Calvinism/Arminianism Forum - Finally Imploded?

Larry shut it down because the posters were not following Christian like behavior.

 

versions forum next?

 

I've read worse on the music ministry, politics, current events, Bible version and other "christian" denominations forums. You could close down most of the BB! Why not ban the ones displaying the un-Christlike behavior and not the forum?

 

That would be good webdog. I do not think it is permanent, just until they decide what to do with it.

 

Has anyone PMed the moderators to aks them? That would be the best thing to do.

 

I pmed LArry and the above is what he told me.

 

In the CvA forum, there were continued and egregious instances of personal attacks, unethical argumentation (e.g., dishonesty, misrepresentation, distortion of another's position, etc.), and the like. The instances were many and varied, from all sides, and encouragement both private and public to change went unheeded. It was decided to close it for now as we did the Creation/Evolution forum a while back.

 

It's only a matter of time before someone burns someone else.

 

How could it have been any different? Isn't that what God unalterably predestined?

 

Come now natters no need to go starting something else. You know that is not what Larry believes.

 

I don't know for sure if Larry believes it or not, but I suspect he does given his response in my thread on the subject of fatalism. Many of the other Calvinists I was having a discussion with certainly do believe it.

 

Well, my thread started out as a question, because I didn't understand how Calvinism wasn't fatalism. Through the answers in the thread, I now know that "fatalism" is not the word to describe it, for apparently "fatalism" means unalterable and inevitable without God, while Calvinism obviously has God involved. I did not realize when starting the thread that "fatalism"'s definition excluded God, I always thought the definition didn't specify the source, just the result. My dictionary says "a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them" - it doesn't say who or what predetermines, just that things are predetermined. Once other posters made it clear to me that they didn't like the "negative connotation" that fatalism carried (i.e. without God), I was willing to accept that and use other terms. However, whether "God" or "fate" or "quantum physics" is the cause of an unalterable and inevitable passing of time, the end result of how we all live our day-to-day is still exactly the same - inevitable and out of our control - which is what I was really wanting to discuss, but people keep getting hung up on my wrong term instead of the concept I was intending.

 

Dishonesty and misrepresentation are part and parcel of sin, not of doing theology. It is entirely possible to do theology without misrepresenting anyone's position. In fact, theology more than any other discipline should be done that way.

In any debate, one should say about his opponent only what his opponent would say about himself.

 

I have mixed feelings about the forum closing.

It was a fun diversion...

It was also a big waste of time because all we ever did was argue.

I agree Larry- you can 'do theology' without getting nasty, but that requires a certain level of spiritual maturity and Christlikeness.

Here's hoping BB's next attempt goes a little better. If any of the Calvinists are looking for a place to talk theology, feel free to drop by my forums at www.spurgeon.us!

God bless,

Daniel Allen
www.spurgeon.us

 

Are you discriminating against everyone not a calvinist? Like a "secret club"