Subject: Harsh Treatment? |
Bible Note: Inquisitor, I had to go back and reread this thread to know where this was coming from. But if this is in response to somebody asking if another person was a campbellite I truely don't think that should be referred to as name calling. Over the centuries doctrinal view points will unavoidably be given some sort of name because we have to refer to it somehow don't we? It is very burdensome to everytime we wish to refer to that particular doctrinal view point to say, "those who believe baptism is an active cause of salvation" or some sort. So they get names. My own view points have names that I myself did not give them. I am a calvinist. I think that is a horrible name for what I believe. Why? Because calvin didn't come up with these teachings. Yet we must refer to that theological view point in some means for the sake of being able to communicate with each other. I'm an amillinialist. That label is actually horribly innacurate! Why? Because it literally means "No millinium." The rub is, amilliniallist do NOT deny a the millinial reign of Christ! Yet I own the title for the sake of us being able to identify and communicate what I believe. A while back on these forums somebody was very upset with me because I kept using the term dispensational to refer to their theology. They hadn't heard the term and felt I was insulting them. But I meant no insult, it was just much easier than laying out their entire doctrinal stance each time I refered to it, when their doctrinal stance had a ready title. So to sum, I don't think when we have titles for doctrinal stances that we should see that as name calling. In Christ, Beja |