There’s nothing productive in spreading fiction about each other’s churches, friend...unless you’re looking to produce a fight.
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PREACH IT BRO! PREACH IT!
Witness the title of this thread. They could have made it a caucus easily.
Yet we are accused of baiting.
Do we need to start logging such examples in a journal? Sigh. ‘Tis not the way of Love, to keep a record of wrongs.
They is I.
I intentionally didn't make it a caucus. You know why?
Because a caucus thread is essentially an "amen corner." Theology should involve the discussion and exchange of ideas. Ideas that don't necessarily agree. Ideas that occasionally clash.
I, for one, learn a lot from these threads. I don't enjoy reading Denzinger. I don't really enjoy reading the Catechism. I don't really enjoy reading the Fathers. I prefer Tom Clancy. But I study from those documents. I find that an environment that is somewhat confrontational, in a Christian sense, is an environment where 'iron sharpeneth iron.' I learn in such an environment. You challenge me. I have to rely upon my somewhat feeble memory or go hit the books.
None of that happens in a caucus thread.
So, with the exception of some, few, posts which are pure avian compost, I like the challenge. These threads make me a far better Christian equipped with Christian (historic, apostolic) doctrine. Put on the whole armor of God. So I, for one, thank you for challenging me. And doing so in the spirit of Christian charity.
Yet we are accused of baiting.
Did the article here make accusations against any Protestant denomination? Did it falsely state any doctrine preached by your ecclesiastic community? Then how can I be accused of baiting? I didn't force you to come here and help me out. You weren't required, to defend a misrepresentation of your beliefs, to come here and correct a misstatement of your beliefs. You came here of your own free will. And I appreciate it.
IF I posted an article written by a Catholic that misrepresented what your community (non-Catholic) believes, particularly if that misrepresentation was inflammatory, then that would be baiting. But I haven't baited anybody. Particularly by posting this article.
But seriously, I do appreciate you challenging me. Particularly when you do so in a spirit of Christian charity. Please don't stop doing so. Particularly in an attitude of Christian charity.