Dear Jack, In a posting that urges us to refrain from theological discussion on this forum, you take the opportunity to have a little dig at "the Catholics." :-) Some time back, I took Philip to task over something that he said. To his credit, he did apologise. We have benefitted from his continuance on this group ever since. We ought to be able to discuss Scriptural instruction here, as long as the main purpose is upheld. We ought to be able to do it in a polite manner and I had already decided to allow this topic. Cheryl's postings were degenerating, whether "provoked" or not. An apology is therefore required, and I sincerely hope that she will feel able to offer one to Philip soon. Yours in Christ, Neville. Jack Lewis <jack.lewis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear Steven, I'm a little troubled by this posting to Cheryl. She is new to the forum and I feel that the Catholics have goaded her into reacting in the way that she did. I appear to be the only one to try and forewarn her (off-list) that this is likely to be unfruitful. The Catholics also touched on, what can only be described as 'lip-service' to airing these views off-list, so why didn't they? I have never been completely happy with the idea of using the forum to debate any Biblical Issue other than those pertaining to geocentrism. There are many areas that can be debated and argued over such as Satan, the trinity, salvation, Sunday/Saturday Sabbath, predestination, Assurance, Omniscience etc. etc. May I suggest a further forum where general Biblical issues can be discussed with no possibility of crossover with creation and geocentrism. Although HS/GC generates a lot of heat, I fear that Biblical debate, done in this way, will generate very much more. People are less likely to accept criticism of their belief gracefully from those who insist on pushing theirs. So I would strongly counsel keeping general Biblical debate separate from the Geocentric forum. Yours most sincerely in Christ Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Jones" To: Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 3:31 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Warning > 21 February, 2005. > > Cheryl, > > In your recent posting to Philip you were making highly personal and derogatory statements regarding Philip and his wife. This is totally unacceptable. I hope that this type of flippant and non-authoritative behaviour will not be seen again in another email from you, because if so, it will result in you receiving an immediate seven-day ban. --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!