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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear
Really sad that people enjoy tearing others down. We live in a sick world.
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yup. but its always tough when debating religion, politics, and a few other topics to not get personal. i see it from both sides. conservatives see those who are similar but different enough to be a real threat... therefore you must magnify the differences to seperate the "wolves from the sheep" in their frame of mind.
liberals who lose a belief in the sanctification process or their respect for scripture usually drift off into soem variant of universal salvation or extra-biblical heresy. each side has its weaknesses if the person who holds the position doesn't see the end of the road of their direction if gone too far.
i have good friends who are cons and good friends who are liberals (within the context of the apostolic movement.. which is actually still pretty darn conservative overall). its really the person who makes it work or not, not necessarly their philosophical starting point on a given issue. i've actually gotten more conservative on some things lately like the issue of pastoral/spiritual authority (within reason) while getting more progressive on other things that are extra-biblical or debatable at best.
i have noticed in the last year that the cons quit fairly easily when they get outflanked and don't maintain good counter arguements very often, and they rarely use any scholarly works or solid exegesis of scriptures when making their points. they also make it personal way more often. the only time as far as i know i've ever gotten personal was one time when i called someone a false teacher on the hair issue, and i accepted that i went over the line on that one on a online forum since it was a pretty hard hit. but for the most part what we discuss on here really isn't heaven and hell.. its just cultural and personal convictions expressed to a larger crowd as "the rules"
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