Apr 17, 2005, 10:07
Hi Adrian,
Glad to help.
I firmly belive that God gave us free will and that includes free will to choose what we believe about Him...or to not believe at all. But though I take that position I am always against beliefs that express a desire to cause harm to another. I also feel that in a forum designated in some way as Christian the posting of clearly non-Christian views is inappropriate. I have no problem with debate around the subject, but merely posting a statement which has nothing to do with Christianity, as was done in this case, seems to me to be designed to be inflammatory. In much the same way, while I might visit forums/websites to learn about other religions I wouldn't, for instance, post MY specific Christian views into one of those, nor would I post a staement that had no meaning in the context of the forum it appeared in.
--NN
Glad to help.
I firmly belive that God gave us free will and that includes free will to choose what we believe about Him...or to not believe at all. But though I take that position I am always against beliefs that express a desire to cause harm to another. I also feel that in a forum designated in some way as Christian the posting of clearly non-Christian views is inappropriate. I have no problem with debate around the subject, but merely posting a statement which has nothing to do with Christianity, as was done in this case, seems to me to be designed to be inflammatory. In much the same way, while I might visit forums/websites to learn about other religions I wouldn't, for instance, post MY specific Christian views into one of those, nor would I post a staement that had no meaning in the context of the forum it appeared in.
--NN