Perhaps this will refresh a memory?
That finger points both ways.
I understand conversations wander, but when subjects unrelated are brought up in order to dodge the question, and then when those matters are addressed other subjects still farther from the OP are brought up because some persons don't want to address the OP, but instead take (yet another?) opportunity to diss on other beliefs in some attempt to justify themselves without actually even touching the subject of the OP, it begins to look like someone is afraid to truthfully address the OP.We can try Juan, we can try. However, in my brief time here it seems the two become repeatedly confused. Perhaps there are somethings we just can't controll.
AIt wasn't my choice, but now I am stuck and crazy. I suspect it will end with my own permanent band. I would do the deed myself, but as I said, choice was taken from me. I only chose life. But we are all responsible for our choices in the end. Enough, you are correct, back to the OP. I only wish it were that easy to recover my simplicity.
I said:
This is the whole issue, imo. Especially if I am not very familiar with the Bible?
On the chance I misunderstood, it seemed to me (including interaction with FDRI) that early on the discussion turned to matters of deliberate misinterpretation.
I honestly do not recall any such admission, here or ever. The closest was the surprise admission that Imams in poor areas resort to shady dealings (my paraphrase).
That is really all I have ever asked of anybody here, and to do so in a respectful manner. I saw at no time in this conversation where things became disrespectful, but there are also limits. When challenge is met with challenge and opposing sides justify with their preferred set of facts, invariably people are going to knock heads. It is an inevitable part of being human, but it isn't mandatory to escalate to violence and war particularly if we have to find a way to get along together.
I am in a tiny minority, the Bible to me doesn't have to be "spot on" to still contain great value. No religion has to be "spot on" to contain great value, that is rather the point I try to convey at every opportunity. If all we ever do with any faith is go through with a laser beam micro focus picking apart the details, that faith will crumble...any faith. That is what I call throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I don't have a problem throwing out the dirty bathwater, but I will cherish the baby in every faith.
Why do you think you're in the tiny minority? You are in a minority of at least two here including me, lol
Friend, I sincerely hope what I am reading is not what I am thinking. We all have our struggles, you are not alone. If you need help do not be afraid to reach out and ask. Your presence here is highly valued, and not by me alone. I see it all around the boards, you are worthy and you are treasured by many here.I know Juan, but it seems my simplicity has been stolen from me.
Good grief, Charlie Brown...
Not at all, I wrote what I meant and I meant what I wrote.Lol, Juan... I think you meant to post this on the jokes thread?
I've said many times; at the Great White Throne Judgment G-d isn't going to ask what we believed, He is going to ask what we did with what we believed.
Sometimes I have this dream. There's a carrot and there's stick. I can see both of them fairly well. The only thing I can't see is who's holding the stick. The dream is recurring, however, revealing a detail, here a little and there a little. Not that I can do anything about it, but I'm a curious creature nunetheless.
Don't you think you are?Not getting the warm fuzzies just yet, Juan.