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In3dee

In3dee

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What everyone's thoughts are on X and then get defensive and sometimes try to browbeat them into agreeing? Example: Can you lose your salvation? Do you have to be baptized? King James or other?
Curiosity is understandable. Enjoying some conversation is nice. But when the OP, or anyone who jumps in, insists that their way is the only right way....? Why even have the convo to start??
 
Gideon300

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In3dee said:
What everyone's thoughts are on X and then get defensive and sometimes try to browbeat them into agreeing? Example: Can you lose your salvation? Do you have to be baptized? King James or other?
Curiosity is understandable. Enjoying some conversation is nice. But when the OP, or anyone who jumps in, insists that their way is the only right way....? Why even have the convo to start??
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Airing viewpoints is a good thing. It can degenerate into point scoring and ego building. That is not good. Some people have insights into God's word that others do not. We can learn from them. Others have their own interpretations based on something other than God's word. That produces unedifying confusion.

It is fine to say, "I don't know" about some questions. We don't have to get involved in a discussion.

The biggest enemy is spiritual pride. That's a danger, especially for more mature believers. It's easy to imagine that we have "arrived" and we imagine that know much more than we do in reality. We will never know all the truth in this lifetime. Life is not long enough and we do not have the capacity to know everything.
 
Subhumanoidal

Subhumanoidal

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In3dee said:
What everyone's thoughts are on X and then get defensive and sometimes try to browbeat them into agreeing? Example: Can you lose your salvation? Do you have to be baptized? King James or other?
Curiosity is understandable. Enjoying some conversation is nice. But when the OP, or anyone who jumps in, insists that their way is the only right way....? Why even have the convo to start??
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To argue. A lot of pride in people doing this. Each one convinced their take on things is the correct one. And if you disagree they label you as a heretic, personally insult you and may even state that you're not saved for not seeing things their way.
This largely happens in the BDF, or as i like to call it the Pharisees Debate Forum.
 
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gb9

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Gideon300 said:
Airing viewpoints is a good thing. It can degenerate into point scoring and ego building. That is not good. Some people have insights into God's word that others do not. We can learn from them. Others have their own interpretations based on something other than God's word. That produces unedifying confusion.

It is fine to say, "I don't know" about some questions. We don't have to get involved in a discussion.

The biggest enemy is spiritual pride. That's a danger, especially for more mature believers. It's easy to imagine that we have "arrived" and we imagine that know much more than we do in reality. We will never know all the truth in this lifetime. Life is not long enough and we do not have the capacity to know everything.
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yes.

a pastor friend of mine did a whole sermon many years ago called " i don't know"

with the point being that we Christians do not have to try to answer everything and just say " i don't know" when we are unsure.
 
BobCarabbio

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In3dee said:
What everyone's thoughts are on X and then get defensive and sometimes try to browbeat them into agreeing? Example: Can you lose your salvation? Do you have to be baptized? King James or other?
Curiosity is understandable. Enjoying some conversation is nice. But when the OP, or anyone who jumps in, insists that their way is the only right way....? Why even have the convo to start??
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"Theology" is like NOSES!!!! Everybody's got one!!!
 
PAC-fit

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In3dee said:
Curiosity is understandable. Enjoying some conversation is nice. But when the OP, or anyone who jumps in, insists that their way is the only right way....? Why even have the convo to start??
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Agree. Some lack of thoughtful delivery, or, has ''maturity'' taken on some other form of the image of Christ within in these last days? We should at some point (early on) designate 2Tim 3:16 a special place to one, send ''their way'' straight through ''the washing of the water, by the word''. Nothing else in my thinking rises to compete with that.
 
ResidentAlien

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In3dee said:
What everyone's thoughts are on X and then get defensive and sometimes try to browbeat them into agreeing? Example: Can you lose your salvation? Do you have to be baptized? King James or other?
Curiosity is understandable. Enjoying some conversation is nice. But when the OP, or anyone who jumps in, insists that their way is the only right way ? Why even have the convo to start??
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What I've observed is nine times out of ten, when a post opens with a question, the poster already has their own answer. They want people to share their views and then when they do, the OP can tell them all why they're wrong.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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ResidentAlien said:
What I've observed is nine times out of ten, when a post opens with a question, the poster already has their own answer. They want people to share their views and then when they do, the OP can tell them all why they're wrong.
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Yeah. That.

Opinions are like farts. Everybody has been around his own so long that he can no longer tell it stinks. But he can sure tell when those from other people stink. And some people take a perverse pleasure in broadcasting theirs for some reason.
 
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Suze

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Gideon300 said:
Airing viewpoints is a good thing. It can degenerate into point scoring and ego building. That is not good. Some people have insights into God's word that others do not. We can learn from them. Others have their own interpretations based on something other than God's word. That produces unedifying confusion.

It is fine to say, "I don't know" about some questions. We don't have to get involved in a discussion.

The biggest enemy is spiritual pride. That's a danger, especially for more mature believers. It's easy to imagine that we have "arrived" and we imagine that know much more than we do in reality. We will never know all the truth in this lifetime. Life is not long enough and we do not have the capacity to know everything.
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Three words that very many people will never ever say no matter what the circumstances : I don't know . We shouldn't b ashamed to say them !
 
Brasspen

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I believe these questions from people have persistent sense the time Jesus rose from the dead on the 3rd day. As the letters in the NT talk about the same questions.
 
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