Posted by Dinah on March 28, 2005, at 3:08:05
In reply to Re: guidelines and exceptions, posted by Dr. Bob on March 28, 2005, at 3:00:36
Couldn't the third pair of examples be removed?
You've been moving in that direction anyway with your civility rulings. Saying things like "I think she meant that to apply to Christians" and things like that. Or "I think she meant that to apply to herself and Sue."
There's not much of a leap from the one to the other.
The problem with asking Lou to rephrase is that Lou is reporting an experience, not a belief. So he can't honestly say that he believes the Rider told him this or that. He has to say that the Rider told him this or that. But I don't see how it's offensive if the Rider told him, Lou, to do something or to believe something. That doesn't in any way follow that the Rider told everyone to do that. Especially if Lou made clear that he wasn't trying to say that the Rider's instructions applied to everyone.
Besides, didn't you recently say that you were thinking of rethinking the Faith Board guidelines?
I realize three o'clock in the morning isn't the time to make decisions, but maybe you could think of revising the guidelines to say things that apply to you or your group of believers is ok without actually using the word "believe", especially if you give a disclaimer.
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