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Thanks for the reminder!

 

Not only on this board, but our local churches. Gossip is rampant, a serious sin, and we ignore it, do not deal with it. We gossip about all the sins we worry about, like lottery tickets dancing, and playing the fiddle at 2am on Tuesday.

As a local church, headed by Jesus Christ, there should be no tolerance of gossip, and it should be nipped in the bud. As far as the bitterness, that also extends to boards of deacons that think they are a governing body, cliques of jerks, and any other group that think they are something special. The local congregation should address such as it poisons the spirit of the church, hurts its witness, and hampers the Lord's work. A local congregation should have no fear of any deacon or "pillar of the church" that thinks they are in charge.

That goes for this board also. As has been addressed before, the word heresy is used here to mean a disagreement on an opinion, not doctrine. There is no position on either extreme that the word heretic should be used in the areas of KJVO, Calvinism vs free will, creation, end times, dispensationalism.

Many people on this board feel their opinion is doctrine, even those who have been to years of seminary. For example, if two people are debating, it is one thing to say "I feel you are totally off base because the verse actually says......", but quite another to say "You have to be a heretic to believe such a notion. When was the last time you read your Bible? Have you ever bothered to examine your salvation experience?"

 

Gossip is NOT rampant in the church. Whoever told you this, told you wrong. BTW, who told you? I'll make sure their Pastor, Elders, and Deacons find this out, to stop it. :wavey:

 

The OP should consider his role in his complaint.

 

I find it ironic that some who proclaim their adherence to Scripture and a Christ-like walk are the worst offenders here. I have never been called a child of Satan, later Satan himself until yesterday here on this site.

 

Check your medical insurance policy and see if they cover removing ear plugs from the ears and can take out the rose colored glasses you have super glued to your temples. LOL

 

I do not read all threads here, but that should have never been said about anyone. Those type of terms, including heretic, have no place here. I once got dinged for calling someone an idiot, but have never questioned someone's salvation. It is amazing that especially those who have been to seminary, who are pastors or leaders in a local church would use such terms. Of all people, one would think they would know the difference between doctrine and opinion. The only time terms like that are justified are something that denies the diety of Christ, or a basic element of Gospel. Frivoulous arguements like Calvinism and Bible versions do not rise to that level.

It is ironic, but I think you will find the same person that called you those names is the one I got dinged on for calling him or her an idiot some months back.

 

I must complement you Saturn..... I could not have said it better! :applause:

 

I see that you have copied and pasted the truth but have you read it?

 

Oh, the irony.

 

I see that you have copied and pasted the truth but have you read it?

 

If there is an offensive private message between you and someone else, how would any public action such as you propose be in the interest of Christian harmony within the big picture? What kind of punishment would you like to see the sender receive?

 

What about calling another "Satan", or his son, or an "evil devil who is a oozing pus scab"?

At times, the rules seem more arbitrary for some than others.

 

but you have called people heretics,