“I’m incredulous . . . flabbergasted. I never thought I’d see the day when anyone claiming honestly to be any kind of Christian would imagine to say such a thing.”
I dont think this kind of language is necessary in our discourse. I have no doubt that topcat, Dr. Eckleburg, Lord_Calvinus and the others are Christians who dearly love the Lord. They are also wonderful defenders of the faith.
Just because we disagree on eschatology does not mean we should resort to name calling. All that we should do and say should be sprinkled with love. Christ says in John 12:35 - “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
I see these conversations as excellent opportunities to sharpen each other, to search the Scriptures and to gain a better understanding of God’s Word. I have a feeling that both sides have things wrong in this debate, and that we will be quite surprised when it all plays out.
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FIERCENESS is NOT EQUAL TO lack of Love.
While I mostly agree with you above . . .
1. I didn’t call anyone any dastardly name above. Didn’t call anyone a name at all.
2. I noted a bit of how shocked I was that Christians by any stretch of the term, could imagine such a thing.
3. WHAT LANGUAGE WOULD YOU HAVE ME USE TO REGISTER THAT LEVEL OF SHOCK AND INCREDULITY? Are you saying that folks ought to be able to pontificate
for example
saying that . . . Christ had 3 noses, 4 arms, 3 wives, 4 homosexual lovers and played chess with satan nightly . . .
and we are supposed to go . . .
“yeah, well, whatever . . . “
????
At some point
OUTRAGE = LOVE.