Not really...an hour at best...
...a pointless effort to win me over to your point of view.
No real intent in that direction (I would have focused on other areas if that had been the case)
My real intent was to hold up a mirror so you could see yourself...and how you behaved in the exact same way as those you accused. (I can't force people to look in the mirror)
I don't try to "make people receptive" to anything I write; but hey, if I can get a poster to at least either stop or review their attacking other posters on exactly the same grounds they accuse others of engaging in, then none of what I wrote was ultimately "pointless."
The real effect of which is to make me - ... edge away from you and whatever beliefs you associate yourself with.
You know, you're not in some middle-ground camp. Either you're in Christ...and if so, why would I even need to lure you to any of my beliefs? If you're not in Christ, then I can't push you any further away...so stop with this "middle ground" "edge away" nonsense.
If you feel that you have the need to change somebody’s beliefs, buy yourself a ticket to Syria or Iraq or Libya and have at it.
All marketers are trying to change people's mindsets...(you not only don't tell them to head off to the Middle East, but you buy their products...en masse, too!)
And you wouldn't have posted what you said in post #21 unless you thought somebody might buy into at least some of it...otherwise, why bother posting at all?
So, again take your own advice & plan a certain vacation destination...if you ever decide to be consistent in your application of your standards, that is.
I have done more to spread the Gospel than you have, I’ll bet.
I spent a couple of years in Israel, Egypt, in the Former Soviet Union and A couple of priests and I have made many conversions to date.
That’s where the rubber meets the road, Bud - not typing nonsense here at home to antagonize other Christians.