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1 | Re-inventing the Wheel | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 96621 | ||
Apparently for the majority of users of this forum, the archives are worthless. Instead of doing a topical search, they insist on reinventing the wheel daily. For example, the person bearing the user screen name "humpy" has been urged to avail himself of the archives instead of launching into a series of posts involving the ages-old debate on Calvinism vs. Arminianism. True enough, he was not an active user during the Calvinism/Arminianism Wars that were waged for so long a time on this forum, but he has been apprised of their existence and invited to use Search in order to acquaint himself of what has already been said on this matter. His views on the Calvinism perspective have been aired many times over and thus far he has said nothing new, and it is most unlikely that he will ever be able to add anything new. All that such efforts will accomplish is to drive the stake deeper, wherein Calvinists become more rigidly Calvinistic and Arminians more Arminian, and during the process reek havoc on the forum that leads to divisiveness and bitter invectives being thrown at one another. On the current thread concerning who Christ died for, I have already been accused of not believing the Bible simply because I happen to believe that "world" in John 3:16 means "world" and not "the elect." ...... As Tim Moran has wisely and correctly observed, the two camps have very slim chance, if any, to come to agreement, because they don't even speak the same language. Commonly understood words such as all, everyone, whoever, and world mean one thing to Calvinists and something fundamentally different to everyone else. ..... What is it about a soteriological system that leads its adherents to spend countless hours trying to explain away what 'all' means or what 'world' means? Why is it necessary for them to invent a whole new vocabulary, a different set of meanings of common words, in order to give their doctrine a ring of truth? Is this the proper way to teach a lost and dying world the saving message of the gospel of Christ? ..... I do not make this post with any intent to re-ignite the flames of bitter debate. Quite to the contrary, it is being submitted in the hope and expectation that the smoldering ashes of the long and bitter debates on Calvinism/Arminianism will be allowed to cool and fade away. They were anti-productive of peace and good-will when they were in the vanguard on this forum months ago, and there is no reason to believe that the resumption of these debates will serve this forum any better now. ..... And there is any number of long-time users of this forum who are resolved to see to it that this fiasco does not happen again. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Re-inventing the Wheel | Bible general Archive 2 | flinkywood | 96630 | ||
Hank, "Paul, called to be an apsotle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at (studybibleforum.com)...I I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of (certain, unspecified, Forum user ID's), that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord", not in some cruddy credo contest... (1Co 1:1-31, redacted) Just a follow-up to your spot-on note. Colin. |
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3 | Re-inventing the Wheel | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 96634 | ||
Colin - If all follow-up responses to my notes were as poignantly appropriate as yours, brother, I should be inspired to attempt to post at least a thousand notes every day! Thank you for your very fitting redaction of Paul's preamble to his first letter to the Corinthians. --Hank | ||||||
4 | Re-inventing the Wheel | Bible general Archive 2 | flinkywood | 96644 | ||
Hank, I dare you. Colin. |
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5 | Re-inventing the Wheel | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 96645 | ||
Well, Colin, I could re-post the last thousand of my posts. Repetition is not foreign to this forum. But it gets monotonous to repeat oneself. It gets monotonous to repeat oneself. It gets monotonous to... --Hank | ||||||
6 | Re-inventing the Wheel | Bible general Archive 2 | flinkywood | 96652 | ||
Quod erat demonstratum, Hankus Rex. Colin |
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