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1 | Study Bible Forum -- or Circus? | Gen 1:17 | Hank | 6718 | ||
Now we have God creating the sun, moon, and stars in his workshop -- a cut and paste operation of sorts -- and putting them wherever He saw an empty space that needed something in it -- like decorating a Christmas tree. Wonder if He had elves in His workshop to help Him build stars? Folks, I'm not trying to be cute and most assuredly not to be sacreligious. I'm merely attempting to illustrate how far off base this forum has wandered and how dangerously close we are to becoming a world wide joke, a Biblical circus of the Internet. Lionstrong posed the question of whether we were at liberty to ask any question or post any note. The sure answer is emphatically not! I am not at liberty to ask anyone on this forum for a recipe for fudge brownies and you are not at liberty to give me an answer. Have you, Lionstrong, and have you and I, the other users, forgotten what this forum is all about? In the last several weeks this forum has been bogged down by endless debates over emotionally-charged denominationally-biased issues, such as the Arminianism verse Calvinism debacle and before that the Oneness fiasco. Read the purposes and aims of this forum set out by the Lockman Foundation. Read their criteria for what constitutes a good posting as listed on the voting bars. Questions should be Biblically oriented and answers Biblically supported. Lockman has given us ample freedom within clearly-defined guidelines. But with freedom come our own personal responsibilties. Folks, I know that many of you, like I, love the idea of having a study Bible forum and see in it a real potential to honor God and His word. And I know that many of you, like I, are displeased and even disgusted with some of the postings that have been made and continue to be made that bring only discord and benefit nothing except perhaps the foolish vanity of the authors of this kind of trash. The forum is in trouble, of that I have no doubt. Unless we mend our ways and get back to the fundamentals of what this forum is all about, I would not be at all surprised that eventually it will cease to be. I've said my say. It's up to you. If you have anything positive to add or suggest that will help this forum, please come forward and make yourselves heard. If you are unwilling to submit to Lockman's guidelines and come only to disrupt, do the rest of us a favor and log out. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Study Bible Forum -- or Circus? | Gen 1:17 | Makarios | 6894 | ||
Hello Hank! I apologize for taking so long to address this question. I couldn't agree more with our focus on this Forum and where it 'should' be.. Too often a member writes a note, question, or answer that touches off an emotional chord with another member. I believe that using scripture in all cases is the only way to go here, and that this Forum is not at all a place to vent, since we as members have been given the 'privilege' by Lockman to contribute to this Study Bible Forum with an unlimited margin! I see this Form as a novelty and something that has drawn me into several great friendships and has greatly aided my continued learning of the Bible. The great danger is when members make responses that do not address the original question at hand and bring their own presuppositions to the Forum. Maybe we should all go through a 'check your brain' at the door type of ritual before logging on. But I believe that one must examine him or herself before addressing a fellow believer in Christ (don't try to take the speck out of your brother's eye before removing the plank in your own!). If there is ever a problem that would prohibit any member of the Forum from sharing in communion with any other member(s), then that problem must be addressed and dealt with in Christian love, and most preferrably, off of the Forum, unless it is a conciliatory apology from or to the parties involved. However, I hope to continue to encourage the growth and helpfulness that the Forum has shown so far- good answers to good questions- and I pray that I would continue to show that example by sharing my knowledge and experience in Christian love. Blessings in Jesus Name! Nolan | ||||||