You are correct. What should be going on in the forums is discussion of a peaceful nature, because we are called by God to edify one another. The problem is that there are certain people who don’t know what it means to edify – they think to argue is the way to discuss with a goal of edification. This goes against several scriptures.
First and foremost this first passage should convict those who argue and get nasty, even though they would like us to believe they are intelligent. It is their uncontrolled ego, NOT under subjection to the Holy Spirit, that that causes them to want us to believe the Holy Spirit lives in them. It should scare the daylights out of people if they think about it.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrews 12:14 (KJV)
Then there is they obvious disregard for God’s requirements of anyone professing to be one of His people:
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Romans 14:19 (KJV)
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (KJV)
In the event there are some who are unlearned, because we don’t use the word edify much in the USA any more, it means:
[h=2]ed·i·fy[/h] [
ed-
uh-fahy] Show IPA
verb (used with object), ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing.
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift:
religious paintings that edify the viewer.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English
edifien < Anglo-French, Old French
edifier < Latin
aedificāre to build, equivalentto
aedi- (stem of
aedes ) house, temple +
-ficāre -fy