What is new has anything changed?????

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

I for one do not come here to change minds or really to banter either. I mostly come here for the same reason I get a double shot of espresso and say hello to the guys at the coffee shop - because I enjoy it and am a social creature. It is an added benefit that most here share some core beliefs of my own.....


Blessings to all and have another cup please.

Well said, Stephen. I couldn't agree more. I do not come for the purpose of changing anyone's mind or to have my mind changed. I come for the fellowship.

If people agree with me, that's nice. If they don't, I can read what they do believe and perhaps will stretch myself just a little so that I can grow.

One big benefit I see in a forum such as this is that back when I was UPC, we rarely questioned "why" we believed something. We were taught to believe what we were told, for the most part. Or as someone else said, in another thread - it was ok to question what we were taught. What we didn't do was question the answer that we got.

Please understand that I hesitated to say all of that because I have sat under some GREAT and WONDERFUL men of God!!! They truly loved souls! I'm not questioning them. It's just that this is the way things were done back then.

I'm encouraged when I can come to a forum like this and see people having discussions, arguments and dialogue about core beliefs. I don't expect to see people changed. Don't even want to. I just think it's much more healthy for us when we believe something and KNOW WHY WE BELIEVE IT. That's what I see people learning here.