[ottbmare]

Point is, even if we disagree with a brother or sister about doctrine, we should lay aside our divisions and our bitterness to join together when Satan is threatening us all. Leave it to God to decide how to deal with those who are sincere but (in your view) are mistaken. We must unite! Communism, atheism, and Islam are the enemies, not us.

[smvoice]

May I just ask what exactly you believe we must unite around? What unites us? And what separates “us” from “them”? There are only TWO “religions” in the world. And I use the term “religion” loosely. Because religion means man working his way to God. Christianity means God reaching out to man. Completely different. If a “religion” teaches works to get to God, then it is a false religion. And I mean “works” as anything man MUST do in order to face God. Communisim and atheism are also religions because they make MAN god. Communism, atheism, Islam, and ANY OTHER religion that teaches that man can possibly do anything to get to God is a false religion. That covers a LOT of religions that use the term “Christian” and yet do not believe God’s Word that saves.

[Quix]

There's NO place for bitterness on the part of anyone claiming to be a Christian of any stripe. Period.

"those who are sincere but (in your view) are mistaken."

are one thing.

The virulently blood lust hostile, mean-spirited, harshly personally assaultive, etc. etc. etc. are quite something else.

Christ was quite gentle and generous with those who had any teachableness at all . . . except for Peter, once.

The Pharisees, He was quite stern with, in His rebukes.

imho, we are all called of Scripture and The Lord to rebuke a bro we see headed for the ditch or in the ditch. We are not told he has to like our rebuke.

Some folks have noted to me 10 years later what life the rebuke brought them--repeatedly--though they hated it and were fiercely hostile to it at the time. Would you have me rob such folks of such benefit? How dare I?