EdmundBlackadderTheThird
10th May 2004, 09:13 PM
For the purposes of this forum, fundamentalist will be defined as:
Fundamentalist: (Defined by the World Congress of Fundamentalists in 1976)
A born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ who
Maintains an immovable allegiance to the inerrant, infallible, and verbally Inspired Bible;
Believes whatever the Bible says is so;
Judges all things by the Bible, and is judged only by the Bible, aka - "Sola Scriptura";
Affirms the foundational truths of the historic Christian Faith:
The doctrine of the Trinity
The incarnation, virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, bodily resurrection, ascension into Heaven, and Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
The new birth through regeneration of the Holy Spirit
The resurrection of saints to life eternal
The resurrection of the ungodly to final judgment and eternal death
The fellowship of the saints, who are the body of Christ;
Practices fidelity to that faith, and endeavors to preach it to every creature;
Exposes and separates from all ecclesiastical denial of that Faith, compromise with error, and apostasy from the Truth; and
Earnestly contends for the Faith once delivered. Therefore, Fundamentalism is a militant orthodoxy with a soulwinning zeal. While Fundamentalists may differ on certain interpretations of Scripture, we join in unity of heart and common purpose for the defense of the Faith and the preaching of the Gospel, without compromise or division.
The Forum Specific Rules are as follows:
1) Fundamentalists (as defined above), as well as all members of the Congregational Forums can post fellowship threads here. Only Fundamentalist (as defined above) members are allowed to post debate threads to discuss various doctrines to do with their own denomination and other denominations as long as they are within our rules.
2) Non-Fundamentalist (as defined above) members can only post fellowship posts here or posts to ask a question regarding Fundamentalist doctrine. Once the question is answered, there shall be no debate over the answer in this forum by the Non-Fundamentalist members. Any debate posts by Non-Fundamentalist members will be deleted. In other words, only Fundamentalist members can debate here.
3) No posts that denigrate a Christian denomination or Christian group will be tolerated - these will be deleted and the poster will be warned.
4) Basically, we do NOT allow accusations that a particular Christian denomination or group is non-Christian. That is the bottom line. Debates regarding doctrine is allowed (for Fundamentalist members only). Accusations are not.
Examples of what is not allowed, and what is allowed:
Not allowed: "The Pope is the Anti-Christ"
Allowed: "The Pope has too much power" or "The Bible did not establish the papacy" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "The Catholic church is a cult"
Allowed: "The Catholic church has errors in some doctrines" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "The Roman Catholic Church is the whore of Babylon"
Allowed: "The Catholic church may have a particular role to play in the endtimes" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "All Catholics go to hell"
Allowed: "Some Catholics may not be saved because they have wrong beliefs" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Catholics worship idols" - this is because they don't worship these idols (at least they are not meant to)
Allowed: "Catholics have images in their church and the Bible does not support this" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Catholics pray to demons when they pray to saints"
Allowed: "Praying to saints is not in the Bible" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Allowed: "There is no such thing as purgatory" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Allowed: "Catholics are preoccupied with visions of Mary" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Speaking in tongues is demonic"
Allowed: "Speaking in tongues is being abused in some churches" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Charismatic Christians are not saved"
Allowed: "The charismatic movement have gone too far in some cases" - as long as scripture a nd evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Word of Faith preachers are false prophets"
Allowed: "The Word of Faith movement have gone too far in certain instances" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Basically, try to rephrase your question and post so that it does not come across as being judgemental and accusatory. You will find that the message gets across better, and the debate will remain civil.
6) Feel free to report posts that you believe have broken these rules to the moderators of this forum by clicking on the "Report" link at the bottom of each post
These rules are in addition to the rules of CF that govern the board as a whole. All rules will be strictly enforced.
Fundamentalist: (Defined by the World Congress of Fundamentalists in 1976)
A born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ who
Maintains an immovable allegiance to the inerrant, infallible, and verbally Inspired Bible;
Believes whatever the Bible says is so;
Judges all things by the Bible, and is judged only by the Bible, aka - "Sola Scriptura";
Affirms the foundational truths of the historic Christian Faith:
The doctrine of the Trinity
The incarnation, virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, bodily resurrection, ascension into Heaven, and Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
The new birth through regeneration of the Holy Spirit
The resurrection of saints to life eternal
The resurrection of the ungodly to final judgment and eternal death
The fellowship of the saints, who are the body of Christ;
Practices fidelity to that faith, and endeavors to preach it to every creature;
Exposes and separates from all ecclesiastical denial of that Faith, compromise with error, and apostasy from the Truth; and
Earnestly contends for the Faith once delivered. Therefore, Fundamentalism is a militant orthodoxy with a soulwinning zeal. While Fundamentalists may differ on certain interpretations of Scripture, we join in unity of heart and common purpose for the defense of the Faith and the preaching of the Gospel, without compromise or division.
The Forum Specific Rules are as follows:
1) Fundamentalists (as defined above), as well as all members of the Congregational Forums can post fellowship threads here. Only Fundamentalist (as defined above) members are allowed to post debate threads to discuss various doctrines to do with their own denomination and other denominations as long as they are within our rules.
2) Non-Fundamentalist (as defined above) members can only post fellowship posts here or posts to ask a question regarding Fundamentalist doctrine. Once the question is answered, there shall be no debate over the answer in this forum by the Non-Fundamentalist members. Any debate posts by Non-Fundamentalist members will be deleted. In other words, only Fundamentalist members can debate here.
3) No posts that denigrate a Christian denomination or Christian group will be tolerated - these will be deleted and the poster will be warned.
4) Basically, we do NOT allow accusations that a particular Christian denomination or group is non-Christian. That is the bottom line. Debates regarding doctrine is allowed (for Fundamentalist members only). Accusations are not.
Examples of what is not allowed, and what is allowed:
Not allowed: "The Pope is the Anti-Christ"
Allowed: "The Pope has too much power" or "The Bible did not establish the papacy" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "The Catholic church is a cult"
Allowed: "The Catholic church has errors in some doctrines" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "The Roman Catholic Church is the whore of Babylon"
Allowed: "The Catholic church may have a particular role to play in the endtimes" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "All Catholics go to hell"
Allowed: "Some Catholics may not be saved because they have wrong beliefs" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Catholics worship idols" - this is because they don't worship these idols (at least they are not meant to)
Allowed: "Catholics have images in their church and the Bible does not support this" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Catholics pray to demons when they pray to saints"
Allowed: "Praying to saints is not in the Bible" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Allowed: "There is no such thing as purgatory" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Allowed: "Catholics are preoccupied with visions of Mary" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Speaking in tongues is demonic"
Allowed: "Speaking in tongues is being abused in some churches" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Charismatic Christians are not saved"
Allowed: "The charismatic movement have gone too far in some cases" - as long as scripture a nd evidence is posted to argue this.
Not allowed: "Word of Faith preachers are false prophets"
Allowed: "The Word of Faith movement have gone too far in certain instances" - as long as scripture and evidence is posted to argue this.
Basically, try to rephrase your question and post so that it does not come across as being judgemental and accusatory. You will find that the message gets across better, and the debate will remain civil.
6) Feel free to report posts that you believe have broken these rules to the moderators of this forum by clicking on the "Report" link at the bottom of each post
These rules are in addition to the rules of CF that govern the board as a whole. All rules will be strictly enforced.