators have given carte blanche to those who wish to spread hate is not something I want to be part of.
I received this message from the Religion Moderator regarding Key words received 03/02/2015 8:45:19 PM PST
“DO NOT use keywords to snipe at other posters or beliefs. RM”
I certainly did not post key words that sniped at anyone; they were terms such as "enough already,” “Christianity,” “unity” and "peace." Now, yes, the comments I made were invectives thrown at posters. I don't deny that; but they deserved every word directed at them and more. Outside of Caucus threads the religious forum is based on sniping at posters and insulting other's beliefs. Mostly it’s a few alleged “Evangelicals” damning those Papists, pedophiles, pagans, cracker-eaters, cannibals and Mary-worshipping heretics to Hell if they don't convert to the Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism or the Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879. Then a very small contingent of Catholics tries to fight back.
These are the kind of comments are allowed on the religious forums without any moderation.
"I believe that Catholicism has caused more people to go to hell then [sic] Islam."
84 posted on 2/23/2015, 2:36:42 PM by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
AND
**Have you accepted the Catholic Church** "I have accepted Jesus. Not some abomination created by man."
98 posted on 2/23/2015, 2:46:17 PM by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval line officer.)
I have no skin in this game other than to realize that Christians (and Jews) are not each other’s enemies. There is a much more diabolical force in this world that should be fought. Anti-theists, Islamists, secular amoralists, etc., they're nothing. But, hey, keep going after Catholics and Mormons because they're the ones ruining the world today!
I said those words because it was the truth, (a truth that many others see but do not mention; they merely avoid the conflicts). If the anti-Catholic delusional bigots have a problem with the truth, then a pox on their houses.
I have posted on and off this site for over ten years. Every time I come back here I think to myself, “Wow, FR is one of the only sites telling it like it is when it comes to politics!” But then the OCD religious posters take control over and over again. It’s not just the religious forums, but they’re the worst. In the past the moderation was far more even-handed. Now it’s out of control. Please use more judiciousness in moderating them in the future.
You are losing members left and right and your fundraisers take months to complete. I am aware that the owner of this site, Mr. Robinson, is a Catholic, and I’m sure it breaks his heart to see such infighting amongst fellow Christians. I hope his health betters and that he can continue to fight the goof fight.
Nevertheless, FR's days as a premium conservative site are over. There a quite a few decent folks around here like Mrs. Don-0, xzins, Morgana, miss marmelstein, wardaddy, that fellow named something like yefrugeturbrumuy, and lots of others. There are many good folks with diverse opinions and no malice in their hearts.
But some others seem possessed by other-world forces. Mostly they're old people scared of death, wanting to make sure they get in with God before the end, desperate to hold on to every penny they've ever come across, willing to kvetch about the future and frequently mentioning how glad they'll be when they're dead and won't have to deal with this world, while their children and grandchildren will. Or worse, they actively wish for the world to end today or soon. Sorry, I'm young enough to have a smidgen of hope despite the moral disaster this world is in.
The Apple squabbles, the griping about TV and art, heck even the "my candidate is better than your candidate" bloodletting is nothing compared to the nutters that run rampant on the religion forum.
So Religious moderator, if you thought my key words were examples of “sniping,” then I suppose this post was outright bashing. Every time I come to this site I get angry. Anger opens up the heart to dark forces; it’s best not to be part of that.
Got to go. May peace come to this once wonderful site and make it a place of harmony for future posters.
Should I ready a knife, or would I be misinterpreting this passage?Catholics would get out a knife; if they applied the same rules to it as they do they oft mentioned...
...this is by body...
I've noticed that nearly no one is a "complete" literalist--even those who call themselves literalists. (And most Catholics don't seem to fit that self-identification. That is, if anyone's going to reach for the knife simply based on "applying the same rules to it," a Catholic group isn't what first comes to my mind.)
Yes, I'm aware that most who call themselves literalists acknowledge that their goal is not being "completely" literalist (does God literally have wings, or is Jesus literally a vine?) but literalist by default, as much as possible--whenever the literalist meaning makes sense to them. But this criterion doesn't result in perfect unity of interpretation. Different people and groups interpret different passages "literally" or not. Even two groups that both identify themselves as literalists concerning a given passage may disagree on the actual literal meading of the passage.
In other words, even "literalism" is more complex than it may at first sound. At least I'd hope that people may take Romans 12:17-18, for example, a little more literally. (Of course, the real solution may be taking it more seriously.)
Instead of me leaving you with sort of a vacuum and/or a negative (in terms of what someone does not preach) ... let me leave you with a few good sources for the Word of God, from good preachers and those I do listen to more.
One is David Hocking at Hope for Today. I would recommend him highly.
http://www.davidhocking.org
Then there is Dave Hunt at The Berean Call Ministries. Dave has died, but the ministry continues and they got a lot of good resources there.
http://www.thebereancall.org
There is also Thomas Ice at the Pre-Trib Research Center
http://www.pre-trib.org
Then Dr. Randall Price at the World of the Bible Ministries
http://www.worldofthebible.com
Dr. John F Walvoord, a former President of Dallas Theological Seminary (dead now) ...
http://www.walvoord.com
I’ve got a lot more, and so this is just a smattering of those I have listened to over the years and look up stuff from them today.
This gives you something to “take with you” instead of “nothing at all” from my previous post ... :-) ...
OH ... one more that I meant to include in that initial list was Dr. Robert Jeffress at First Baptist Dallas ...
http://www.firstdallas.org/our-pastor/
He is an excellent pastor. I used to go there at First Baptist Dallas when I was helping my dad in his old age. He went there, too. AND ... as a side note that church is said to have been the home church of Billy Graham (since you’re interested in Billy Graham) ... although I never saw him there ... :-) ...
You absolutely can’t go wrong with Dr. Robert Jeffress!
At this late point in my life on planet Earth, I am no longer trying to heap up many Bible teachers and instead want to rely on reading and studying the Holy Bible under the continuing tutelage of the Holy Spirit, utilizing available references at home and online which may help me with better understanding particular passages of Scripture.
In addition to the teaching given and received at my local fellowship, I also try to hear Dr. Charles Stanley each week and usually succeed.
Thank you for all your good references in your posts to me.
R2z
Ah yes ... good ole Charles Stanley. From what I’ve heard, I do like him ... :-) ...
I am not Catholic. I have never been a Catholic. However I do love the Lord and I am disappointed at the behavior of His flock.
I just downloaded the iTunes Podcast of that and the last few before it. I’m going to listen to them ... :-) ...
And they aren't pens of His making. They are man made constructs. So many things have been added by man that He never commanded, stone edifices, sects, sprinkle or dunk, baby baptism.....
I have to go to bed. Night.
Jesus of Nazareth speaks, as recorded in...
John 10:(NASV)
14 “I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
So, there is to be one flock with one Shepherd, not different flocks in more than one pen (fold) as I misstated.
It's not for ME to make such a JUDGMENT call.
"Go ye into ALL the world..." is quite clear to me.
Very good!
But remember; even in the darkest jungles; there are Witch Doctors who turn to Christ.
As your answer touched all the bases; why did you want to know what MY interpretation was?
I hear ya!
When someone tries to get me to go to this meeting or that seminar or listen to this teaching; my reply is, "I already KNOW more than I probably DO."
Meaning that my walk is not nearly as good as my talk.
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