I miss the debates....we use to learn massively even if we disagreed. Questions could be raised without feeling like you had to believe what the response was. It didn’t fell like sides needed to be taken....rather the search for truth.
Well, not everyone was interested in truth but those who were outnumbered the name callers and those who enjoyed taking their jabs in the midst of their response like they do now.
When I was in coma from Thanksgiving until nearly Christmas and most of the time expected to die, I was the beneficiary of the prayers of many here, Catholics as well as Reformed Christians, leading to the mercy of God that allows me to converse with others here and now. I think it would be an abuse of God's mercy to use the opportunity He has given me to insult my fellow Christians of other faiths.
I am a Roman Catholic and I shall die as a Roman Catholic. When I practiced law, I represented many wonderful pro-lifers arrested in Operation Rescue type incidents. No distinction was ever made between Catholics and Reformed Christians. Each was represented to the courts, according to his or her respective beliefs. There was a great opportunity for each to witness as to his or her faith.
I only wish that the Rescuers' spirit of Christian comeraderie could spread to Free Republic so that we might seek to emulate Jesus Christ in His love for all of us, Catholic and Reformed. If my chosen language to describe people is different from what anyone might prefer, I would plead that my errors are innocent and a reflection of my life experience.
May God bless you and yours!