DaveH wrote:
When you set up TT, did you view it as a recruiting ground for Christians
to convert others to their way of thinking?
No.
DaveH wrote:
Seems to me that you were encouraging people with divergent ideas to post
whatever they wish....yet, wouldn't that be detrimental to those trying to
convert others?
No, not for those who actually hold to truth. It would be detrimental to
those who are following a system that is not based upon truth, because the
truth would challenge any false system.
DaveH wrote:
IOW....didn't you intend TT for a place for all people to express their
views in an effort to convert others if they want....even if it were to
draw people away from Christianity?
No, not exactly. Proselytizing is not the issue. The list is meant to be
somewhat more academic than that. I believe that truth holds its own, and I
believe that all truth points to Jesus Christ. Therefore, those who
apprehend Truth are apprehending Christ.
Many religious organizations work on censorship. They try and tell people
what is true and what is false. They limit the information available.
TruthTalk is meant to be a more open forum where divergent people, whether
Christians or Atheists, whether Roman Catholic or Mormon, whether Protestant
or a member of the First Church of Satan, can explain their viewpoints and
answer challenges to their viewpoints. The idea is not to proselytize or
convert others, but to discuss truth outside the walls of religious
organizations that would normally censor such speech, or at least make
contrary viewpoints difficult to express. The idea is that when truth
prevails, Christ prevails. Therefore, there is no need for proselytizing or
converting others. There is only the need to separate truth from falsehood.
In the case of Jeff, I think there was a moment where truth concerning the
Godhead was being affirmed by both he and myself, but the ultimate direction
in which that truth should lead him became clouded when you jumped into the
exchange. I don't even remember right now exactly what was said, but it was
an event that I have seen many times before. It is a way in which the enemy
steals seed that has been sown. I still wonder what Jeff's affirmation of
the Trinity meant to him and to his relationship to LDS Mormonism. I also
wonder what you think Jeff's affirmation of the Trinity means for his
relationship to Mormonism. You speak of the Trinity as being something so
obviously contrived, yet Jeff affirmed it rather readily once he accepted
the idea that the Trinity does indeed affirm that there are 3 persons and
not 1 person. He had the mistaken notion that the Trinity meant 3 in 1, or
only 1 person.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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