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No, I'm not sure what is best. But we believe it to be better than our previous stance, that allowed such discussions in all parts of the forum. My hope is that any young Christians, who have already stepped foot out of the world will have some margin of tolerance for the plethora of beliefs...

I remember hearing from a Jewish source that some time after Christ''s death the Glory of God was seen departing the temple. The Glory moved over to Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified. And the Glory of the Spirit of God was seen there for three days. As if directing everyone to look at what...

They also have access to the apologetics, and Christian newbies forums.

Those forums are intended for non-Christian and/or other faiths to discuss their particular beliefs. Christians may reply to their threads as long as they are relevant to the "Interfaith Discussion" section.

I agree but I'm not referring to warnings due to disobedience. But to discouragement, that would have us forget who we are in Christ.

Death is as sleep to God. That is how insignificant it is to him. It doesn't cause him any direct personal sadness when one of his chosen ones die. He is eternal, his kingdom is eternal, he needs not wait for the resurrection to be reunited with us. He will emphasize with the survivors, but...

God is able to produce a work dense with several layers of meaning.

So you can't go astray if you've always been astray. Jesus wouldn't need to appear to Muslims in dreams and visions if it were easy to reach them.

How does keeping your vow conflict with taking no vows? If you don't take a vow you don't have to worry about keeping it. When that law was given there were alternatives to incest for being fruitful and multiplying. There are ordinances that are no longer to be observed. That is because...

We don't know exactly what God has in store for the future. In the meantime I'll eat meat. It is possible that the initial human state was genetically pure, and unable to manifest negative traits due to incest. Keeping your vow is not of the evil one. Taking vows unnecessarily is. God has...

What did shepherds do back thousands of years ago? Didn't they live off the flock, using it for wool, for milk, for meat, and for sacrifice? Yet a good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. As stewarts of the earth we are masters of the fates of animals. To believe we don't have that...

L I would encourage everyone to analyze their presuppositions. Those often shape our interpretations. Aside from those the Spirit guides us into understanding. And we may not know we were inspired when forming an understanding. But looking back at the whole of our learning experiences I hope...

The dead horse has been beaten for so long it has been rendered into glue that is flaking off with the old wallpaper.

I am starting to understand your point. But to be respectful to the intended topic of this thread, we should discuss in another thread.

Any derogatory remarks about God (including the Son and Holy Spirit)

That is right. Other faith members are allowed to post against the Trinity in the non-Christian section that they have access to. There are limits to what would be allowed according to the other rules that have been around for years. In general be respectful to other members. Do not blaspheme...

The faith selected under our profile determines if one needs to be in agreement with the SOF publicly. Non-christian sections are for non-christians to ask questions or initiate debate and get a response from Christians.

It is different than the old rule of no discussion being permitted at all. Now the discussions are permitted, but they must be in support of the close handed issues explicitly in the SOF. For example those who disagree, and believe Jesus is just a man. They have to keep that opinion to...

It is the Holy Spirit living in us that wells up into eternal life. Not something about ourselves.

"God is spirit," may not mean what we think it means. Look at what the perfected man is compared with, angels of heaven. Can we say that angels are spirit? Or is there significance in the missing 'a'. It may be that it is only correct to refer to the father of spirits as spirit. The angels also...