Church Discipline

[JohnH]

My hunch is that John’s “97%” is a completely made-up number.

I got it from Ernie, on this forum, checked the sources, and it was legitimate.

Thanks for your unfounded accusation, though.

Could you please list the sources, so I can check them too? I’m curious where the 97% statistic came from.

I'll let Ernie talk about it further.

As you can imagine, it's not particularly pleasant to engage with me since you accused me of just making stuff up.

[Szdfan]

I got it from Ernie, on this forum, checked the sources, and it was legitimate.

Thanks for your unfounded accusation, though.

Could you please list the sources, so I can check them too? I’m curious where the 97% statistic came from.

I'll let Ernie talk about it further.

As you can imagine, it's not particularly pleasant to engage with me since you accused me of just making stuff up.

Ok. You don’t have to. I don’t mean to be mean, but when someone presents a specific number as fact, it’s completely reasonable to ask where it comes from. I’m not the only one in this thread who said they are skeptical about it. If you can’t or won’t give a source, it’s fair to conclude that the 97 % figure was simply made up.

[Praxis+Theodicy]

As you can imagine, it's not particularly pleasant to engage with me since you accused me of just making stuff up.

Fair enough. I apologize for accusing you. It didn't really aid the discussion and it was an unnecessary secondhand attack on your character. I shouldn't have done it because it's not what Jesus would have me do.

[Szdfan]

Could you please list the sources, so I can check them too? I’m curious where the 97% statistic came from.

I'll let Ernie talk about it further.

As you can imagine, it's not particularly pleasant to engage with me since you accused me of just making stuff up.

Ok. You don’t have to. I don’t mean to be mean, but when someone presents a specific number as fact, it’s completely reasonable to ask where it comes from. I’m not the only one in this thread who said they are skeptical about it. If you can’t or won’t give a source, it’s fair to conclude that the 97 % figure was simply made up.

So Ernie confirmed he doesn't remember where he got that 97% number, and it sounds like a lot of what he’s saying is based on personal experiences and impressions rather than data.

Do you happen to know which book or article it came from? I haven’t been able to find anything that matches it.

[the-real-steve]

Discipline, be it at home or church. needs to be done in love.

In the workplace.... don't get me started