I hope you *will* give me at least some benefit of the doubt, when I don’t reply immediately to one of your posts. (Given that numerous people have written numerous posts to me—I think of Daniel1212, to whom I haven’t even written back once, due to time limitations—I hope you can understand.)
I have to tell you, FRiend... with all due respect, your post reeks of arrogance. You assume, for whatever specious reason, that I’m not sincere... and your only evidence is a mish-mash of mind-reading (seriously: is it only Catholics who are convicted under that particular “law”? Some of you are rather brazen about it, frankly... as in this case), coupled with an emotion-based “feeling” that you—well—”just aren’t convinced that I’m convinced of the veracity of what I’m saying... but I put on an excellent show of looking like one.” (Translated: “I’m not convinced that you’re not a liar, but you’re a very skilled one, if you are.”)
FRiend, I suggest you take the plank out of your own eye, and look again. Stop trying to assume that you can read my mind or heart (you can’t), stop trying assume that I intend to “put anyone down” (I don’t) or “lecture” (what does that really mean, aside from the fact that you dislike my style of writing?), and stop trying to assume that you have some sort of Gnostic insight into how anyone else works (you don’t), if you want to discuss things with me at all.
Tell you what: if you don’t assume that I’m a lying, manipulative, lecturing hypocrite (albeit an “excellently skilled” one), I won’t assume the same about you, and we can agree to take words at face-value. Agreed?
My!
That is interesting!
My!
This is interesting; too!
Jesus called the Pharisees VIPERS!
I guess they were really SNAKES!
Your “message” to me was not appreciated and further chats are declined.
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