Bible Question:
Is an Internet forum a good place to get Bible questions answered? I ask this because there always seems to be an implicit question concerning the qualification of the people who are volunteering to answer. This forum makes a good effort to get people to base their answers on the Bible. But there seems to be no way to force people to back up what they say wwith scriptural citations. There is only one forum that I know of where there are qualified monitors to ensure that sound answers are given. It is at http://hishows.aimoo.com . There are other sites such as http://bgea.org that offer Questions and Answers but do not have a discussion forum. This forum states clearly that "the Lockman Foundation does not pre-screen postings. Postings are the opinions of others and may or may not represent a commonly held view". Would it not be good to have a group of qualified teachers to screen postings and provide answers? Is it not good to have gifted teachers to answer our questions (I offer Romans 12:7,1 Corinthians 12:29 and Eph 4:11,12 in support of this idea). Is it better to let all opinions be aired as equal? Do you have a Bible verse for that? |
Bible Answer: I don't thi9nk anyone should "over see" that if the answers that are given are good sound answers, if that happens then you run into the problem all the answers that actually make that forum are the beliefs of those monitoring. This form is made up of New Believers, Non Believers, Layman, Pastors, Teachers ect. I think it shoudl stay that way. I love being able to talk to give answers to, get my answers from all these different people instead of having a norrow view of a couple of people who thinks they know what is right when it comes to Doctrines ect. I have learned which is a little frustrating that the more I learn the more I relieze how much I don't know. Most if not all the questions, notes I have replied to. I ended up learning from. Rather its my own reseach or by someone else. Even the hersey statements made on here, still get me to think Why I believe what I believe. And to that God for giving me the truth. I like the way this form is ran If someone gets outta line there post is gone or locked. I never ever have someone tell me something including my pastor. Which my pastor goes through the bible teaching. But I go and look for it in scripture all the time, if it is a new perpective that I have never heard before. |