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BBBCanada
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Posted 8/21/2003 4:08 AM (GMT -6)

I have been on this other board talk'n about sexuality. Anyhoo, the people on this site couldn't handle my views so they took down two of my posts. I tell ya, when I see this happen? I really appreciate CVM and Greg Boyd.

Greg is cool because he allows for "expansive think'n" and disagreement. Without this we can't learn and grow. How are we able to hash or hammer things out when we close off dialogue?

It shows how closed minded the church can be. I guess, I'm feel'n a little down about that and needed to tell somebody. Sad

Maybe I should just stay away from sites like that. Well, if any of you would like to see the site, I'll post it up. Let me know.

Brandon

"Corporations are simply the kind of structure that rises when hordes of people need to be managed, and after spending some time in a large church, I've found that our spirituality does not exempt us from these inefficient and dehumanizing practices."--Steve Lansingh's review of "The Office" at The Film Form

Tigress
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Posted 8/21/2003 4:51 AM (GMT -6)

Yeah, I know what you mean. I half expected that a few of my posts would be erased by those in charge here, or that I'd get kicked out altogether, but that didn't happen. Thanks for your openness and acceptance of radical theories and viewpoints, Everyone! How can anyone truly trust God and His Church if His church just chooses to not listen to what we all have to say?

Tigress

"Name a shrub after me. Preferably one that's prickly and difficult to eradicate."

-Captain Jack Aubrey
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"

PotOnWheel
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Total Posts : 9890

Posted 8/29/2003 11:26 AM (GMT -6)

But over here, when I ask for prayer, I find that my prayers are getting BLOCKED!

JCsites.com
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Total Posts : 169

Posted 8/29/2003 4:21 PM (GMT -6)

POW,

No problem. Just create yet another board username and put your prayer request in that way. Gosh, it'll be what, 4 prayer request before those who've blocked you catch on that you created a new board identity Big Smile

Make Posts Not War...

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/29/2003 4:56 PM (GMT -6)

I still want the Proverbs 27:17 part:

quote:
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
"

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/29/2003 5:18 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
"Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:19-21 RSV)

quote:
"...out of party spirit..." (Philippians 1:16)

quote:
"1 ¶ So then, if there is any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tendernesses and compassions, 2 fulfill my joy, that you think the same, having the same love, one in soul, minding the one thing, 3 doing nothing according to party spirit or self-glory, but in humility, esteeming one another as surpassing themselves; 4 each not looking at the things of themselves, but each also the things of others. 5 For think this within you, which mind was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who subsisting in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, having become in the likeness of men 8 and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient until death, even the death of a cross." (Philippians 2:1-8)

GregBoyd
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Posted 8/30/2003 7:01 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks for the feedback BBB. OF course, every board/ community/ institution/ etc... has explicit or implicit parameters... but I think the ones on this site are admirably broad, if I do say so myself. We try to "err" on the side of leniency.

Greg

"The responsibility is with the chooser -- God is blameless." Plato, Republic, 10.

BBBCanada
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Total Posts : 2763

Posted 8/30/2003 7:25 AM (GMT -6)

Well, I think my concerns about closing off dialogue have something to say about the "Blocking" feature. Like Meph Man, I use the power of my freewill to block out posts. I simply ignore them.

By the way. Not only were my two posts deleted, but ALL my post were deleted. Simp_Janitor

Brandon

PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/30/2003 7:45 AM (GMT -6)

I once used THIS board as an example to point to as instructional of the virtue of respecting people's ideas.

Tiggers
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Posted 8/31/2003 6:49 AM (GMT -6)

Good Call, BBBCanada!

I praise God for this site, and all the participation of their members! While I don't always post...I'm always reading your sweet wit; furthermore, I'm always being educated. May the grace of God be with you all, truly!

Warmly in Christ,
Tiggers

“The notion that God uses evils as a means to such higher goods is, … incompatible with the doctrine that he is omnipotent, and therefore does not need to use deplorable means to achieve his ends” (J.L. Mackie).

JCsites.com
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Posted 8/31/2003 12:17 PM (GMT -6)

Here here Tiggers! We need more positivity and encouragement around here. Thanks for speaking up. Approve

Maybe we should pass the hat to raise funds that will incent Tiggers to post more encouraging messages around here!

Make posts people, not war!

Make Posts Not War...

turner
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Posted 9/1/2003 3:30 AM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by JCsites.com

Make posts people, not war!

Amen!

Amen!

Amen!

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