Posted by Angel Girl on January 12, 2005, at 0:02:22
In reply to Re: examples for the faith board, posted by Dr. Bob on January 11, 2005, at 20:48:24
Dr Bob
I am still confused. Could you please give further clarification. In the link you provided you wrote:
1. In general, these would be OK:
I believe in the father, the son, and the holy ghost.Dr. Bob, how does the statement above that you deemed as ok differ from my example below which you deemed as problematic?
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> > As a Christian, I believe that salvation can only be obtained through Jesus Christ.
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> I agree, that's better, but posts like that could still be problematicI am not telling other posters that they need to believe the same as I do, I am merely stating what MY faith's beliefs are and to even further my confusion you wrote:
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> Then these would be OK:
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> > I believe that my salvation can only be obtained through Jesus Christ.
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> > People of my faith believe that their salvation can only be obtained through Jesus Christ.
It appears to me that there is a VERY VERY fine line here. The only difference that I am seeing in your examples to mine are the use of the word *my* and *their*. BUT in my statement, even though those words are not present, they are implied by the beginning of my statement starting with "As a Christian". I think adding the words *my* or *their* is redundant. With all due respect, I think we are really nit-picking at words here. I totally respect the beliefs of other posters and I honestly do not see why anyone should be offended by my example. I am stating what the Christian belief is. I am not stating whether it is right or wrong or whether anybody else's beliefs are right or wrong, nor am I telling any other poster of a different faith that they must believe as I do.Also, if another poster were to state what their beliefs are, I would not be offended. They are merely stating what THEY believe. Whether or not it agrees with my beliefs or not is irrelevant as long as I don't attack their beliefs and tell them they are wrong. As example, I started this thread:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20041120/msgs/436799.html
Even though I do not believe the same things as what was replied to me, I did not make any comment in that regard. I do not understand how that thread differs from my example above.
I think we should all have the freedom to say what our *own* beliefs are, if not, what is left to talk about on the Faith board?
Again, I am not telling posters that their beliefs are wrong or that they have to believe the same thing as I do. I am only stating what my Christian belief is, just like my thread that I have quoted where Jewish posters are telling me what their beliefs are.
Do you see where my confusion is and could you please help me to understand this better.
Thanks,
AG
poster:Angel Girl
thread:440603
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041218/msgs/440943.html