I enjoyed reading this entire thread, all of it. The reason is because, about 5 or 6 days ago I decided not to ever return to this site.Today I was just going to see if anything had changed. These postings here prompt me to return. If, as a Christian, I don't feel like I'm in a spiritual place that CLAIMS to be Christian, & the place I've just left makes me feel awful, then I will avoid that place. After reading this thread & seeing that the administrators do care that it is deemed a Christian place, it gives me more hope. After reading these posts from others, I see that others also feel the despair in SOME of the theology threads & other posts, as I do.I don't usually participate in theology discussions, because I don't think I can chANGE BRETHREN'S MINDS AS THE BIBLE SAYS we can, because I believe these are not the people the Bible was referring to. Instead,SOME of these are the people who have come to change OUR minds. I don't consider everyone a heretic tho. Some Chrisitans misinterpret. In answer to the op question, I have made absolutely no impact whatsoever on heretic threads.Although, I have given a heretic a "like" whenever they say something that is not heretic in nature, to encourage them to what is correct .
However, outside the "Bible diiscussion" forums, where people have doubts or fears, something I said or Scripture I pointed out, has helped & they thanked me etc, as someone else pointed out. But for the time I spent at this site, the helping I have done is very minimal, even a rarity.Eventually those people would have been hepled by someone else. As for those posters here who feel they are not intelligent enough to participate in any thread, you are mistaken. Sometimes the most simply stated posts are the ones most easily understood to get the point across.
This was the show stopper for me=People who call themselves Christians, then want to debate their beliefs that they KNOW are not in the Bible. Then there are others who participate in those threads who actually admit they know & say "But that is one of those Scirptures I dismiss because I don't agree with it". When I tried to participate in the abortion discussion which was started as a pro abortion thread,I showed Scripture where abortion was wrong, & I was called "sick & twisted" by another poster.(among other things).So basically, Some Christians do NOT look to the Bible to confirm their beliefs.Some posters at this site don't care what the Bible says & will admit it & be very rude to you because you go to Scripture for confirmation. They are looking for confirmation from other posters for their OWN beliefs, who also call themselves "Christians". I can't hang with that.
