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Monday, July 28, 2003

I just got some more email from Christianity.com. Apparently the "no posting doctrines we disagree with" policy is new. One moderator noted that the abortion thread had been started a year ago, and said:
A year ago we had different guidelines as to what was acceptable to post than we do now. Creating a thread arguing that God is not against abortions is now at Terms of Service #17 violation and will be removed. Hope this clarifies. winter_crow Administrator
So that I have record of it, this was my reply:
This clarifies that it is your policy to supress discussions which pertain even to doctrinal issues within Christianity. You seem to know the mind and intentions of God beyond what is in the Bible. Kudos to you. I noticed that your web page link contains an article from CRI. Dr. Walter Martin, whom I referenced in my deleted post from the abortion thread, founded CRI in 1960. He did not believe that life begins at conception. It is apparent that his opinion would not be welcome at Christianity.com. I suppose you must have heard more from God since Dr Martin's time. If you are so certain of your doctrinal interpretations then they should be able to sustain an open and fair discussion. Instead you employ a bully tactic of silencing opinions which differ. The only rationale for such behavior is the fear of finding out that you are wrong. "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
This site is becoming more and more of a disappointment. It confirms my suspicions that the religious right is getting worse, i.e. more insular and less tolerant of disagreements. Three hundred years ago the mainstream protestant sects were executing Baptists and other "overly protestant protestants" in public. Now the fringe claims to have taken over, and is trying to sell the line that the mainstream, liberal Christians don't actually exist. Numerals polls reflect otherwise. Less than a third of Baptists believe the bible is inerrant, and fewer believe in the devil. And the numbers are declining. Congregations don't believe their pastors any more. I hope the psychos don't get to make too much trouble on their way out.

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