Matt Black Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) Here's the text of the banning email:- "Matt, A vote has been taken and we have unanimously chosen to ban you permanently from Baptist Board. We no longer accept Catholics, knowingly, for membership and your attempt to draw others to the Catholic Church was over the line. Matt Black said: #2. Yes and no. No, if you do not know that the Catholic Church is necessary for salvation, yes if you do. Let's face it, nearly all non-Catholic Christians do NOT know that the CC is necessary for salvation...er...otherwise they'd be Catholic The ban has already been put in effect. Diane Tavegia Board Administrator For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver. 19 He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose Him for this purpose long before the world began, but now in these final days, He was sent to the earth for all to see. And He did this for you. 1 Peter 1:18 " I have emailed a reply saying that my reply was stating what I thought the view of the Catholic Church was and that was not necessarily my view...and I await their response...but for the moment I have now joined the ranks of Phatmassers who have been banned at BB! NB: I can't now even access BB in 'read-only' mode so I would be grateful if some PMers can go to the thread in the Other Religions section entitled 'About the Catholic Church' where my 'offending' post is and seee whether there's been any mention of my banning there. Yours in Christ Matt Edited March 16, 2005 by Matt Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 surprise, surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) [quote name='Matt Black' date='Mar 16 2005, 08:00 AM'] Here's the text of the banning email:- "Matt, A vote has been taken and we have unanimously chosen to ban you permanently from Baptist Board. We no longer accept Catholics, knowingly, for membership and your attempt to draw others to the Catholic Church was over the line. Matt Black said: #2. Yes and no. No, if you do not know that the Catholic Church is necessary for salvation, yes if you do. Let's face it, nearly all non-Catholic Christians do NOT know that the CC is necessary for salvation...er...otherwise they'd be Catholic The ban has already been put in effect. Diane Tavegia Board Administrator For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver. 19 He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose Him for this purpose long before the world began, but now in these final days, He was sent to the earth for all to see. And He did this for you. 1 Peter 1:18 " I have emailed a reply saying that my reply was stating what I thought the view of the Catholic Church was and that was not necessarily my view...and I await their response...but for the moment I have now joined the ranks of Phatmassers who have been banned at BB! NB: I can't now even access BB in 'read-only' mode so I would be grateful if some PMers can go to the thread in the Other Religions section entitled 'About the Catholic Church' where my 'offending' post is and seee whether there's been any mention of my banning there. Yours in Christ Matt [/quote] They troll here on a daily basis to make sure no Baptist is sliding into hell by even being remotely interested in the Catholic Church. They are so afraid of discussion or debate they stick their fingers in their ears and run screaming ban him What ever happened to "the truth will set you free"? Edited March 16, 2005 by cmotherofpirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phazzan Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 So what. It's a crusade against anyone who doesn't profess their fundie brand of Christianity. Usually, groups such as these welcome you with open arms, but once they find out you're not gonna convert to their ways you get made redundant. It's half power trip, how pride saver, but fully depressing. I also recommend trying www.ntrmin.org boards. There's no way God's love and forgiveness could ever account for such a miserable lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I can empathize man I got banned from the Catholics for Kerry site when I pointed out that they were misquoting the USCCB. Actually that made me chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 So.... "Save_ferris" gets banned for suggesting if someone wanted to learn about the Catholic faith they should read the Catholic Catechism, and equates it to if someone wanted to learn the Muslim faith they should be familiar with the Koran. Matt gets banned for simply stating the obvious, and whether he agrees with it or not is banned for said offense. One baptist member makes note it is the equivelant of the fourth reich of Nazi Germany. It seems they are afraid of their own shadows at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 its a shame.. they have al those 8 gazillion boards that talk about everything from sports to how to make car hood ornimants out of mustard seeds and all they do is ban ban ban.. I have to wonder how that place survives financially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 [quote][i]BaptistBoard.com is a free discussion forum for the [b]Baptist community.[/b] We believe that[b] open and honest exchange [/b]of ideas can be beneficial to [b] all[/b] participants.[/quote][/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Black Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) [quote name='Tony' date='Mar 16 2005, 08:26 AM'] [/i] [/quote] Yeah...right Thanks for everyone's support! Yours in Christ Matt [ETA: I was trying to quote from Tony's quote of the BB rubric...but for some reason the quote wasn't reproduced] Edited March 16, 2005 by Matt Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironmonk Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) That is why I created [url="http://www.BaptistBoard.net"]http://www.BaptistBoard.net[/url] They didn't allow the screen name "ironmonk". But they do allow others Matt, you have confused me, your profile there and here says Baptist, but when you were posting, I thought "This guy has to be a Catholic"... then I saw "Baptist", I was like, wow, his church must get a lot of flak from other Baptists. Are you Catholic? Your Servant in Christ, ironmonk Edited March 16, 2005 by ironmonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Black Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 I guess I'm drifting Romewards but still officially Baptist Yours in Christ Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Black Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Mar 16 2005, 08:16 AM'] One baptist member makes note it is the equivelant of the fourth reich of Nazi Germany. [/quote] Adam, where was that? Yours in Christ Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasJis Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Kill the fattened calf! IronMonk is here!!! Welcome!!!!!! Matt, As somebody who lives in the Southern US, I've grown up with strict Southern Baptists as friends. In all honesty, they don't like most other Protestants either. My philosophy is a Christian grows into a faithful Catholic. Being lucky enough to be baptised as a baby into the Catholic Church is only being planted in the most fertile soil. We still have to tend to ourselves to grow into a faithful Catholic and someone planted in another Christian denomination will outgrow you if they tend to their faith more seriously. By the way, what geographic area of the UK do you live? I know some people who spent a year there in Youth Ministry and they some vibrant Catholic parishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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