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1 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 54374 | ||
My dear friend, Ed, my heartfelt thanks to you for your kind expression of support. Ed, I would not be telling the truth if I said that it didn't hurt me to see not a single one of the older users speak one word in my defense -- these are people with whom I have labored on this forum for many months -- and not one of them came forward to say a word. Only you and Brad K, and I thank you both. It makes you wonder, doesn't it, whether you have made any real friends on this forum, or whether it is all a farce? It makes you wonder whether they are so wrapped up in themselves and so eager to make their splash that they really don't care how badly their fellow users are abused and lied about. Not enough to come forward in support. And not enough to report abuse to Lockman when it should be reported. In the wake of this incident and in the realization that no one seemed to care enough to speak one word against the false accusation that I did not believe in the inspiration of Scripture, I have thought, and am thinking still, of making my final sign off and quitting the forum once and for all. Let some crackpot come on the forum with a batch of unscriptural gibberish and everyone rallies to the cause, either in agreement or disagreement. But let a long-time user of this forum who has attempted with all his might to publish scriptural messages and to exalt God and His Christ, and to defend the inerrancy and authority of God's word -- let him be lied about and no one says a word in his defense. On that, my defense rests. Again, thank you Ed, and thank you Brad, for your kind words and your support. Yours in Christ, and may God bless both of you is my prayer. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | stjones | 54377 | ||
Hank, Hank, Hank; Buck up, ol' buddy. I didn't even see your post to FORUM MEMBERS or Ed's support of you until I came across Brad's followup on the home page. I wasn't following the thread (but now, thanks to you guys, I've been drawn into it). So don't take silence for lack of support. There are over 50,000 messages here now. Anybody is bound to miss a few. You and I have had some ... enthusiastic disagreements in the past, but I'd tell anybody that your posts reveal an abiding respect and knowledge of Scripture. I'm sorry I didn't see (literally) the need at the time. But you bring up an interesting point. I've been hanging out here since October. At the start, it seemed as though most posts were pretty orthodox and pretty well thought out. Here lately, there seem to be a lot of folks who are obsessed with some side issue or some weird interpretation or simply are not Christians. That's all Ok as long as we can have a respectful dialog and maybe enlighten each other. But there doesn't seem to be as much reasoning going on. There seems to be a lot of concordance-driven proof-texting without much study or understanding. To tell the truth, I've thought about my good-bye post too. I guess I'm torn between 1 Peter 3:15 and 2 Timothy 2:23. ;-) Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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