Posted on 02/10/2004 10:46:05 AM PST by ksen
Nice avoidance. Kind of arrogant don't you think?
Aren't you a "pastor"?
The question was simple, either "BigMack's" insult meets your criteria of being a "personal attack" or it doesn't.
Which is it?
Are you saying that if we don't like dishonest dealing then we should go elsewhere?
LOL! That's hilarious! You try to register two new names while on suspension, and you call me dishonest. Take a break - a seven day break.
But my questions are serious.
Personally, I couldn't care less if I'm flamed or attacked. Personal attacks do not affect me in the least.
However, I am seeing posts with legitimate questions being pulled and I am seeing people like Ephesians210 being suspended when I couldn't see anything ban-worthy in the posts he made leading up to his supsention.
Again, I am not complaining about abusive posts NOT being pulled.
What I am concerned with is the posts that contain no attack or flames being pulled.
In this country, the judicial system by design is biased towards the offender. The founders of this country wanted to limit the chances that the innocent would be found guilty. Therefore, they intentionally set up a system where the, in reality, guilty might just be found "not guilty".
In that context, I fail to see how pulling good, legitimate posts and how censoring or banishing legitimate, serious posters furthers the good name of FreeRepublic.
Jean
This sounds like you are saying if a person doesn't line up with the Calvinist formula, they can't be a Christian.
I worry for you my friend, for I have experienced the humble pie God dished up to me when I forced Him into a formula devised by men.
The seminary students I have been in conversations with have all had a nasty habit of purposefully ignoring portions of scripture that don't fit into their model. There will always be scripture that confounds any model we try to establish, for we see through a glass darkly.
Just relax and enjoy a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as He has commissioned the Holy Spirit to reveal the things you will need to accomplish God's will for your life. We aren't going to figure out God, and all wisdom comes only from what He chooses to reveal to us no matter how hard we study.
It occurs to me that FReeper Calvinists have no cause to complain about the management of the FR Religion Forum. How can we complain, when we are constantly victorious??
Scripture seems to indicate humility is a great accelerator and pride only puts on the brakes when it comes to knowing God in a real way.
P.S. I am not defending anyone who purposefully chooses to base their beliefs on ideas that don't line up with scripture. We all should use the Bible as our commentary on the Bible, not the formulas of men, whether Joseph Smith, a Pope or John Calvin adherents. Five of the seven churches of Asia were off the mark in the first century. Heed Jesus' admonitions to those churches well.
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