Posted on 02/07/2018 5:09:09 PM PST by Swordmaker
We are NOT asking or expecting for you to be made over in our image re Q-Anon posts or any other thing.
By all means believe what you wish about Q-Anon. Just kindly avoid expecting the rest of us to applaud rather persistently pointed, seemingly stubborn fairly hostile and seemingly haughty, self-righteous retorts to our Q-Anon posts and convictions, perspectives.
To avoid confusion, if you’re going to publicly list my shortcomings and other defects, you should consider including examples. All I’ve been doing for some time now is sharing personal experiences. Then you posted a list of my deficiencies. The connection made was the obvious one.
I have never expected applause. The Golden Rule is the most I could possibly hope for.
One thing that trolls do to derail threads is make the discussion all about THEM.
Then you might consider modeling and extending it to others on the Q-Anon threads a LOT more.
to YOU with YOUR perspective.
Mileage may vary.
imho, displaying certain traits or qualities or habits chronically, repeatedly on an open forum kind of invite. even beg for commentary about those traits, qualities or habits. You are welcome to return the favor.
Besides, you aren't the only one with such humanness. And I wasn't writing only for you.
Yeah. Alas, even trolls need love, too. LOL.
I pray before ***every*** post. Please delineate specifically how I’ve sinned against you or others. These relentless generalities are the antithesis of helpful and very embodiment of counterproductive.
I do not benefit from broadbrush generalities. If you have any specific examples of my offenses, please detail them.
If I felt the need to criticize you, I’d do it via PM. That is according to NT teaching.
Wellll, I relieve you of that boundary hereby—please feel free to exhort me publicly where my offenses tend to occur. Others may learn from my sins and errors.
Sorry, I have no need nor time to be that precise. I assume you’ll pray about such matters and The Lord will point out more fitting specifics than I could.
But your not posting about a different pov! Out of 35 of your posts, there was not one pertinent thing about this latest drop that people were trying to put together. You did spend a lot of time being a victim, or name calling others, because saying things like q believers are thin skinned is name calling. Heck, you pretty much called me a snowflake because I don’t want to have to read all your little petty flame war crap. And, because I don’t want to have to wade through your petty fights on FR, I don’t want others POV?
There are those of us, we can’t be sure, but believe that Q is the real deal. If we are right, then the Trump team is trying to get info out to the masses, without going through the press. If you don’t believe that is possible, fine.
I honestly believe that these q drops are important, and I do my part by passing the info on to others. But, like most people, I don’t have all day to sit and read on FR. Most of these threads would be 80 comments or less. They would take much less time to read, and would be easier to understand. But then you show up to start your petty little squabbles.
I explained how it would be very helpful for a lot of us if these threads could stay on topic about the current q drop and since you had a different pov, maybe you should start your own thread on that very topic. for that you called me a snowflake.
I wouldn’t take the time to comment to you usually, but your username comes up a lot on these threads making them much longer and very difficult to read.
I don’t think I am asking to much to ask you to stay on topic, or start your own thread.
It is the Holy Spirit’s role to convict people of sin. His conviction in this area consists primarily of burdening me to pray blessings on ***every*** participant in the Q threads.
As the apostles said, we must obey God rather than men. God has commanded us to first privately, in love, intervene with a straying brother/sister. If that doesn’t work, then one or two additional faithful believers should become involved. If that fails, then and only then is the entire church/assembly engaged in the issue.
I do consider context regarding such matters, normally. And online, the norms are a very robust give and take--much as one can see in St Paul's letters and in Christ's public exhortations of Disciples and Pharisees in front of others.
And, I think the topic of an exhortation is also a factor.
If I saw someone hereon exiting a bar quite falling down drunk, I'd mention it privately.
What you call petty squabbles I call the pursuit of truth. It hasn’t been prohibited for anyone to seek the truth—thanks to the site owner.
Please skip past my posts in the future; thank you.
Go to them privately.
Only sweetness and light on the threads.
Good. Congrats.
Paul had no choice in his letters. He was physically far removed from the various churches, so putting everything in writing was his only option.
Jesus’ condemnation of the Pharisees was done principally for the benefit of the common people. The Pharisees, by and large, rejected Jesus teachings, so there was little if anything He could say to benefit them. However, His listeners could benefit enormously from His public castigation of the Pharisees. Considering that the Pharisees had the power—which they eventually used—to have Jesus killed, it must have been a sight to see.
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