I fully agree that people on an anonymous internet forum should state what they believe if they want to indulge in a religious argument, but when those in orthodoxy ask, there have been people saying "it is a personal question"
Your memory is faulty. Perhaps you can demonstrate when I have ever done that? The ONLY thing that comes close would be the demands to identify one's denominational association or church and the reasons given for not doing so are relevant.
I fully agree that people on an anonymous Internet forum should state what they believe if they want to indulge in a religious argument, but when those in orthodoxy ask, there have been people saying "it is a personal question"
Glad you at least agree that complaining about others' beliefs and then resisting requests to clarify what one believes is not a wise thing to do. Once again, when the question IS a personal one (i.e., what church do you go to?), anyone should be able to decline answering it if it isn't relative to the dialog and might compromise their identity. What I have seen happen when one DOES reveal that information, is the whole history of the denomination - past and present - becomes the discussion and the original topic is forgotten. What one believes is the gospel shouldn't be something so "personal" that he declines to say what he believes. I'd have to wonder why he even came on a thread in the first place.