Posted on 10/29/2006 4:41:14 AM PST by Gamecock
Challenges are not allowed on "closed" threads - which are treated like a closed door church meeting. Devotionals and prayer threads are closed. And any confession is welcome to designate a thread as a "caucus" in which case it will be closed - providing the thread is not being used to demean any other confession.
Do not make any further challenges on this caucus thread.
Would you be so kind as to please point out what makes this thread a devotional or prayer thread? I see nothing devotional nor do I see prayers being asked for or prayed.
any confession is welcome to designate a thread as a "caucus" in which case it will be closed - providing the thread is not being used to demean any other confession.
Does the following quote from the article not demean another confession? Both Martin Luther and John Calvin opposed the errors of the Roman Catholic Church concerning salvation,It appears to be flame-bait IMHO.
Why is it that the poster of post five was allowed to question where the "five solas" are in the Bible, but Catholics may not ask the same legitimate question?
Thank you in advnce for your answers.
To be a caucus, neither the article nor the replies are to be used as a staging ground to take pot shots at another doctrine.
The quote from the article is a belief of this doctrine ("Reformed") The quote does not rise to the level of a "pot shot" any more than a statement on an LDS caucus that it replaces all prior dispensations would rise to the level of a "pot shot". Both are fundamental to their doctrines.
Likewise, should a Catholic caucus declare the Catholic Church is the only true church or the body of Christ, that also would not rise to the level of a "pot shot."
And yes, members or other interested parties are welcome to discuss the article on a caucus. But if the caucus considers it out-of-line for a closed door church meeting, then it is and I will step in.
It is roughly the equivalent of someone walking into a church meeting. If it is ok with them, it's ok with me. If it is disturbing the assembly, I will stop it.
Posters should mount challenges against other doctrines on the "open" threads. There, all correspondents must suffer the adverse testimony and respond, respectfully.
Another point: caucus threads are usually ignored by members of other confessions and thus there are relatively few reply posts. Open threads, on the other hand, attract a lot of attention and often build into thousands of posts with several concurrent sidebars.
If you wish to defend your beliefs or challenge another's belief, use the open threads for a platform. But remember, open threads are a like a town square and the challenges can and often do, cause offense. So it pays to have a thick skin and good knowledge of the issues to engage on an open thread.
I do not consider your source to be all inclusive.
Read yours!
I WILL HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.
A SPECIFIC QUESTION WOULD HELP.
I ASKED IF YOU WHERE CATHOLIC?
"I do not consider your source to be all inclusive."
INCLUSIVE OF WHAT?
The source Wikipedia is not reliable and the historical works have other versions and explanations than what was presented.
http://www.catholicapologetics.net/bartholomews_day.htm
Basicly, inlclusive of the history of what happened in the referenced autrocity.
The response is to have the questioner silenced by management. I'd say that says more than any post I have ever made on any topic, anywhere.
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