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1 | God and gods? | Matt 11:11 | following him | 123314 | ||
Hello Tim; I've prayed and thought hard about responding to your note. For some reason it has desturbed me greatly. Please don't take this wrong. I sat on the outside and watched this whole episode of "Pointing him to the truth." I did not say that you should let them have free reign to say or teach whatever they want. My concern was how the forum responded to him. Since Bradk mentioned it here is one of the rules of the forum, " You agree to interact with each other in a Christian spirit, with respect and grace." Does this just pertaint to belivers or is everyone who logs on entitled the same respect and grace? Perhaps you should go back and reread ALL the posting toward ralph2 forget the ones he sent just look how the forum responded. If all that was pointed in my direction there is no way I would consider it love. Put yourself in his place would you consider it love. Would you consider it "pointing him to the truth." When a JW has the boldness to come to a forum like this and "strut his stuff" he is not looking to convert anyone, and the chance of converting him are practically non existent. He is only here to puff himself up and walk away with thoughts of "I did battle with the forces of darkness and have prevailed. I have come away still holding to the truth" And that is exactly what happened. The forum gave him what he wanted. He went away victorious while the christians showed themselves to be unloving and intolerant. At least thats his view. And from my vantage point he would have been right. I am not saying that you should let such a major error go unchallenged or maybe I should say unanswered or that we should tolerate false doctrine. But there has got to be a better way of responding to these guys than what I saw here. Perhaps when a JW surfaces the forum could designate one maybe two at the most people to enlighten him without drowning him in a sea of posts showing him how his beliefs are heretical etc. Perhaps you could do it, out of all the posting yours and Zsuzi's were the most curtious and respectful inspite of what ralph2 said. I have gained a great deal of respect for both of you because of this. Sincerely in love |
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2 | God and gods? | Matt 11:11 | Rowdy | 123321 | ||
Greetins Following Him, Having just read your post, along with Hank's, Tim's and Zsuzsi and at least a good portion of the other posts on this thread, I felt "inspired" to throw in my two cents worth. After you get mine and Hank's age, a person begins to show an ocassional spot of frustration now and again. Although we may talk like and try to imitate God and His Perfect level of Love, it's tough for most humans to even come close to that standard. Along with that love, we're also commanded to take a "tough love" approach with false teachers and others when they refuse to believe in the basic truth as exhibited in the Bible. You might want to refer to Jesus' Words in Matt 7:6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. Now I agree, the tough part in this scripture is figuring out who are the dogs or the pigs but at least you see where I'm going with this post. I'd be the last person in the world to call another human being a pig or a dog in the sense of the verse above but I'd also be one of the first to agree that the ideas and views as promoted by the cults such as discussed here are and should be treated as worse than dogs, maybe even vermin. So we're going to strive for God's love but please understand we are all human and we'll continue to make mistakes, stumble and fall. As long as we get back up and re-attempt our struggle to get back to God, following Peter's lead instead of Judas, we're doing good. I might add, when a Forum user doesn't show his profile long after he finds out how to complete it, naturally it raises our suspicious nature. I hope this helps you understand a little better. God bless. --Rowdy |
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