Is It Just Me?

[HogWild]

Is it just me or is the Doctine Forum kind of a scary place to go?

It's like the room in the house where you pile and hide all of your junk. You know you should go in there but you just can't bring yourself to open the door. And when you do step in, you realize you shouldn't have. You slam that door as fast as you can!

I get scared just thinking about going into the Doctrine Forum. (shivers). Years of debate - thousands of posts - and still nothing has been solved and no one has been perfected.

(whispers) "I see dead people..."

[Pastor Bill]

It's not always that bad, but I've been staying out of it the last couple weeks, just too much going on in my head already & some things there it's just hard to wrap your mind around where some people are coming from.

[Jennifer Smith]

It can be scary... take your bible if you go...

[HogWild]

I get a headache just trying to take it all in. Just as flashing and strobbing lights can trigger epilepsy, I think a trip to the Doctrine Forum triggers depressive episodes for me. LOL.

I do mean all of this sort of tongue-in-cheek.

[Poimen]

Not me -- I LOVE it!

I don't always love everything about it, mind ya -- but I love to study, prod, provoke reflection, and gain understanding of different views and perspectives.

No one perfected yet? Probably not. But I can GURANTEE that many have been aided by just being able to receive real interaction and discussion on various issues. And yes, some have come to different conclusions than they once held, at least in part because of their participation in discussions in that forum.

Of course, we could do away with the doctrine forum and just bring all the topics that normally are discussed there to here!

[HogWild]

No thanks - Just like at home it's nice to keep the junk hidden away in a back room!

[Gerald Creasy]

Y'all are just a bunch of chickens!!!

[HogWild]

Yup...



I was going take a stick and stir up the hornet's nest by creating a new post over there in the basement (my new name for the Doctrine Forum). I was going to ask about the doctrinal and biblical validity of a docrine forum.

[Paully_44]

nah, not scary. sometimes they posts by certain people are incredibly long so if you go, clear your schedule.

[HogWild]

Maybe we could get Gerald to write us a manual that would help us swim in the turbulent waters of the basement. Something like "The Doctrine Forum for Dummies."

[Pastor Bill]

Like I said, I do like it, but I know where you are coming from, when offline life gets hectic and alot on my mind, I just don't have the mental capacity to keep up with it, then there are other topics that I am either frustrated with and have to take a break, or are just not an area I care to spend the effort on.

We can have some good ones over there, and I've learned alot, hope I can get back into it soon, but right now, I've just been hanging back a little!

[RamboPreacher]

Do you really believe that what you believe is really, really true; and can you back it up with scripture?

[deb]

Yes

[HogWild]

I've got a new thought for the Doctrine Forum.

If a bear poops in the woods, and no one is there, does it still smell? Can you prove it?

With scripture?

[Gerald Creasy]

I've got a new thought for the Doctrine Forum.

If a bear poops in the woods, and no one is there, does it still smell? Can you prove it?

With scripture?

No. But if you Preach it with just the right amount of Personal Charisma, chances are you'll get SOME Petecostals to jerk and shout over it.