The "Bethany Discussion Forum"

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Pastor Mark, Nov 26, 2003.

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  1. Pastor Mark

    Pastor Mark New Member

    permanently closed...


    weird



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  2. AlnEstn

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  3. Pastor Mark

    Pastor Mark New Member

  4. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Hi Mark: Yes, it is weird. Site after site connected with somebody appear and disappear to suit the creative assertions of the moment. I can't remember who, and I can't imagine why.
     
  5. AlnEstn

    AlnEstn New Member

    Well, I think there was a feeling a little house cleaning was in order, and for at least one person, I was what needed to be cleaned out of the house! I kept watching the forum wondering when it was going to happen, and in the last moments of the old forum I was excommunicated by the forum administrator. I wonder how long it will take on the new forum? :)
     
  6. MichaelR

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  7. AlnEstn

    AlnEstn New Member

    Nope, the new one is gone as well. It lasted less than a day, I believe. I would be watching for another one to spring up sometime, however. That is, if you are bored and have too much time on your hands! :)
     
  8. MichaelR

    MichaelR Member

    I do tend to have to much time on my hands, but I would rather play with my DJ software than hunt down religous discussion boards.
     
  9. Bill Grover

    Bill Grover New Member

    It reminds me of the carnival booth where you knock the target down with a gun , but the target springs back up. Ready your rifle Alan:D
     
  10. AlnEstn

    AlnEstn New Member

    Well, I stand corrected by H.D. himself. The "new" forum was not new, but rather an old one that had not been removed when the new one was added. If you have been following this thread, the new one was the old one, and the old one was the new one. Confused yet?
    Sounds like the shell game to me. The real Bethany forum is under which shell?
    Anyway, it appears all are dead and will remain dead. The remnants now read, "Closed due to poster abuse". I guess the abuser was myself and a few others that dared to ask questions and give answers. The latest concern was questions and answers on KJV-onlyism. :D
     
  11. Guest

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    It appears that Alan, Pastor Mark and Bethany Bound are guilty of forum abuse. :eek:
     
  12. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Well, this cyber-evanescence sure bears the marks of what's-his-name. Post stuff. Somebody blows whistle. Stuff disappears and poster denies it was ever there. Including entire degree mills named for dead Christian luminaries.
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    I am not of the religious tradition that runs Bethany of Dothan.
    Apparently LBU is of similar provenance.

    I have a question.

    Apparently denial of the Trinity and the deity of Christ is OK with Bethany of Dothan, but asking about KJV only is not.

    Would someone with authority to speak for LBU clarify whether or not this is true of LBU as well?

    I think I know the answer, but I would appreciate a reliable statement from someone with connections (Craig?) to LBU.
     
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  13. Bill Grover

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  14. uncle janko

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    Servetus, too, it seems.
     
  15. Guest

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    The LBU catalog states,

    We believe in the plenary verbal inspiration of the Bible, and it is our practice to use only the King James Version in the pulpit and in classroom instruction. We believe the Textus Receptus is a superior text, and we use it for [original language] instruction.

    Students may use any translation they choose in papers, theses, dissertations, etc., but the KJV is used in classroom instruction. While LBU takes the position of using the KJV, as do many within the BBFI, the school doesn't appear to mandate its use by all students.
     
  16. AlnEstn

    AlnEstn New Member

    Does that mean we are in danger of being booted from here as well? :D
    Let me know, and I will see if I can shut this place down.....just joking ya!
     
  17. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Hi Vladica: Thanks for answering part of my question. My concern was more with the Trinitarian/Christology issue.

    Bethany employs and uses a vociferously anti-Trinitarian spokesperson, and I was wondering if LBU, being of similar theological provenance, would likewise be simultaneously in favor of KJV *and* open to anti-Trinitarianism and denial of the divinity of Christ.

    Does the shue fit LBU too, or would you have to jimmy it on?
     
  18. AlnEstn

    AlnEstn New Member

    BTW, it may be that you folks are giving us (the forum abusers) too much credit for this whole thing.
    Is it possible that once the doctrinal variance of their administrator surfaced, Bethany decided to rid itself of its new forum, I mean its old forum, as it was called earlier in this thread, and take care of having an administrator with such theology running that forum. If that was the case, the famed forum abusers were really only responsible for abusing the new forum, I mean the old one. :confused:
     
  19. Craig Hargis

    Craig Hargis Member

    Hi all: LBU is aligned with BBF doctrine in all areas. It is absolutely Trinitarian. Its Christology and interpretation of the Trinity are orthodox (from a Protestant perspective) While it is solidly aligned with traditional baptistic thought as to the Bible, its KJV stance is fairly soft. The KJV is used in all public forums, like worship and classroom reading. But other versions are mentioned or used from time to time. I mentioned and quoted from the NASB frequently and even the Catholic version of the RSV without incident. The real emphasis on practice at LBU is not so much KJV but more a focus on evangelism and baptism and the born-again experience. The theology is aggressively dispensational (classical dispensationalism of Chafer and Scofield)and there is a fair degree of prophecy emphasis. Most BBF pastors use the old Scofield. Still a couple of rather large BBF churches here in California use the NKJV. So the KJV onlyism is not too strident. In text oriented classes they prefer versions based on the TR or at least the Majority Text.

    Blessings,
    Craig
     
  20. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Thanks, Craig. That clears that up. My view of dispensationalism aside, LBU seems thoroughly loyal to its own tradition without being blinkered. Good for them.

    So Bethany of Dothan, by contrast, would be the (supposedly) Bible Baptist school where belief in the Trinity and Incarnation are optional--but where creative assertions are mandatory.

    Charmed, I'm sure.
     

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