Comments on: Troubled TN http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/ Let these stones be a witness to what we have done here this day. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3133 Joe Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:52:57 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3133 As a convention employee in another state convention....I just have to wonder how much of TN Cooperative Program dollars in being diverted to the lawsuit and not being used for ministry? What is going unfunded or underfunded because of the lawsuit? As a convention employee in another state convention….I just have to wonder how much of TN Cooperative Program dollars in being diverted to the lawsuit and not being used for ministry? What is going unfunded or underfunded because of the lawsuit?

]]> By: Kaylor http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3130 Kaylor Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:10:31 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3130 I agree with Kevin. While I was disappointed to see Belmont involving churches in this mess, the real blame still lies with TBC for violating 1 Corinthians 6. I am saddened by the wasted money and negative publicity that has resulted because of the lawsuit. We need to focus more on inviting people to church instead of dragging them to court. We need to give our money for missions and not lawsuits. May God help us! I agree with Kevin. While I was disappointed to see Belmont involving churches in this mess, the real blame still lies with TBC for violating 1 Corinthians 6. I am saddened by the wasted money and negative publicity that has resulted because of the lawsuit. We need to focus more on inviting people to church instead of dragging them to court. We need to give our money for missions and not lawsuits. May God help us!

]]> By: Big Daddy Weave http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3128 Big Daddy Weave Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:45:55 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3128 Jason is right. That is alot of scratch. If TBC refuses to settle, a LONG civil suit will be costly not to mention the inevitable appeals process. Nonetheless, I don't think this case is open and shut. Not many cases are with a good lawyer. I think they'll settle eventually. It's a process and sometimes tactics which may seem unChristian must be employed. Belmont may not need the info being supplied by the churches. It's like when you sue a huge corporation and request a handful of documents during discovery and they send you 50 boxes of unsorted paperwork. I've been there. TBC may be nagged into settling. Jason is right. That is alot of scratch.

If TBC refuses to settle, a LONG civil suit will be costly not to mention the inevitable appeals process. Nonetheless, I don’t think this case is open and shut. Not many cases are with a good lawyer.

I think they’ll settle eventually. It’s a process and sometimes tactics which may seem unChristian must be employed. Belmont may not need the info being supplied by the churches. It’s like when you sue a huge corporation and request a handful of documents during discovery and they send you 50 boxes of unsorted paperwork. I’ve been there. TBC may be nagged into settling.

]]> By: jasonk http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3125 jasonk Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:24:22 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3125 Binding agreements are not binding at all. Not anymore. People will sign their name to anything, without reading it. Then when they want out of it, they hire an attorney to find loopholes. That's the way we are anymore. Question: Does the document require Belmont to return all dollars ever given to them by Baptists? That's a lot of scratch. The university just needs to settle and be done with it. Binding agreements are not binding at all. Not anymore. People will sign their name to anything, without reading it. Then when they want out of it, they hire an attorney to find loopholes. That’s the way we are anymore.

Question: Does the document require Belmont to return all dollars ever given to them by Baptists? That’s a lot of scratch. The university just needs to settle and be done with it.

]]> By: Kevin Bussey http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3124 Kevin Bussey Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:08:38 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/01/19/tennessee-baptist-belmont/#comment-3124 Sounds real Christian getting the courts involved. I don't get it. Sounds real Christian getting the courts involved. I don’t get it.

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