First let me express my appreciation to Jim for providing this website. I also appreciate the RMs for the job they do on monitoring this forum and I feel they've done a remarkably decent job in doing so.
Because of this website, I feel I'm more informed on the issues of the day than I used to be.
I've really learned a lot...especially in the religion forum. When you have to defend your beliefs it makes you dig and learn.
I've always thought the purpose of FR was to provide a forum to express ALL ideas without fear of suppression. We see enough of that in the liberal media.
As I noted above, having to defend your beliefs makes you dig and learn. However, it appears some are not capable of doing so.
It seems like we've figured out who can't handle the disagreements with catholicism.
Instead of being able to defend your beliefs you run to the owner and RMs to lock down the thread. And it's not the first time you've run crying to the RM either. I know you've tried to have some of my threads pulled in the past.
The papists of the middle ages would be proud of you. All dissent with Rome must be silenced.
I guess you think this is your personal website for advancing catholicism.
I personally don't have a problem with you posting an article everyday like you do. It's your right to do so.
However, when you do post something not supported by the Word I will respond. It's my right to do so.
If I post something someone disagrees with I expect them to reply if they want to and we'll have a conversation. As the RM has said on more than one occasion....if no one replies to you that's your clue no one is paying attention to you.
I do the same thing in the other forums as that is what this website is all about....expressing your opinion.
You should look to Paul as an example of an apologist. He was always willing to engage in a defense of the Gospel with anyone, anyplace, anytime.
There is a huge difference in expressing an opinion and bashing. It helps if we know the difference.
I have found it ironic that a group of vocal Catholics have failed to follow the command of the man they claim to be the first Pope: "But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you." Seems Peter was ready to engage in discussion.
Thanks for your post. BRAVO!
I am completely IN AGREEMENT with you.
Yesterday, I gave my opinion in a PM directly to management.
I also expected to be banned. I wasn’t. You probably won’t, either.
Like you, I have been stretched in the process of preparing responses (and reading posts) on these RF threads.
As I said yesterday, I am personally “determined to not even get close to ‘making it personal’ I believe ‘making it personal’ is the equivalent to ‘bashing’ but I am left to make my own interpretation of [the new] mandate. I’m not even going to use the word ‘********’ or any of its forms.”
I’m taking that stance because I am a witness for Christ. I used to tell my sons, “Don’t even get close to the line that is drawn. It’ll go better for you - and me.”
Christians here have a great opportunity to do the work in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the world, too (I hope.) For that, I am in complete agreement with your expression of “appreciation to Jim for providing this website.”
Pray that we will be effective ministers. The outcomes have eternal consequences.
Thank you,...excellent post of which I agree.
To resolve the bashing issue might be better to just get “out of the kitchen” and let the RM’s do their job when the heat gets to hot..... And I say ‘none’ should be running to Jim Robinson with complaints...they have bypassed the RM’s who he trusts to do their job,...which I also agree they do well. Why not just pull away from the threads as most of us will do if things get too far off topic and the fur flys.....we do have that ‘choice’.
If you can’t live with my no bashing rule, you are always welcome to post elsewhere.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. (Acts 17:16-17)
And even complaining to the owner, which resulted in ignoring the years of constant Catholic threads and multiplicity of posts engaging in Prot "bashing" (as would be defined as such if said about Catholicism), and instead only threads by Evangelicals were clearly censured.
As after years of constant Catholic threads and multiplicity of posts engaging in Prot "bashing" were implicitly sanctioned, if not their content, and only threads by Evangelicals were clearly censured, then a message of pro-Catholic moderation has been sent, intentional or not.