Posted by Dr. Bob on December 14, 2002, at 9:12:56
In reply to Hear Hear Dinah » Dinah, posted by NikkiT2 on December 13, 2002, at 7:59:06
> it [goes without saying] that people can express their faith … without being labled as being [unsupportive to other faiths] by those of a diffferent faith, or no faith or agnostiscism or something else. This is what I understand [freedom of religion] to be. It means [to me] that we accept other's faiths and we do not take the position that if someone expresses their faith [that is puts down someone else's faith, or is non-supportive of the oter's faith].
> It is my understanding that the guidline now is if those that feel that their faith is being [non-supported] because someone has a different faith than them, that the faith board is not for them. I would like to hear any one's faith experiance here and anyone can express their faith in God on the faith board without the fear of beng labled as [putting down others, or being non-supportive] because of it.
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> LouHmm, I first read that as "it goes without saying that people can express their faith without being unsupportive to those of a different faith, or no faith", which sounded good to me…
> I'm not sure I feel at all comfortable with the current direction of the faith board. As a Christian, one thing I have always been uncomfortable with was the idea that you have to believe in Jesus to be "saved".
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> I think I preferred the old "no one right road" rules. Is that still a rule?
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> I guess that's a pretty personal reason for not liking the new rules. Perhaps the best approach is for me to stay away from the faith board.
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> Dinah> It seems, to my understanding, you can say what you like as long as you are a Christian... Or at least a religion that believes in the same One God.
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> NikkiLet me try to clarify a little. My idea was to let people say that having religious faith *of some sort* was better than not having any religious faith at all. But not that *particular* religious beliefs were better than others.
So it would be OK to say that religion *in general* was the right road, but not that any *specific* religion was.
I realize that wouldn't be supportive of those without any religious faith, but the goal at PBF is to support those who *do* have religious faith. OTOH, the larger PB community certainly includes those who don't have any religious faith, so allowing that there when it wouldn't be considered civil elsewhere might hurt some feelings or create some antagonism (or just be confusing)...
Bob
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