Subject: Are your answers authoritative? |
Bible Note: I did not mean to suggest that it is an impressive personal biography that qualifies a person to give authoritative answers. Nor am I nominating myself for such a position. Nevertheless, at your request, I will look for "update user info" to see if I can provide some useful info. I am not promising here since I have found that revelation of personal information such as education, profession, and experience can garner resentment as easily as it might respect. At hishows.aimoo.com there is a thread for personal testimonies and each member or visitor is encouraged to provide theirs. I support the exhortation that each reader follow the example of the Bereans and to search the scriptures to see if the things said are so (Acts 17:11). Please note, though, that they were double-checking Paul who, as his manner was, "reasoned with them out of the scriptures" (Acts 17:2). It is my observation that many people on many forums post opinions without referring us to any scripture. We may not be able to check to see if these things are so because we have no idea where the ideas came from. On the other hand there are those who suggest there is no scripture on a subject when others know there is. At hishows.aimoo.com the monitors are able to asssist the discussion by following scriptural points with supporting scriptural references. They edit responses to eliminate personal attactks and attempts at intimidation. They do such things in order to ensure that the discussion is not only a chance for anyone to express their opinion but also profitable to anyone who comes by to read. Actually, they earn their position not because of who they are but because of the way they have conducted themselves on the forum. The participants seem to appreciate them because they help to ensure that questions are potentially profitable and that all accepted questions receive authoritative answers. By the way, authoritative answers are defined as those which consider all of Scripture. It is the Bible and not the person who is seen as the authority. The suggestion here is that that authority should be evident on a Bible forum. |