Hentenza
6th September 2007, 06:23 PM
Hi All,
The following has been prepared to further clarify what fellowship and debate mean. The purpose is to make the rules fair, enforceable, and with less gray areas.
The poll has only two options. If you answer no please state your reason.
Only members of CC are permitted to vote and make comments in this thread.
The poll will run for 7 days.
Here are the definitions as they will appear in Conservative Christian forum rules.
Fellowship:
It is not debate.
Someone who isn't a member of CC may not discuss reasons for or against a subject being discussed on this forum. This includes questions that essentially are rebuttal or argumentative in nature.
It is not apologetics.
Someone who isn't a member of CC may not engage in theological discussions that defend their particular point of view on scriptural, theological, doctrinal or political issues.
It is not answering questions.
Let's say a thread is started that asks the question about what do you think about <insert subject>? Only members of CC can offer an opinion about that. A non-member of CC may not answer that question in this forum. This is not to say they don't have an opinion on that topic, but they may not answer that question here. Neither may non-members offer rebuttal to opinions posted in response to a question or discussion.
It is not teaching
If a thread is started that asks a general question such as what do you think XYZ means? Only a member of CC may give instruction on the topic. While there may be many very good ideas on the subject from other members (those from any other forum) they may not give instruction in the Conservative Christians Forum.
Earnest questions are always welcome, from anyone.
It is
Essentially Fellowship is defined as discussion of topics of association, of companionship - i.e. discussions of things like friends, family, work..... these are fellowship posts. And posts that offer friendship would certainly be described as fellowship.
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No baiting:
Baiting is defined as someone posting with the intention of negatively derailing the thread. Should a post be reported for baiting, staff will review the relevant discussion subsequent to the reported post. If the thread has become antagonistic, the offending post will be deleted. If, however, the post has had no impact upon the discussion, no action will be taken.
Members of CC are encouraged to give someone the benefit of the doubt if they see a post they feel is possibly baiting.
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Debating:
All are welcome to come post in CC for friendship, fellowship (as defined above), and conversation, but debate is limited to CC members only.
CC's Debate Sub-forum, however, is open to everyone.
Debate is:
An informal or formal discussion of opposing viewpoints.
Presenting or discussing views that contain both a premise and a conclusion.
To discuss a question by considering opposing views.
To discuss a view in order to reach a conclusion or to convince.
"Teaching posts"
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The following has been prepared to further clarify what fellowship and debate mean. The purpose is to make the rules fair, enforceable, and with less gray areas.
The poll has only two options. If you answer no please state your reason.
Only members of CC are permitted to vote and make comments in this thread.
The poll will run for 7 days.
Here are the definitions as they will appear in Conservative Christian forum rules.
Fellowship:
It is not debate.
Someone who isn't a member of CC may not discuss reasons for or against a subject being discussed on this forum. This includes questions that essentially are rebuttal or argumentative in nature.
It is not apologetics.
Someone who isn't a member of CC may not engage in theological discussions that defend their particular point of view on scriptural, theological, doctrinal or political issues.
It is not answering questions.
Let's say a thread is started that asks the question about what do you think about <insert subject>? Only members of CC can offer an opinion about that. A non-member of CC may not answer that question in this forum. This is not to say they don't have an opinion on that topic, but they may not answer that question here. Neither may non-members offer rebuttal to opinions posted in response to a question or discussion.
It is not teaching
If a thread is started that asks a general question such as what do you think XYZ means? Only a member of CC may give instruction on the topic. While there may be many very good ideas on the subject from other members (those from any other forum) they may not give instruction in the Conservative Christians Forum.
Earnest questions are always welcome, from anyone.
It is
Essentially Fellowship is defined as discussion of topics of association, of companionship - i.e. discussions of things like friends, family, work..... these are fellowship posts. And posts that offer friendship would certainly be described as fellowship.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No baiting:
Baiting is defined as someone posting with the intention of negatively derailing the thread. Should a post be reported for baiting, staff will review the relevant discussion subsequent to the reported post. If the thread has become antagonistic, the offending post will be deleted. If, however, the post has had no impact upon the discussion, no action will be taken.
Members of CC are encouraged to give someone the benefit of the doubt if they see a post they feel is possibly baiting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Debating:
All are welcome to come post in CC for friendship, fellowship (as defined above), and conversation, but debate is limited to CC members only.
CC's Debate Sub-forum, however, is open to everyone.
Debate is:
An informal or formal discussion of opposing viewpoints.
Presenting or discussing views that contain both a premise and a conclusion.
To discuss a question by considering opposing views.
To discuss a view in order to reach a conclusion or to convince.
"Teaching posts"
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