[JRandomFreeper]

What exactly in the article do you perceive as telling others how to live their lives?

Oh.. most every word of it.

Including the suggestion to not tell people how to live their lives.

That was rich with irony.

/johnny

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Can you give me anything in the article that wasn't backed up with Scripture, i.e. the words of God?

Can you give me something specific where the writer, without referring to what God said, told people how to live their lives?

[AnTiw1]

I got the impression it was more about calling believers to be judges of other believers who might not be living the christian life in quite the same way as those who feel they're in a position to judge, feel they should be living their christian life. The scripture "if you believe Jesus is the son of God, then God abides in you, and you in God" really doesn't seem to be quite enough of a divine promise for them, or you, in their opinion. You have to play the game of obedience to authority and conformity to those christians who can't seem to make you understand that they are your betters.

We pretended we were having a wedding, but you wouldn't dance. We pretended we were having a funeral, and you wouldn't cry. How can you be christian believer without dancing to our tune and weeping at our disapproval? At least the stake and the rack don't exist any longer...formerly the final word in the 'who's the real believer now' department.

Love Jesus. Flee His representatives.

[AnTiw1]

I got the impression it was more about calling believers to be judges of other believers who might not be living the christian life in quite the same way as those who feel they're in a position to judge, feel they should be living their christian life. The scripture "if you believe Jesus is the son of God, then God abides in you, and you in God" really doesn't seem to be quite enough of a divine promise for them, or you, in their opinion. You have to play the game of obedience to authority and conformity to those christians who can't seem to make you understand that they are your betters.

We pretended we were having a wedding, but you wouldn't dance. We pretended we were having a funeral, and you wouldn't cry. How can you be christian believer without dancing to our tune and weeping at our disapproval? At least the stake and the rack don't exist any longer...formerly the final word in the 'who's the real believer now' department.

Love Jesus. Flee His representatives.