New Forum: Baptist Men's Private Forum

Point taken. But who is to be the judge of what is an intolerant belief? The majority? Scary thought. On this board most of your beliefs would be considered intolerant.

 

Joshua's would? Wow. I didn't realize that.

 

Gads. I go to camp, and I miss a lot of things.

 

Would someone mind emailing me the men's forum password at [email protected]? I emailed Joseph Botwinick but haven't gotten a reply yet.

God bless

 

I am thankful for a men's forum and will be requesting a password. There are questions that need to be answered privately and between the two different genders and age groups.

And Joshua and Scarlet, there are things that shouldn't be mentioned by name or discussed in public, dispite what you may believe. For my children are on this board and some of which are quite young. I was embarrassed and blushed at the mention of such a things. You do not have the right to cross such lines because it fits your liberal stands. There are things that are private and don't need to be mentioned on this forum.

I am also surprized and upset that the moderators did not remove both of your posts AND HAVE LEFT THEM ON FOR SO LONG!

And this is a Baptist Board?

WHERE IS OUR SHAMEFACEDNESS?

 

Amen ! Amen! and I say again Amen ! I will also be requesting a password soon and thank you Justified for shedding Insight on the subject !

 

WHERE IS OUR SHAMEFACEDNESS?

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

This is the only verse I found in the bible with that term, and it seems to be referring to clothing and how not to dress, but I dunno. What is "shamefacedness" anyhow?
I'm not arguing, I seriously never heard anyone explain what it means before.

Chrys

 

Chryso,

I was not quoting a particular bible verse, but making a statement about where did our sensetivity go about shame, or talking about things that are done in secret, and should not be mentioned in or on a public forum.

If we cross this line, then where is the next line that we cross, and the next, and the next after that! Will it stop? History shows that it doesn't stop! The lines will always be crossed, unless we as Soldiers of the Cross take a stand!

I had brought something up on another post, about a major debate that went on in the early 50's. The debate amoung Christians and the Legislators was about men going topless in public. And no one even discussed, or made mention of it. It was like, "Oh, well, so what." And now look where we are in this here United States of America! And now on a Baptist Board!

God's stand on Holiness is unmovable. And Satan's line on unholiness is as far to the left as possible. So what Satan does, is take the line of holiness that we as Christians stand on, and gradually moves it in his direction. So if we stand on the current line of holiness, then God become a shrinking image on the right.

And this is why liberals in the Church are so dangerous! Satan uses them, to help move the line closer to him, and we allow it

 

I think we're kidding ourselves if we think Christians will sin less if we don't talk about real sins that real Christians struggle with. By refusing to discuss certain sins we imply - that those sins are worse than others. We create a great amount of stigma over certain sins. We make it very hard for people who struggle with those to get help. And yet Biblically, Paul lists greed right along with some things which are more exclusively 'adult' sins, in 1 Corinthians. Similarly in Galatians, he lists 'adult' sins and other sins all together. He doesn't say "these are kind of bad but these are really really bad". So, neither ought we. But we do imply that if we make a big deal over certain sins being especially 'shameful'.

Personally I'm not convinced it's wise to include one childrens board on a board system that is otherwise for adults.

It seems like that creates a concern about what the children will see on the other boards, that would not be so great otherwise.

But I defer to the opinion of those who run this boards system, obviously.

Anyway if children are on the Internet at all it seems that they are at high risk of running into things way worse than mention of a word on a Christian board, where it's not even defined or elaborated upon in any kind of specific detail. Unless you have filtering software which presumably can block such things.

Do you mind if I ask how young your children are, Justified?

AITB

[ August 09, 2002, 10:09 AM: Message edited by: AITB ]

 

AITB,

I'm not saying that they cannot be discussed or mentioned, but not among mixed company, and with such lack of shame.

As for the Internet, our computors are in the living room and all computor time is monitored by myself and my wife. The only place that my younger children are allowed, is on the Baptist Board. And they are only allowed to private e-mail with those on this board that we have approved of.

My childrens ages range from 1 1/2 yrs to 18 1/2 yrs old. My youngest on this board just turned 11 yrs old.

But, I still stand firmly on my previous post!

"It is always better to stand up for conservatism, then to fall into liberalism" Justified Version

[ August 14, 2002, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: Justified ]

 

Justified, I'm going to send you a private message, so ya know to check.
Chrys

 

Justified, could you please point to the post that you felt I had no right to make and was shameful? Just curious.

Joshua

 

Here is my vote for shameful
From a thread about Seminary, Joshua said

"I actually became a little more conservative in seminary."

 

Chrys,

Thanks, checked it out. Might just join in there also.

But as for things on this board, I think that they are on the right track, as far as having a private mens forum with a special password. That way we as husbands, fathers, and men can discuss these things without having the children seeing them until their proper time, and not having the women present, either.

"It is always better to stand up for conservatism, then to fall into liberalism" Justified Version

[ August 14, 2002, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: Justified ]

 

Thanks for checking it out, and yes, for this board being what it is, it's probably for the best.
Chrys

 

I'm looking forward to being a part of this area. Hopefully, by posting and contributing, you will know a good deal about me and where I'm coming from, and know that I plan on sticking around for as long as the Lord allows.

Y'all have a great Monday, and may His grace not only exceed your every need, but may it run over into other lives that need to feel His grace from you.


David