Give a reason for your hope?

[SkilletRocksMyFace]

1 Peter 3

15but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;

I have a question for everyone regarding this scritpure.

This is a very friendly, discussion board whom many have welcomed me graciously and I am thankful for that.

I have noticed in the apologetics board that it was mentioned that people might have delted Jehova's Wintess posts. In light of the above scritpure, why should we delte thier posts if they have a reason for thier hope?

The way I see it, if they have scritpure to back thier argument up, they should be allowed to post it. I know we all won't agree with them (myself included) however I think the freedom to post scripture goes hand in hand with us examining oulselves. For how do we sharpen eachother if we do not have to go to the word to see if we are in the truth?

For all we know, they could be right about something, but how would we know if we don't let them (and others like them) post a reason for thier hope?

This is a plea not only for JW's but for all others who might be repressed.

Thanks.

[nebula]

May I share with you the Statement of Faith of this Board?

We believe in God, the almighty creator of heaven and earth.

We believe in the triunity of God. We believe that God is eternally One, and also eternally the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit -- the three being distinct, but not separate. Each Person of the Godhead coexists from everlasting to everlasting.

We believe in the Messiah, Jesus, God's only begotten son, God come in the flesh. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate. He was crucified, died and buried. On the third day, He rose and ascended into heaven. Now He is seated at the right hand of the Father and He will return to judge both the living and the dead and reign for evermore.

We believe all mankind are sinful and are therefore subject to God

[Khristeeanos]

As for Jesus, they say he is the first created thing, and is actually Michael the Archangel.

[nebula]

Yeah, I knew it was something way off!

[SkilletRocksMyFace]

I see, I didn't notice the "statement of faith" here. Thanks for bringing that up.

So does this mean that only people who agree with the statement can post here?

What if someone who bleieves differently has scritpure to support thier belief? Do you think they should be able to post, or should it be restricted?

I'm kinda leaning towards they should be able to post just for the sake of giving a reason for thier hope...?

Just looking for input I guess, Thanks.

[nebula]

Skillet -

I don't know your parental status or not, but if you did have a baby or toddler, would you leave poison lying around just anywhere for your child to get into?

[SkilletRocksMyFace]

Again, a good comment nebula,

However I guess it really depends on what your defintiion of "poison" is. Of course in the case of a child, you would not dare do such a thing.

However, if the scritpure is there, what is the harm in letting them find out the truth for themsevles? Either they disagree with it, and it sharpens them for looking deeper, or they agree because the scripture is there to support it.

The obvious problem, is that some people might not even use scirpture to support belief, and then we get into troulbe.

I actually just had a pm from the co-oridnater here, apprently poeple who do not hold this belief (of the stamtent) arn't allowed to post.

Is this a fair thing to do if they have the scritpureal support?

What if somone has figured out a false doctrine w/in the "mainsteeem' should we not go about the scritpures to examine the evidence?

Again just throwing stuff out there, what do you guys think?

Thanks.

[Guest shiloh357]

Again, a good comment nebula,

However I guess it really depends on what your defintiion of "poison" is. Of course in the case of a child, you would not dare do such a thing.

However, if the scritpure is there, what is the harm in letting them find out the truth for themsevles? Either they disagree with it, and it sharpens them for looking deeper, or they agree because the scripture is there to support it.

The obvious problem, is that some people might not even use scirpture to support belief, and then we get into troulbe.

I actually just had a pm from the co-oridnater here, apprently poeple who do not hold this belief (of the stamtent) arn't allowed to post.

Is this a fair thing to do if they have the scritpureal support?

What if somone has figured out a false doctrine w/in the "mainsteeem' should we not go about the scritpures to examine the evidence?

Again just throwing stuff out there, what do you guys think?

Thanks.

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Skillet,

People of different faiths are allowed to post here. However, if someone of another religion or cult is here to seek converts, that is not allowed. This board is not a platform for anything else than the gospel of the Kingdom of God.

If a JW wants to ask questions about why we do not believe as they do, and they want to engage in honest debate, they are free to do so. I have yet to see people who are honest in their approach prevented from posting. If they seek to challenge what we believe then they are free to do so. Such is actually welcome, because it gives us the chance to properly share the gospel with them.

If a JW or someone else from another faith is here to seek converts, or just to pick a fight, it is different matter. Consider that this a privately owned board, and as such can make rules that are advantageous to the boards goals of lifting up Christ, and spreading the gospel.

[His son]

There have been Jehova's witnesses post on this board, and what gets deleted is there posts from their false bible. I for one don't care to read them or any from the koran, book of mormon ect. They are all the words of men, not from God. If they post there opinions of doctrinal matters we can show them their error using The Scriptures Of God, and then it's up to them. I am an ex-mormon, and I know that they are a long ways away from Truth when you get to the core of what they believe, and teach. They have a smoke screen of Truth to cover their doctrines which sucks a lot of people in, and keeps them long enough for their brainwashing to take hold. That's the way most cults operate with christians.

[Guest Chixsngr]

There have been Jehova's witnesses post on this board, and what gets deleted is there posts from their false bible. I for one don't care to read them or any from the koran, book of mormon ect. They are all the words of men, not from God. If they post there opinions of doctrinal matters we can show them their error using The Scriptures Of God, and then it's up to them. I am an ex-mormon, and I know that they are a long ways away from Truth when you get to the core of what they believe, and teach. They have a smoke screen of Truth to cover their doctrines which sucks a lot of people in, and keeps them long enough for their brainwashing to take hold. That's the way most cults operate with christians.

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Interested in what the definition of a "cult" is. Its always fascinated me. Seems some of these New Thought religions could be considered a cult but they're actually pretty correct on their scripture from what I can tell.