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12-30-2010, 05:34 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
I do miss the give and take of the old days.
I rarely have time to post, but I used to enjoy reading some of the interaction.
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12-30-2010, 06:13 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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When did you want to schedule that lobotomy?
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10-19-2011, 02:07 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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Friends,
While I admit that I have not read every single post on this thread, I have read enough to want to weigh in on the subject matter. FWIW I would be considered by most on here a UC, unfortunately, because some have had bad experiences with UCs they wish to lump us all into a "bad/mean spirited" group. However, none of the UCs that I fellowship with are that way at all. Indeed it is possible to be conservative and not caustic. (Thanks DW)
I'll readily admit also that I visit here nearly every day. Most of the time I simply lurk in the background reading threads until one really grabs my interest. IMO there are many cons ("many" being subjective to the total number of cons on AFF to begin with) who have departed altogether or who "lurk" like myself because the environment of this forum has become too condescending to, and mocking of, the conservative voice/opinion.
In theory, a forum provides an equal voice to all who wish to participate. This should allow for every angle of an issue to be stated without impugning the person who presents their point of view. While there are discussions that follow this principle, such threads/posts are limited to more trivial topics. Far too often IMO, when we get into matters of doctrine, and other areas of eternal consequence, the insults often become very personal.
I have read some of the posts on this thread that question the reasoning of ons for "abandoning" those who may be helped by healthy discussion, and revealing the Biblical foundation for the questioned beliefs. However, I have often observed that any attempt to take a view opposing certain posters, is met with snide comments, and innuendoes, and at times downright insults. In other words the topic becomes a demeaning and destructive argument, instead of a balanced presentation of thoughts.
As for me........I have better things to do, than to be insulted by someone who wishes to erode everything I hold dear. Can I have a discussion of the subject matter? Of course! Am I willing to debate issues? As long as the debate is on the issues, and not an attempt to demean one another! Can/do I love those of an opposing view? Most certainly!
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like being called a heretic for believing in Jesus' Name baptism
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10-19-2011, 02:39 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
I just read most of the posts in this thread 
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10-19-2011, 02:40 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
Sheds a whole new light on the history and the present of this place huh ?
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10-19-2011, 04:11 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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I just read most of the posts in this thread |
How long did it take you?
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10-19-2011, 04:53 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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How long did it take you?
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over an hour, maybe close to two hours
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10-19-2011, 05:27 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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Originally Posted by Bishoph
I have read some of the posts on this thread that question the reasoning of ons for "abandoning" those who may be helped by healthy discussion, and revealing the Biblical foundation for the questioned beliefs. However, I have often observed that any attempt to take a view opposing certain posters, is met with snide comments, and innuendoes, and at times downright insults. In other words the topic becomes a demeaning and destructive argument, instead of a balanced presentation of thoughts.
As for me........I have better things to do, than to be insulted by someone who wishes to erode everything I hold dear.
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This is exactly why I left the AMF forum. I was insulted regularly and found that saints of churches have more respect for differences of belief than many UC ministers do. I am sure not all UC ministers are like this, but they were on AMF. And I am a three stepper, Acts 2:38 preacher and was shocked at the abuse and insults hurled at me at AMF because I was partial preterist.
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10-19-2011, 05:31 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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This is exactly why I left the AMF forum. I was insulted regularly and found that saints of churches have more respect for differences of belief than many UC ministers do. I am sure not all UC ministers are like this, but they were on AMF. And I am a three stepper, Acts 2:38 preacher and was shocked at the abuse and insults hurled at me at AMF because I was partial preterist. |
I sure do appreciate you, and am glad for your posts.
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10-19-2011, 05:37 PM
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Re: The REAL Reason CONS have left or rarely post
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I sure do appreciate you, and am glad for your posts.
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Thanks. I'd never hear that from many MINISTERS. Saints, God bless you for maturity that some ministers never learned. 
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