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1:09 PM

Q: Are we OK with sex related questions?

So there's this question: Is BDSM forbidden according to scripture? And there's this comment: "I think the nature of this question is a problem as well. We shouldn't sexualize the site, and there's a danger of a whole trove of questions in this area being asked." ~Narnian I was going to just re...

Does Elisha speak?

1:30 PM

Q: Relooking at this question with 20-20 hindsight, I think that the VTC was incorrect - what say you all?

The question under consideration: Isn't Jesus's suffering over magnified by the Catholic Church? body as per: It seems too me that the suffering of Jesus is over magnified. I mean so many people have suffered tremendously for years. Like handicapped/sick people, prisoners, holocaust victim...

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Dan Andrews

1:45 PM

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Paul Vargas

2:08 PM

Thanks for you edition, @bruisedreed =)

Hi, @Caleb How are you? If you have time, you might want to check this question. :-)

Flimzy

@PaulVargas I wonder why you think there is a Biblical basis for that practice

bruised reed

@PaulVargas no problem and I did flag it for mod attention

Paul Vargas

@Flimzy Algunos líderes de la iglesia ponen mucho énfasis en el asunto.

Flimzy

Pues, sí... pero eso no tiene que decir que es una cosa bíblica... verdad?

Solo quiero decir que en mi opinión, la pregunta sería mejor si preguntas "What is the basis of church membership?" en vez de "What is the Biblical basis?"

así puede ser cualquiera respuesta... aunque si la respuesta es algo fuera de la biblia

(la verdad, no sé que es la respuesta... pero creo que hay buena probabilidad que es algo fuera de la biblia)

o quizás una combinación de cosas bíblicas y extra-bíblicas.

Paul Vargas

@Flimzy Yo pienso que es una cuestión de práctica (si atendemos a esa diferencia que hacen muchos respecto a doctrina y práctica).

Flimzy

2:22 PM

Pues, en todos modos... creo que la pregunta es buena.. .y he votado para abrirlo de nuevo.

Paul Vargas

@Flimzy Creo que sería muy interesante desde un punto de vista histórico, cómo es que fue evolucionando este concepto desde la Iglesia primitiva hasta nuestros días. ¿Existía tal cosa como una carta de recomendación?

> «¿Comenzamos otra vez a recomendarnos a nosotros mismos? ¿O tenemos necesidad, como algunos, de cartas de recomendación para vosotros, o de recomendación de vosotros?» (2 Corintios 3:1 RVR1960)

> «Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don't need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?» (2 Corinthians 3:1 NET)

AJ Henderson

2:54 PM

not that I expect you guys to be an issue, and it's probably less of an issue since we have moderators in here fairly often that can understand Spanish, but just as a note, generally it is preferred to use English when possible, simply for moderation purposes. If someone flags a post in another language and a moderator can't understand it, they are far more likely to validate the flag out of caution. I get that sometimes it may be easier to communicate a concept that way, something to keep in

mind though

I'd just hate to see there be a mix up because some post gets flagged a mod wasn't sure what it was saying in the middle of a conversation they didn't understand either

Flimzy

@AJHenderson: Entiendo!

AJ Henderson

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Paul Vargas

7:34 PM

@AJHenderson @Flimzy I can assure you that we do not denigrate anyone or to the president in our conversation. So there is no need for moderation if there is a moderator in the conversation.

Hi, @LCIII Where are you from? What do you do?

LCIII

@PaulVargas Midwest, The States. I'm a software engineer. I was raised in a Christian home and became a believer in my early teens. Got married 4 years ago. 2 kids. I like to be really, really silly or really, really serious. That's what's up.

Paul Vargas

@LCIII OK. I'm a Java programmer in Mexico.

AJ Henderson

@PaulVargas yeah, the problem is if someone else flags the message as a joke (or with ill will, which unfortunately happens frequently) then it is difficult for a moderator to tell if the flag has merit or not. It isn't a big deal, just wanted to let you know that we've seen issues result in the past, even if those speaking aren't actually saying anything inappropriate

so more of a word of caution

Paul Vargas

@AJHenderson Is it possible that an NSA analyst read our comments? ;-)

LCIII

Is there room for silliness on this site. Or am I insane?

Silliness.SE...

AJ Henderson

7:45 PM

@LCIII hmm, probably depends what you mean, there is "Aww" for cute photos and gifs and videos and then there are a few rooms that can be pretty random at times

Paul Vargas

@LCIII Why a Christian wanted to be in a room like that? :-/

AJ Henderson

@PaulVargas because zebras

LCIII

Haha, I was mostly being sarcastic. I often get a nosebleed from the suffocating dryness of our site. Christianity + Software Engineer culture = WeAreAllMonks.SE

Paul Vargas

@AJHenderson I don't undestand. I need my urban dictionary.

LCIII

@AJHenderson Thank you for the silliness

AJ Henderson

7:48 PM

@PaulVargas just making reference to a rather odd animal

as a point that God has a sense of humor

there are certainly rooms on here that are not dry, but they also tend to sometimes stray in to more crass humor as well

Paul Vargas

@AJHenderson Some who say jokes here are not Christians.

We must not forget that there is a log for our idle words.

@AJHenderson I often forget the latter. I really wish every one of my thoughts and actions were only for Him. But I always fail.

But I know that God has mercy on me.

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fredsbend

9:41 PM

In TRiG like fashion:

> I remember one time my old senior pastor said to me "she's been in church her whole life, why would you expect her to know anything about Scripture?"

Comment on Main article which is a good read.

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