Posted on 06/09/2024 11:35:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
I've been asked to chime in, so I'm chiming. But you're not gonna like it. The state of discourse on FR is totally up to you. You know the guidelines and rules. I don't need to repeat them again and again and again. We are mostly adults here and mostly Christian conservatives. We all know how to behave in a mixed public setting. We don't need and don't want to be supervised.
Before you post that next profane post or personal attack just ask yourself, what would Jesus do.
Can't we all just get along?
Thank you all very much and God bless you.
Thank you!!
I am grateful for everything good and great on FR.
Thank you both and God Bless You.
I’ll continue refraining from name-calling.
But I still hate Springsteen.
A lasso!!!
Thanks for the ping, AW. I would have missed this thread otherwise.
Good advice! I’ll do my best to employ it.
Yippee ki-yay
Come out to the Coast.
Have some laughs.
Jim, thank you for the thread. I confess, I am a sinner too, but I am not a putinista after all, which may surprise a few Biden Ukraine proxy war fans around here.
Keep on posting and leading us good sir.
You are right, I will do my best as your guest.
To deny yourself and your own desires (Matthew 16:24)
To be willing to lose your life for Jesus’ sake (Matthew 16:25)
To surrender to God’s will, even if it means facing difficulties, hardships, or even death (Matthew 10:38)
To acknowledge your vulnerability and weakness, just as Jesus did on the cross (Mark 8:34)
To publicly identify with Christ and His teachings, even if it means facing opposition or ridicule (Matthew 10:38)
I don't know about you, but that is a far cry from someone cursing at speaking mean to you as being crucified.
But if you wish to make that your interpretation, then so be it. 🙂👍
IT was FR’s holding my feet to the fire that has changed my posting habits and style.
(Either that or 25 years of sitting in front of this monitor mellowing me...)
Well said, Brother.
Indeed!
Matthew 10:34-36
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law -—
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.
amen
And I tend to think more than I type, and on a re-read of my own words I’ve found that sometimes they make no sense!
Thank you!
Heck: even kittens can get some folks riled up!
A pretty little girl named Suzy was standing on the sidewalk in front of her home in Salt Lake City. Next to her was a basket containing a number of tiny creatures; in her hand was a sign announcing FREE KITTENS.
Suddenly a line of big black cars pulled up beside her. Out of the lead car stepped a tall, grinning man.
"Hi there little girl, I'm President Russell Nelson. What do you have in the basket?" he asked.
"Kittens," little Suzy said.
"How old are they?" asked Nelson.
Suzy replied, "They're so young, their eyes aren't even open yet."
"And what kind of kittens are they?"
"Mormons," answered Suzy with a smile.
Nelson was delighted. As soon as he returned to his car, he called his PR chief and told him about the little girl and the kittens.
Recognizing the perfect photo op, the two men agreed that the president should return the next day; and in front of the assembled media, have the girl talk about her discerning kittens.
So the next day, Suzy was again standing on the sidewalk with her basket of "FREE KITTENS," when another motorcade pulled up, this time followed by vans from Deseret News, The Ensign magazine and KSL.
Cameras and audio equipment were quickly set up, then Nelson got out of his limo and walked over to little Suzy.
"Hello, again," he said, "I'd love it if you would tell all my friends out there what kind of kittens you're giving away."
"Yes sir," Suzy said. "They're Christians."
Taken by surprise, the Living Prophet® stammered, "But... but... yesterday, you told me they were MORMONS."
Little Suzy smiled and said, "I know. But today, they have their eyes open"
I assume attack posts against Demonicrats are accepted. I don’t think I’ve ever posted something negative against a FReeper.
Guess what you get called if you do NOT vote for Romney to stop Obama.
Lawns - mostly.
Sometime /sarc tabs ARE needed!
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