Posted by Lou Pilder on November 26, 2002, at 12:13:33
In reply to Re: an answer, posted by oracle on November 26, 2002, at 11:19:59
oracle,
You wrote,[...as it stands, it seems to be a valid question...][which God is the only one?]
I agree that it could be a valid question. But on which board?
The faith board is for those seeking support in [their]faith. To initiate a discussion as to which faith is the correct faith would ultimatly lead to either one faith being the correct faith, or no faith at all being correct, or all faiths being correct. It goes without saying that all faiths are correct [to each that holds their own faith] and that to initiate a discussion that challenges those to ligitimise their own faith is against the goal of the board which is to support faith, not to put down other faiths. For to say that one faith is the correct faith, is to demean all other faiths.
When I discuss my faith experiance, it is [my] experiance. My experiance does not mean that other faith experiancs are wrong any more than other that tell of their faith experances mean that my faith experiance [is not the correct faith]. It goes without saying here that ALL FAITHS ARE EQUAL and that any disscuson as to which faith is better, or more correct , or the correct faith, or which God is the only one, etc., etc., would be unsupportive, to say the least. There are posters here that tell of Budahhism, Zen, Catholicism, Judaism, Jahova's Witnesses, Mormanism, Wicca, and others. No one , as I have seen, has initiated a vigorous challenge to any of those faiths and to start such now, woud only,IMO, detour the goal of the faith board , which is to accept and support all faiths.
Now a discussion of such on some other board that allows such a discussion , and I do not know of one that does, would be appropriate, for then the people that are seeking support in faith would not have to be challenged on their beliefs.
When Dr. Bob modifed the opening of the faith board, the intent of the modification apppears to be to alllow the people here that are seeking support in [faith in God] to get that support [unapposed] by delegating atheism and agnosticism to another board, perhaps the social board, for atheism and agnosticism do not [support] faith in God.
Now the question,[which God is the only one] could be looked at as a [contest]. If so, then who is going to be the judge?
Lou
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