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1 | Why not recommend SBForum to others? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 1989 | ||
Everyone who enjoys this Forum and would like to see the number of users grow: May I suggest that you email 5 people on your email address list and personally recommend this website, including the link (web address) in your email? The more the merrier. (I am just another member/user of this Forum. I do not speak for the Lockman Foundation nor anyone else -- only myself.) Thank you for your consideration and help in doing this. | ||||||
2 | Why not recommend SBForum to others? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 1994 | ||
In my opinion this forum can do as much harm as it does good. Read it over you will find all kind of opinions, ideas, conjectures but no real conclusions. You will find quotes from some of the most outlandish books. A new Christian and even some mature Christians may come to the conclusion that the writings of Bahia, or Urantia have some credence. Or that the books of Enoch or Thomas are books kept hidden to foster the teachings of the church. While your looking at the responses notice also how the forum is structure is fractured with many responses taking bunny trails leading to dead ends. There needs to be some moderation so that each discussion is lead to a logical conclusion, if a subject is such that a mutually agreeable conclusion can not be reached then there should be a summation of the various points. There is a real danger of people being lead astray by opinion, conjecture and mis-information. God did not give us his word to speculate over he gave it us to live by. If these discussions don't lead to a better understanding of God's Word but only lead to thoughts and philosophies of others then it is serving a wrong and very dangerous purpose. I probably said more than I should have and for that will apologize. | ||||||
3 | Why not recommend SBForum to others? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 2000 | ||
I thank you for your reply. And I do understand your point. If only we were all Bible scholars who used logic and knew how to research the questions so as to give Scriptural answers, instead of just blurting out whatever comes to mind when we read a question. . . . In your reply you say: "if a subject is such that a mutually agreeable conclusion can not be reached then there should be a summation of the various points. There is a real danger of people being lead astray by opinion, conjecture and mis-information. God did not give us his word to speculate over he gave it us to live by." . . . But, the same could be said of certain pastors, teachers, preachers, televangelists, etc. There is a REAL danger of people being led into error when they are exposed to every wind of doctrine blown across the airwaves by various and sundry TV preachers. Many of them teach sound Bible doctrine. But not all. Many of them teach serious error. And many of the teachers of error have a regular TV empire built upon the vulnerability and enthusiasm of their sometimes large number of followers and fans. . . . I agree -- there is a real danger of people being fed mis-information and being led astray. However, in a democracry any forum in which there is a free exchange of ideas is vulnerable to a wide range of answers: the good, the bad, the ugly, the sublime, and the absurd. . . . I don't disagree with your concerns for what might and does happen at this website. Yet, is this website not a mirror of the [Christian] culture in which we live? That is, would you not run the risk of mis-information being presented, whether the format was an online forum, a radio call-in show, a home Bible class, or an impromptu discussion among friends? Basically, I don't think it's the format for discussion that is at fault. Regardless of where and how discussion takes place, wouldn't all the speculation, all the various ideas, opinions and conjectures, stem from imperfect human nature and not from any particular format or structure or lack of same? . . .Someone or some committee charged with the job of moderating what is posted here might not be a bad idea. But then you'll get complaints that the moderators are biased or that they don't know what they're talking about. You can hear this on Christian call-in radio programs every day. . . . I say again, I do know what you're talking about. At times some of the answers are so outrageous and uninformed, that frustration ensues. If one is so turned off by some of the foolishness he reads at this website, then let him delete the link from his Favorites folder. But if anyone truly enjoys participating in the site, with all the user shortcomings, then let him spread the word. . . . Again thank you for your reply. I suspect that you have expressed concerns that many of us have regarding the use and misuse of this forum. |
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