Bible Question: Are you sure it is wise for the Lockman Foundation to host a Bible debate forum? |
Bible Answer: I think this forum is excellent for general Bible type questions. Like what are the differences in the translations? How was the Bible translated? What Bible Software is available? Is there a passage that says...? Where did this book come from? I don't think this forum as structured does justice to questions on theology. My problem with debating theology in this type of medium is the correct answer many times gets lost by those that just want to say something. I have also noticed that the people I think have something to contribute are no longer contributing. We had one person give an answer saying, to reach a fair conclusion you have to do years of research and he made a 97 page document available for those that wanted to see how he had reached his conclusion. I obtained and read the document and while it disagrees with how I believe the scholarship and research was excellent. I don't see how anyone could just summarily reject the points he made. I personally will ponder on many of things he said. Basically this contributor seemed to drop off the forum when his position was attacked by those with such well reasoned answers as, "no sir 'taint true". I think for this forum to do what Lockman desires it will have to be moderated. Then people that try to win debates by out shouting or attacking people would be forced out. From past experience I will not enter into another theology debate on this forum. I have resolved to stay in the General Bible area and to respond to questions like I outlined above. |