JP Don't Forget

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

It has been said that time proves all things, and I, for one, believe it's true.

In hindsight, over the past two years, I can see that a lot of damage can occur through online interaction. I admit that I have no idea why caused this particular thread, but it appears to be a general angst concerning www.justpreachers.com. It appears that some of us are upset that men who comprise that forum have a negative opinion of AFF and what goes on here. It appears that some of us are upset at the things they say about AFF.

Truth is, we are hurt by what has been said. It bothers us. But (and I say this with as much love as I can muster) it does not bother us enough to consider our own actions. It does not bother us enough to consider that they may actually be justified in their feelings. No, we would rather paint them as ultraconservative meanies who leave because they are too intellectually challenged here to stay. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Look, no one like their beliefs trashed. NO ONE. But that is what happens, and it happens often throughout all of the Pentecostal forums. We engage in a funky sort of verbal nuclear combat - just so we can say that we won the war.

Many of us realize the power AFF weilds. This is not some outdated periodical people use to decorate their coffee table. This is the most powerful media in all of Oneness Pentecostalism. That is why what is posted here actually matters.

So having a difference of opinion is now considered trashed?

I have seen many debates without trashing either side. But because someone does not agree with my stand I don't consider their opinion trash, so why should they consider mine as trash?

I don't see the ultracons as meanies either. I want to see their thoughts as much as anyone else's.