-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
This thread, like many others Willie-T, is indeed deliberate..... And yes, you are correct about painting a picture purposely to turn people away from God.
And HRFTD, I believe you are also correct about the predictability of the threads as well.....
In fact, the majority of the BDF threads are purposely written, some would say, like a script. Over time, some leave, only to be replaced by others who do the exact same thing.
What is my evidence to confirm such a thing? Reruns of the same arguments? The same people participating in these arguments? What about the constant twisting of scripture?
No, none of these is needed. I want to draw your attention, dear reader, to the ONE THING that's never been covered in this forum:
THE LACK OF DISCIPLINE & ORDER.
It's true that atheist forums are far better with their threads..... because their management wouldn't let ANY poster, for or against an issue, act so disorderly in the first place. When such arguments happen on their sites, they just ban everyone who likes to start trouble, period.
People SAY you can't control a forum like you do a church..... but the opposite is true. One person makes the rules, & their moderators enforce it.
A site like this can be locked down if it's owner so desires, or turn its participants loose to do & say whatever they want.
So, my question is, no matter who is right or wrong in their doctrine, WHY is such insolent & ungodly behavior not kicked right out the door? This is a huge problem, & it's growing. Who's going to stop it?
The ONE thing most of the BDF posters AND members in other forums will agree on is this: the BDF forum is messed up from the floor up. This forum, above all others, should be the most godly, because some of the most mature christians should be in here leading others closer to God by discussing proper doctrine to them. THIS forum should be the most serious of them all, because we should be building up the brethren in their faith through the Word.
In a nutshell, dear reader, the problem isn't what's going on in here, but why it's allowed to happen. Isn't this the problem in many churches today, their leadership allowing sin in them?
And HRFTD, I believe you are also correct about the predictability of the threads as well.....
In fact, the majority of the BDF threads are purposely written, some would say, like a script. Over time, some leave, only to be replaced by others who do the exact same thing.
What is my evidence to confirm such a thing? Reruns of the same arguments? The same people participating in these arguments? What about the constant twisting of scripture?
No, none of these is needed. I want to draw your attention, dear reader, to the ONE THING that's never been covered in this forum:
THE LACK OF DISCIPLINE & ORDER.
It's true that atheist forums are far better with their threads..... because their management wouldn't let ANY poster, for or against an issue, act so disorderly in the first place. When such arguments happen on their sites, they just ban everyone who likes to start trouble, period.
People SAY you can't control a forum like you do a church..... but the opposite is true. One person makes the rules, & their moderators enforce it.
A site like this can be locked down if it's owner so desires, or turn its participants loose to do & say whatever they want.
So, my question is, no matter who is right or wrong in their doctrine, WHY is such insolent & ungodly behavior not kicked right out the door? This is a huge problem, & it's growing. Who's going to stop it?
The ONE thing most of the BDF posters AND members in other forums will agree on is this: the BDF forum is messed up from the floor up. This forum, above all others, should be the most godly, because some of the most mature christians should be in here leading others closer to God by discussing proper doctrine to them. THIS forum should be the most serious of them all, because we should be building up the brethren in their faith through the Word.
In a nutshell, dear reader, the problem isn't what's going on in here, but why it's allowed to happen. Isn't this the problem in many churches today, their leadership allowing sin in them?
CC Rules...6. Do not dispute the chat room moderators.
The moderators are there to watch over the chat rooms, promote fellowship, and protect the chat rooms when necessary. Their job is stressful enough.
Don't add to their stress by disputing their actions, especially if it involves someone else and not you. For example, if you see a moderator kick someone, and wonder why, don't worry about it. The moderator probably knows something you don't. Have some trust in the moderators, appreciate them, and respect their oversight of the chat rooms.
The moderators are there to watch over the chat rooms, promote fellowship, and protect the chat rooms when necessary. Their job is stressful enough.
Don't add to their stress by disputing their actions, especially if it involves someone else and not you. For example, if you see a moderator kick someone, and wonder why, don't worry about it. The moderator probably knows something you don't. Have some trust in the moderators, appreciate them, and respect their oversight of the chat rooms.
T
I ain't whisperin now and I ain't being quiet.... This thread I started and it was not meant to turn ANYONE AWAY from God.... This thread was started because people kept arguing and although I ain't been here that long I was trying to see if folks could get along for five minutes... But folks come along and want to turn things into their own interpretation....... Which was far removed from the point this ole boy was trying to make!!!
Texas? I would agree with ya about this, but, as C-note said, there are plenty of "other" rooms where this is done already. I would like to think "this/these" threads are more for a deeper "cussing and discussing" as to a how, when, & where "the Church" has fallen short in its/there ability/ies to combat, let alone prevail, not to mention STAND, in the face/s of lawlessness and godlessness......ie, Apostasy........(shhh...Now you've done it....the coffee cup is empty, and this armchair preacher is needing it filled ) MOHAMMAD!!! (grrr)
) MOHAMMAD!!! (grrr)
There are bad spirits here. They stir up our flesh and are very satisfied when they win like this. But we know each other by our fruits. The fruits of the Spirit are unmistakable as is a lack of the fruits of the Spirit. We need to hold each other accountable for how we speak to each other. And we need to do even that in as loving a manner as possible.
You should never stop trying to love. Yes, it is painful to see our brothers and sisters acting this way. But if WE refuse to engage with them in the manner that they want to engage, insisting instead that we will walk in the Spirit, we will see the victory we so desire. Do we believe the Spirit is able to bring us this victory and attain for us unity?
S
They can't really win, tho. They might seem to get little victories from time to time, but they're short-lived. Remember, Jesus has already won, and gives us the victory, and we run the race with endurance.....even when it seems like we're left in the dust, the Lord will keep leading us home. It's not a sprint, but a marathon, and sometimes a relay within a marathon.....the passing of the baton is like us lifting each other up along the way, similar to what you did for me recently, God bless you so much. It's a blessing to pass the baton back and forth with you, and our true brosters in the faith, who I've needed much lately, and by prayer and the Word, building each other up in the faith, what a joy when we cross the finish line in our own time, by God's grace, or maybe one day soon.....all together, the enemy being left behind for good and the love that never fails will be the crowning glory.....because Jesus already conquered sin, the enemy, and death. Hallelujah!