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Bible Question:
Is it true that this forum encourages the exchange of good, bad, foolish, insightful, even evil ideas? I had assumed otherwise, simply because the owners of the site are publishers of the Bible. I have not checked, but I would be surprised if the also published bad, foolish, insightful, even evil versions of the Bible. I do not doubt that there are all kinds of ideas published on the Internet, and there may well be forums that encourage simple self-expression. But shouldn’t a Bible forum be different? The suggestion is not that one person give all answers. It is not suggested that those who answer get together to confer before answering. It is suggested that they try to bring their answers together much like we would all seek to reconcile Scriptures which seem to say different things. Nor would questioners be passive. The could be aggressive in expressing their thoughts, but in the end they would be asking the “experts” how those thoughts squared with Scripture. I agree that my proposal seems to relieve participants of the obligation to be good Bereans. And the example of the Bereans is often cited. But is it not true that these folks were commended precisely because they were exceptional? Should we expect all Christians to be like that? We know for a fact that they are not. Should we insist then, that every believer be a devoted berean level Bible student or perish? And the people do perish for lack of knowledge. Why are we doing this? Do we invite everyone to our church, all the cults and all, and then tell the people to decide whom they will believe? Do we invite everyone to be on a pannel of Bible translators and to have their say in the final product? Do we bring all the books into our church libraries and let the people read them and decide? And yet I do fear that if we abridge the freedom of the participants to come on and pontificate, that they may not come at all. There may well be fewer participants overall. But is it not worth considering, the quality of the record that is built here? |
Bible Answer: Aixen7z4 To answer you first question just read the foruma dn you will see just about every crazy idea that man has ever had about religion has been expressed here in one form or another. To your second comment I don't think anyone can say Lockman or any other translator wants to see bad theology spread or promoted in any form or fashion. Lockman has clearly stated the guidelines of users of this forum to follow. However Lockman has also said they cannot justify the expense of someone to oversee the forum. Therefore they have at the bottom of each thread provided a way to report posts that violate those guidelines. In the past when someone comes to the forum with lousy theology various members have made every attempt to correct them. If they refuse the effort then usually someone using the existing methodology to report problems notifies Lockman. From time to time we then see people post that they have been asked to leave by Lockman. As long as there are non believers, members of cults and false religions, deceived people and agents of the adversary, people are going to be exposed to bad doctrine. Whether it is here on this forum or in day to day life. Watch Christian TV is there is more than a little bad and false doctrine preached daily on many programs. Your idea of being good Bereans while noble is in many instances where all this bad theology has come from to start with. Many people without first starting with a systematic theology which encompassed the basic truths of the Bible develop theology based on verses that "spoke" to them. then using human logic and probablymore than a little help from the adversary they develop lusy theology that they are sure is the truth. My suggestion to you is rather than beat this dead horse any longer that you write directly to Lockman with your concerns and ideas. EdB |