Does anyone here post on ChristianForums.Net?

[Hidden In Him]

I got kicked off CF because I wouldn't compromise my position that evolution is a religion and that the RCC is a fraud. I paid money to become a supporter of CF, but when they kicked me out, they certainly didn't refund my money!

I'm still paying money to be a member at CF. I may have to reconsider that, Lol.

 

[Paul Christensen]

I'm still paying money to be a member at CF. I may have to reconsider that, Lol.

What disappointed me about the way I was treated there was that I was a paid supporter and having been a member since the early 2000s. I was temporarily banned because I posted on an open theology thread posing questions about the RCC for which I was reported and warned. If I had posted the same on the RCC thread it would have been appropriate to warn me seeing that it was a protected one for RCs. But I felt that I was unfairly warned for posting reasonable questions on an open thread. Also, I referred to evolution as a religion, merely quoting what a number of recognised Bible teachers were teaching, and I got warned because I was not permitted to refer to it as a religion. Then I got permanently banned because I went in under another name in exactly the same way that I used to do previously when I had the names of Daisy the Cat, Superduperman, and Herman Tacticus when I and my group of like-minded members had a lot of fun making up a fictitious church movement based on Mt Erebus in Antarctica. But then the staff were much more tolerant in those days. If under the rules where I was banned, I should have been banned years ago!

Perhaps if I waited a little longer, the Pharaohs who banned me might not be there any longer and I might be able to sneak back in without being observed. Of course there is nothing to stop me using my daughter's credentials and using her middle name as the last name and they wouldn't be any the wiser! All's fair in love and war!

 

[Hidden In Him]

Perhaps if I waited a little longer, the Pharaohs who banned me might not be there any longer and I might be able to sneak back in without being observed. Of course there is nothing to stop me using my daughter's credentials and using her middle name as the last name and they wouldn't be any the wiser! All's fair in love and war!

IMO, you aren't missing much, Lol. I try not to speak badly of anyone, including them, but I would likely be banned quickly if I posted on anything but the Spiritual Gifts and Sign Gifts forums with any regularity.

So if you ask me you are better off here anyway. Just created a thread and I invited you for it, btw. Feel free to speak your mind at will (I know you like to talk). Maybe we'll have some good discussions in these:

Charismatic Bible Studies #1

 

[dev553344]

I had a moderator on CF ask me how I was any different than the devil. I was offended.

 

[Paul Christensen]

I had a moderator on CF ask me how I was any different than the devil. I was offended.

Did you tell him that you didn't have a pair of horns and didn't own a pitchfork??

 

[dev553344]

Did you tell him that you didn't have a pair of horns and didn't own a pitchfork??

LOL, I should have. I don't have bat wings either and breath fire like a dragon.

 

[Paul Christensen]

LOL, I should have. I don't have bat wings either and breath fire like a dragon.

It makes you wonder about the spiritual maturity of some of the moderators on that forum. Moderators are usually volunteers and not a lot of evaluation of their backgrounds are made before appointing them. They are probably given the forum rulebook and left them to do their moderating. It seems that there may be some difficulty with some about "deobjectivising" their own theological views which is vitally important when being a moderator on a forum where there is a wide range of views and opinions expressed.

For example, when someone questions a RCC doctrine and he gets reported, if the moderator is an RC he might find it difficult not to issue a warning regardless of whether the question is reasonable or not, and especially if the question was asked on an open, not protected, general theology forum.

 

[dev553344]

It makes you wonder about the spiritual maturity of some of the moderators on that forum. Moderators are usually volunteers and not a lot of evaluation of their backgrounds are made before appointing them. They are probably given the forum rulebook and left them to do their moderating.

Yeah I think a Holy Spirit probably partially guides them similar to leaders and members in a church. I think I see that abroad on Christian forums. But we are all subject to going with our own personal convictions and beliefs when it comes to dealing with others. And I see that sometimes too. Moderators and members deviating from the Holy Spirit guidance.

 

[Mosheli]

I haven't posted there but I have perused their site and I don't know who runs that site but they are apparently fans of heresy. They have guys over there defending abortion, gay-sex, and think that Jesus is cool with any behavior. Maybe they're worshipping a different Jesus than the one we know.

I visit that forum and a couple of others. I haven't seen the staff promote any such heresy, and have seen some staff post good Jesus centered views. They have some posters who do post some unorthodox ideas just like there are some here from time to time. It seems a good forum, as is this one both in different ways. Correcting untruths is ok but we shouldn't sow conflict between believers. The only thing I am suspicious about at that forum is the zoom name but I can't say more about that because of fear from past experiences.

 

[K9Buck]

I visit that forum and a couple of others. I haven't seen the staff promote any such heresy, and have seen some staff post good Jesus centered views. They have some posters who do post some unorthodox ideas just like there are some here from time to time. It seems a good forum, as is this one both in different ways. Correcting untruths is ok but we shouldn't sow conflict between believers. The only thing I am suspicious about at that forum is the zoom name but I can't say more about that because of fear from past experiences.

They allow pro-abortion views to go unchallenged. The board owner supports the Pope kissing the Koran.

I don't have anything against them and I don't have any ill-will with them. I just think that they allow some evil doctrines to go unchallenged.

 

[amigo de christo]

They done run me off a few years back .
Guess when you volunteer to run as pope and clean up the vatican , some folks get offended .
yeah the mormons done run me off too . But , i say let us point to the biblical Jesus .
But here is a thought . can you imagine if for some reason i was made pope .
On day one the news cameras would be there , and in the background you would be hearing my voice
OH no , tear that idol down , yeah that has to go as well .And no more kissing korans and budda statues . TIME TO SERVE THE GLORIOUS LORD .
ITS house cleaning time .

 

[Paul Christensen]

They allow pro-abortion views to go unchallenged. The board owner supports the Pope kissing the Koran.

I don't have anything against them and I don't have any ill-will with them. I just think that they allow some evil doctrines to go unchallenged.

Although a couple of months ago I would have agreed with you, I am learning that just because there are dodgy things happening in a church or organisation, or a forum, it doesn't mean that we lambast the whole thing. I saw that Paul celebrated the Corinthian church even though there were serious issues going on in it. This shows me that we should support a church or forum that has genuine believers in it, rather than write it off because of the dodgy ones.

I was an elder of a Presbyterian church for 23 years even though it is riddled with cessationism, welcomes homosexuals, has homosexual ministers, parts of it denying the resurrection and virgin birth. It supported my church because of the genuine godly Christ-centred people in it.

In the same vein people shouldn't lambast the Charismatic movement because of the 1% of lunatics in it, but should celebrate it for the 99% of Christ-loving, Bible-believing, Christians who are conservative in their personal lives, and who have a deep concern for saving the lost.

Even though the risen Jesus had issues with the seven churches of Revelation. He didn't completely write them off, but celebrated the genuine believers who remained faithful to Him in those churches.

If all genuine believers quit forums that seemed to tolerate stuff that seems contrary to Christian faith and practice, where would the faithful people be who would continue to demonstrate the love of Christ and the power of the Spirit among them?

When I joined a small Union church when I moved to Christchurch NZ, I knew that there was a mixture of Christ-centred teaching and liberalism with some visiting preachers talking about "green" planet saving issues instead of the Gospel of Christ. But the Lord told me that it was what I could put into a church that was more important than what I could get out of it, and that church needed someone like me to keep raising a godly standard among them, like the church in Revelation that was raising a standard for Christ even right where Satan's seat was. There were genuine Christian believers in Nero's household.

Sometimes we need to be a 'fifth column' of faith in the midst of paganism and unbelief, because the light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot extinguish it.

So, even though I had my doubts about Christianforums.com, I had to change my tune about them in the light of Scripture and the power of shining a light for Christ in the midst of darkness.

Paul said that he became all things to all men so that he could win some. Many religious people choose to remain in their exclusive church cocoons where everything agrees with them, and as a result they never win anyone for Christ, mainly because they are always mixing with "righteous" people and never with those who need to be saved.

 

[K9Buck]

One who is running a church or a Christian forum and who is conflicted on the morality of abortion is probably ill-suited to lead a flock.

 

[Mosheli]

They allow pro-abortion views to go unchallenged. The board owner supports the Pope kissing the Koran.

I don't have anything against them and I don't have any ill-will with them. I just think that they allow some evil doctrines to go unchallenged.

OK, I haven't seen either of those two there (not saying you're lying just saying I haven't seen yet unless you mean christianforums dot com not dot net?) I would agree those things are not good, though I think many christians (and nonchristians too) focus too much only on some things like abortion and don't care about other things like fluoridation, housing crisis and homelessness, etc. Anyway if see really bad I might leave but haven't had any problems so far, and in my situation it helps to visit a few different forums. GBWU.

 

[Paul Christensen]

One who is running a church or a Christian forum and who is conflicted on the morality of abortion is probably ill-suited to lead a flock.

There is no such thing as a perfect church. If you apply the principle you have stated, most of our churches would have to close their doors. The church is not meant to be a showcase for perfect Christians, but a hospital for lost sinners.

Also, if you are insisting on legal perfection on the part of church leaders, you will have to fire the leaders of most if not all churches, because there is no such person as the perfect church leader, just as there are no perfect Christians who did not have to be saved by the grace of God.

 

[Ferris Bueller]

I haven't posted there but I have perused their site and I don't know who runs that site but they are apparently fans of heresy. They have guys over there defending abortion, gay-sex, and think that Jesus is cool with any behavior. Maybe they're worshipping a different Jesus than the one we know.

Is that the Christian forum that had a Christian nudist and his wife posting (pics and everything, lol)?

 

[Paul Christensen]

Is that the Christian forum that had a Christian nudist and his wife posting (pics and everything, lol)?

I never saw that one while I was active on it.

 

[Ferris Bueller]

I never saw that one while I was active on it.

Your eyes would still be burning if you had.

 

[Paul Christensen]

Your eyes would still be burning if you had.

I might have just pointed and laughed. Nudists may think they have something to show, but it seems that all they can show are poor examples of God's design!

 

[Amazed@grace]

I had a moderator on CF ask me how I was any different than the devil. I was offended.

Well, in my view, when a moderator asks that of you, you know your time there is either going to be short by their act or you leaving.
Were it me, I'd leave right after I gave them an answer.

"How are you any different than the devil?"
"Unlike yourself, he's not my dad."