The tendencey here (in my experience) is that those who hold to a pre-millenial dispensationalist view are regarded by those who hold to an a-millenial view as the Christian equivalent of "trailer trash." Well maybe we are the trailer trash of evangelical christianity. I don't know, I'm not that dogmatic about my position. All I know is what the Holy Spirit teaches me. And when push comes to shove I have to assume that the other guy is being taught by the holy spirit as well. So we can use the Sword to either sharpen each other or to cut each other down. The choice is up to us.
I definitely have trouble with preterism because of full preterism.
Let me know when someone actually comes along and "insists" on that, Marlowe, especially when you claim that "many posters" have actually done so.
...if they insist that their position automatically means that they have been blessed with a greater gift of grace because of it
Again, when these "many posters" show up and start insisting they have a "greater gift of grace because of" their eschatology, please ping me. I would really like to read those posts. Somehow, despite claims of "many posters" who are "insisting" on these things, I keep missing their posts on these threads.
All I know is what the Holy Spirit teaches me. And when push comes to shove I have to assume that the other guy is being taught by the holy spirit as well. So we can use the Sword to either sharpen each other or to cut each other down. The choice is up to us.
Whoever they are, my guess is that these "many posters" are seeing, from the numerous mischaracterizations of their position, and the less-than-admirable motivations assigned them by other posters re their position, just what choice some have already made.
If you say this sort of thing in a public forum, and won't supply the evidence to support it, then it amounts to slander, even if specific parties are not mentioned. (We all know who you are talking about.)
It seems to me both sides are prone to dish out the epithets when convenient. But, hey, who's counting?
Honestly, this statement inevitably comes up in many of these threads:
I have noticed a tendency on the part of many posters to insist that their <insert theological category> makes them more spiritual than the other guy.This is hardly unique to eschatology threads.