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Why is it called 'Debating Christianity and Religion'?

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Question for debate-Why is this website called 'Debating Christianity and Religion'?
I'm not complaining, I'm simply curious..:)

Does the title imply that Christianity is separate from all other religions and in a class of its own because it's the only one fronted by the Son of God himself?
Why isn't the site simply called 'Debating Religion'?

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The main focus of this forum is to debate Christianity. But, we also allow debates relating to religion in general.

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Re: Why is it called 'Debating Christianity and Religion'?

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Osteng sighting triple points!!!!
Post 1: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:48 am Otseng has been banned
Otseng has been banned for having multiple accounts and impersonating a moderator.

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Post 1: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:48 am Otseng has been banned
Otseng has been banned for having multiple accounts and impersonating a moderator.


That's another thing I've been meaning to ask, who is Otseng? Is he a mod or isn't he, and if he's been banned why can I see his posts?
I'm a mod myself at the Mission4Today forum and if anybody tried impersonating me there he'd soon be out on his butt..;)

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Dropship wrote: Post 1: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:48 am Otseng has been banned
Otseng has been banned for having multiple accounts and impersonating a moderator.


That's another thing I've been meaning to ask, who is Otseng? Is he a mod or isn't he, and if he's been banned why can I see his posts?
I'm a mod myself at the Mission4Today forum and if anybody tried impersonating me there he'd soon be out on his butt..;)
It might be informative to note that this event took place on April 1st.
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Dropship wrote: Post 1: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:48 am Otseng has been banned
Otseng has been banned for having multiple accounts and impersonating a moderator.


That's another thing I've been meaning to ask, who is Otseng? Is he a mod or isn't he, and if he's been banned why can I see his posts?
I'm a mod myself at the Mission4Today forum and if anybody tried impersonating me there he'd soon be out on his butt..;)
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Re: Why is it called 'Debating Christianity and Religion'?

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Dropship wrote:
Does the title imply that Christianity is separate from all other religions and in a class of its own because it's the only one fronted by the Son of God himself?
The problem here is we would have to come to an agreement on what version of Christianity is the one that is fronted by the son of God if any at all.

Society and its morals evolve and will continue to evolve. The bible however remains the same and just requires more and more apologetics and claims of "metaphors" and "symbolism" to justify it.

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Dropship wrote: That's another thing I've been meaning to ask, who is Otseng?
Otseng is the owner and administrator of this website (for ten years plus now) who has final say in all matters. It may be useful to know that he is a Christian, a very capable debater, and a computer expert (and a straight-up, honorable, fair man). He also has a great sense of humor, as indicated by banning himself for April 1st this year and announcing that Joeyknothead (our local colorful / country character – who contributes remarkable observations and articulations with some frequency) was appointed to be moderator last April.

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