Forum is Ex-Pentecostal??

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Your post is truth, and I appreciate the gesture.

I sincerely hope what I am about to post is taken sincerely. This will be my attempt at substance tonight.

Look, everyone from admin to those with two posts always whine about the fighting. They all say they want peace on earth, goodwill to men, Christian love, cooperative spirits and all sorts of other pretty little things.

I'm here to tell you it's a lie.

They don't really want that.

Forums do not thrive on agreement. (See Synadelfos).

Forums thrive on debate, argument, and good old-fashioned gossip.

C'mon you'all, you know it's true.



That being said, CC1 is right, AFF is a shadow of its former self.

Why?

Because we do not disagree properly.
Words like sacrementalist, voodoo baptisms, incantations and all sorts of other lingo are virtual nuclear bombs. They stink up the whole joint. No one wants to hang around that sort of pollution.

The trouble is, when some of us whine about that junk, and devolve to responding in kind, we are censored, infracted and banned.

And please, don't tell me personalities don't play a part in that.

Don't tell me agendas don't play a part in that.

I disagreed with the ultracon way of running AFF. I was hurt in a very real way by it.

But I also disagree with the ultralib garbage that is allowed as well.

It's one thing to post ideas. Another to paint our heritage (please don't think standards) as evil.

The question is, do we have to choose from extremes?

Why can we not disagree (even strongly) and debate the word of God and our various interpretations without disparaging our brothers and sisters?

IF our theology is such that we can't give "brotherly recognition" then what is wrong with an acknowledgement that we may be mistaken (a remote possibility even) in the view we contend for?