Dj,O .. thanks so much for your supportive thoughts and comments. It was very stunning and revolting to me personally to see those brazen comments Star Traveler posted to me last night, free of any self-censoring, common courtesy, basic civility or discretion, and he’s still pronouncing the same mantras and scripts he/she is so SURE he/she KNOWS with absolute certainty.
That’s why my very, very sincere request today is that the management consider removing those religious debate threads in the interests of good will and the good of the whole community. They obviously serve as a divisive and destructive influence, and have become an actual source of much unnecessary interpersonal forum turmoil, as amply shown.
And I’ve and I’m sure many others have seen the carryover negativity elsewhere outside those threads with personal grudges, anger, personal attacks, hard feelings, etc. We have enough to discuss and worry about, don’t we?
I have enough years on this earth, crisis-scarred faith, dozens of life experiences and knowledge of God’s Holy Word to know that the Almighty has made it clear that all knowledge in all things was never ours to know, it is His domain exclusively, no matter what imperfect humans believe and may spout that they know with utter certainty..
StarTraveler .. this is what your last post sounds like:
“I do not support the war, but of course I support the troops.”
Disingenuous, feckless, parroting a well-memorized script, obedient puppetry, empty of genuine substance or feeling.
You’ve been well programmed.
I’ll not be requesting any judgements or memorizations on such matters from you, but God bless you and God bless us all.
The spew wasn't Scripture but man-inspired.
And you're absolutely correct that it sounded scripted. That's why the direct Word of God was never used, it doesn't support the vitriol. Sad.
I encounter this kind of MISUNDERSTANDING quite frequently on another topic that I deal with.
I handle a forum for Geert Wilders and we argue against POLITICAL ISLAM and that totalitarian, oppressive, evil, wicked, backward, retarded, violent and and extremely murderous IDEOLOGY of Islam and Sharia Law. It’s probably the most EVIL and ABSOLUTELY WICKED IDEOLOGY that exists on the face of this earth.
BUT ... what a lot of people “hear” when that is said - is that “You hate Muslims!”
Well, that’s not true. In fact, Geert Wilders states very emphatically and constantly that he has nothing against Muslims, does not hate them, and actually believes that the MAJORITY of Muslims are peaceful and law-abiding.
However, the IDEOLOGY itself and its teachings as comes from these ISLAMISTS and JIHADISTS are absolutely wicked, evil, retarded, backward, woman-hating, Jew-hating, oppressive of all rights - and belongs nowhere in the world of today!
BUT STILL ... people say if you’re against an IDEOLOGY (whatever the teachings and doctrines are) that you are a HATER of people and thus you are committing a “hate crime” of sorts - you must hate Muslims.
WELL ... the exact same thing applies to other religions and not just Islam. You don’t have to hate Muslims and make them your enemy - if you are against the IDEOLOGY that the Islamists and Jihadists perpetrate. Not at all.
And likewise, here - one doesn’t have to be against you or others - personally - to be EXTREMELY CRITICAL of an IDEOLOGY and a set of teachings and doctrines ... you see.
Anyway - what I’m pointing out is THAT is precisely the “modus operandi” of the Liberals and Multi-culturalists ... when they try to shut up people on criticizing Islam and Sharia Law. They make it out to be “hating people” - and that’s not true!
My pleasure and you're most welcome.
Very sorry to be over a day late, but we lost power during a T-storm yesterday evening.
Prepare yourselves, STAR & DJ. With all this double-speak, snake handling could be next.