Hm, let me say it another words, when you give loans, your are trusting some one, but he doesnt have to trust you, and when you give money it doesnt prove anything.
Trading btc to LR could mean something, but you`ll have to do it on regular basis and with big sums, and again, if you send trust full member LR and he pays you BTC , this doesn't prove anything, because you had no chance to do it wrong way)
Shadow make a good point here. There is no way to scam people by giving out loans (unless you promise to give a loan and don't do it, which is not that significant). You would gain way more trust by taking out loans and repaying them.
Yes but no one wants to give me loans. So let me explain the logic I had while offering this. I am first buying Bitcoins so I can familiarize myself with the market. Traders will leave me some rep.
I will be giving out loans primarily for some more familiarity and so people know that I am not just looking to take and run as I have
contributed beyond means of my own personal gain. Then once I have established myself with trusted buyers and sellers, I can then go about my business throughout the forum, hopefully without all the crap I've been getting. If people ask where my reputation is, I will be able to say I have already handled XXX amount of money on the forum. If people don't think this is good I may open an official exchange thread. The only problem is that people will come there and slander me on no basis other then the fact that I am new. So I am trying to start somewhere.
Ha det! 
