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Moot

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Re: Nothing better describes this forum than ...
« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2016, 08:16:40 AM »
Seems to me the big problems are:

a) many posters here have danced with each other before.  Old wounds, old spites resurface.

b) most subjects have been done to death with no progress - people are not open minded, nor admit when they're wrong, nor are interested in having beating the same, old, dead horse.

c) the internet encourages snark and rudeness.  Most cannot resist, even if they sometimes veil it quite well.

No answer, imho.

You're so negative. How about this:

a) We try to let bygones be bygones. Things get heated on the internet sometimes. Let's forgive and move on.

b) Let's try to find new ways of approaching the arguments and issues. Let's also try to be more open minded and to admit when we're wrong or when a good point has been presented by the opposition.

c) Let's do our best to resist snark and rudeness.

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Kalamity

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Re: Nothing better describes this forum than ...
« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2016, 08:39:30 AM »
Getting back to the OP...

I think it's a fair point; I have made similar statements in the past, but to little avail. If there is a God, then I think most people on this forum would agree that, out of all the currently available choices, Christianity seems to have the most reasonable understanding of His nature. But Jesus did not preach advanced philosophical argumentation and complex metaphysics.

If Christian theology is correct, then we are made in His image. As beings made in His image, we should recognize His truth when we hear it. But if we have distorted our perception of truth through sin and hardness of heart, we will struggle to recognize His word. Thus the call to repentance and conversion of one's heart. If you are not willing to do this, you are wasting your time with Christianity, and Scripture will remain meaningless to you.

Even if loony denominations (or even other religions) make this same claim, this does not falsify it. If we have free will, then this freedom also extends to the realm of theological dishonesty. At the end of the day, we cling to the truth that our heart desires. If we desire evil, we will subscribe to evil beliefs/ideologies and, if God exists and is just, we will be judged and punished for our evil choices.

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Philip Rand

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Re: Nothing better describes this forum than ...
« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2016, 08:41:36 AM »
Nothing better describes this forum than Chaos...
A lover of horses and Mozart.

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Questions11

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Re: Nothing better describes this forum than ...
« Reply #33 on: March 15, 2016, 09:52:00 AM »
Moot:

I'll believe it when I see it.  I apply the same 'follow where the evidence leads' mentality here as in my religious searches.  I see no reason for blind optimistic thinking.

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Moot

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Re: Nothing better describes this forum than ...
« Reply #34 on: March 15, 2016, 09:53:37 AM »
Moot:

I'll believe it when I see it.  I apply the same 'follow where the evidence leads' mentality here as in my religious searches.  I see no reason for blind optimistic thinking.

What's blind about it? Let's just try to behave.

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Re: Nothing better describes this forum than ...
« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2016, 11:07:39 AM »
The expectation.  But I agree that all should try and behave well.