Subject: Why is the Apocrypha not included? |
Bible Note: Makarios, what you have said in criticism of the forum is by and large accurate and factual and, on the whole, justified. The guidelines set forth by Lockman have been generally abused and ignored. The goals of the forum fall woefully short of having been achieved. In the main this forum has never been a truly trustworthy source of correct biblical exegesis. It is more of a soapbox for airing such things as debate based on denominational bias and speculative opinion than it is on providing sound exegetical footnotes to Scripture. In it the divisiveness among people who profess Christianity sticks out like a sore thumb. What unity there may be left in Christendom is obscured and rendered effete by the endless debates over issues that are so trivial as not to matter very much or on which the debaters are so polarized that resolution is virtually an impossibility. The clear message that postings on this forum, which in fact become our herald to the world, is simple enough: we are a house divided. What we say to each other on this forum we say to the world, to believer and non-believer alike, to Christian and to pagan. The crucial question is and has always been: Is this the message that Christ would have us give, the proper witness of a follower of Jesus Christ to a lost world? Are we, ladies and gentlemen of the forum, taking too lightly that for which we may well be held accountable? --Hank |