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1 | INVITATION | NT general | Hank | 200001 | ||
Hi, Jeff :: Your caution against hastening to dole out specific advice or rushing to judgment is wise indeed, for as you and the rest of us regular posters on SBF know all too well, questions seeking advice are all too common, as are answers proposing to give it. The problems with these kinds of Q. and A. exchanges are many. Three come quickly to mind. (1) The web site is first and foremost a forum for Bible study, as its name implies. It is not, therefore, in competition with the "Dear Abby" type of advice columns that appear in newspapers. ...... (2) Most of us here are lay persons who are not qualified to dispense advice on specific personal problems, and even if we all were professionals in that area (there are some professionals who have registered on SBF), that is not what the Forum is all about. Moreover, I believe that professional counselors would be very wary of trying to treat a private personal problem on a public forum. (3) Finally, the problems that questioners present to this forum are often vague, incomplete, and one would guess that they are rather lop-sided, usually presenting only one side of an issue, namely, that of the questioner's, and may not tell the whole story. ..... Anyway, I've rambled enough. But thanks, Jeff, for calling attention to the unwisdom of rushing to judgment even before it is determined whether all the facts are in. It's a dangerous business, and one needs to make sure he is not unwittingly giving bad advice, which is far worse than giving none at all. --Hank | ||||||
2 | INVITATION | NT general | jlhetrick | 200019 | ||
Well said brother Hank! |
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