Bible Question:
Would whoever has red flagged Orthodoxy's updates in this subject string please explain to me why you consider them inappropriate to the discussion? Or why they are unbiblical? Or even why you consider them not good? As far as being controversial or biased I feel safe in saying probably all of this forum would meet that criteria to some degree. Unless we are patting each other on the back, most updates are controversial and I think everyone carries some demoninational bias. I would really like to hear an explaination for red flagging the first three categories. Does that person have the courage to step up and explain themselves? |
Bible Answer: EdB, Truly can I sense your concern about the voting matter involving the person who calls himself orthodoxy. While you may be right in your assessment that it was, in your view, unwarranted -- I come not to address the merits or demerits of this question -- I submit that the the voting process is, and of right ought to be, by secret ballot, a procedure we hold dear in the United States. Were it otherwise and each voter were to be compelled to "sign his name" to his vote, it would create an atmosphere that no one, I believe, wants to see on this forum. Here's the scenario: A casts an unfavorable vote on B. B then does the same for A. C, D, and E think A is being unfair to B, so they gang up against A and give him more bad votes. Before you know it, we have a voting war raging. Lockman has chosen, and I think wisely, to set up the rating system by secret ballot. I do not know who the voter (or voters) was in this instance and would in no wise publish it on this forum even if I did, because it would do no good and merely result in ill-will and dissention, neither of which we covet in any manner. I believe the ratng system that Lockman has installed can be good provided it is used fairly and judiciously. No one should vote out of spite, vindictiveness, or in anger at another forum user. Neither should one cast an unfavorabe vote merely on the basis that what was said was not necessarily wrong, but it did not parallel the voter's personal view of the issue. But one should not hesitate to cast an unfavorable ballot to a posting that is clearly meant to incite divisiveness, promote and abet false doctrine, or in any manner seek to blaspheme God or His holy word. EdB, I hold you in esteem as a Christian man of honor; I respect your viewpoint on this issue and empathize with you in your frustration. But nonetheless I think that calling for the voter (or voters) to come forth and "fess up" would not serve the best interests of the voter, orthodoxy, or this forum.....The issue at hand is in regard to unfavorable votes, but please let me say a word about favorable votes also. They have a place too. I think I've voted only about three times. Two were favorable and the other was unfavorable on a posting that I saw as an outrageous attempt to incite divisiveness. But the two favorable votes I've cast -- and there should have been more -- were one way to express my thanks for a particularly well-prepared, accurate and lucid answer or note. Perhaps a favorable vote may be better in some instances than a pat-on-the-back posted note. And lastly, EdB, I quite agree with you, everyone carries some denominational bias -- everyone, at any rate, who professes to belong to any church. And isn't it remarkable the number of Christians who are willing to admit, in all humility of course, that theirs is, after all, the right view? --Hank |