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To: papertyger

"Why would a loving Christian "rebuke" anyone or anything?
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A loving Christian would not do that. Most Christians leave the "rebuking" to their deity. A small percentage of Christians, however, misunderstand their role, in my opinion, and take great pleasure in "rebuking" all and sundry, including other Christians.

It is a sad thing.


662 posted on 05/03/2006 11:38:57 AM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: MineralMan
A loving Christian would not do that. Most Christians leave the "rebuking" to their deity. A small percentage of Christians, however, misunderstand their role, in my opinion, and take great pleasure in "rebuking" all and sundry, including other Christians.

As much as I appreciate your keen intellect and "devil's advocate" function on these types of threads, in this area you are in direct contradiction to the writings of St. Paul.

As for the "pleasure" they derive from such rebukes, I submit such pleasure is the direct analog to the "self-righteousness" the truly "wicked" are continually harping about. One wonders if such people have any notion the term "righteous" is even possible to separate from the "self" qualifier.

679 posted on 05/03/2006 12:15:37 PM PDT by papertyger (Our Constitution isn't perfect, but it's better than what we have right now.)
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