I remember when it was a vibrant, fun-filled forum. I remember passionate arguments and crazy amounts of traffic. There was a time that, if you missed a day, you would find threads you had been following three or four pages back because so many new topics had been posted.
So....what happened?
Now, I can be gone a week, come back, and find that the same old topics are still on the front page.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I will tell you why it's just not as interesting to me as it used to be. It has nothing to do with ownership or admins. The ownership and admins here are great folks.
Here's a few reasons why AFF is just not as interesting.
1. Start a new thread about a serious PENTECOSTAL topic, and within two or three posts you have a few confirmed atheists, universalists or confirmed homosexual agendists posting ignorant, profane crud. These dolts ruin any potentially good discussion.
2. The forum has become too political. I LOVE politics, but that's pretty much all AFF is any longer. Coadie and Esther pretty much think Obama is the antichrist, and on any given day have about ten threads going to prove it. It gets old. Most of it is just recycled hate speech they've received from some anonymous emailer.
3. There is no common bond here. AFF is not an AFF. We are not true to our identity. Many, many, people here are ADMITTED backsliders, unbelievers or never have had any real contact with Pentecost. I'm not talking about differences in standards. I'm saying these folks don't know squat about Pentecost.
There you have it.
Now, FIX IT people!
Still think I had some good ideas here.
__________________ The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.
Yes, you do. In fact, I am trying to be good, in regard to #1. (Stop laughing. I'm serious! I only barge in on 10% of the threads I'm tempted to! ) For #3, I am an ex, and I do, in fact, know squat about Pentecost.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Yes, you do. In fact, I am trying to be good, in regard to #1. (Stop laughing. I'm serious! I only barge in on 10% of the threads I'm tempted to! ) For #3, I am an ex, and I do, in fact, know squat about Pentecost.
Folks just don't understand you, do they? Poor Timmy.........
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Psa 119:165 (KJV) 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
"Do not believe everthing you read on the internet" - Abe Lincoln
Well,
how long can you argue over:
-whether forgiveness and remission mean the same thing?
-one step vs. three step?
-how long is long?
-is tithing commanded under grace and part of the plan of salvation?
-can you ever disagree with your pastor and stay saved?
-whether it's OK to use titles like "Lord" and/or "Christ" when baptizing in the name of Jesus?
-did Jesus come in AD 70 and resurrect the church or is that still future?
-did Jesus have facial hair and did He wear sandals and expose His toes?
(Stop laughing. I'm serious! I only barge in on 10% of the threads I'm tempted to! 
) For #3, I am an ex, and I do, in fact, know squat about Pentecost. 
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