Your web page is about YOU YOU YOU... and what YOU YOU YOU believe. Hey its your page, but it says the same thing. You see yourself as a warrior for truth, but entire style ends up impaling all of those who are not enamored with YOU YOU YOU or your your your approach to doctrine, religion, faith, obedience, salvation, Christ, the Roman Catholic Church, the evangelical movement. and so on.
If you would lower the degree of focussing on YOU: "WE" might not feel so assaulted by YOU. YOUR approach to us is overt, self-focused and very self-righteous. self righteous defined as being one who thinks their "self" is "right" to the exclusion of the rest of "us" who are by default then, "wrong." Which you you you point out.
When you focus on YOU, and how great, right and holy you are to be correcting us for "our" blindness, realize that YOU are trying to take the position of "wonderful counselor" and "teacher" of the church, which belongs ONLY to the Third Person of the Trinity. HE is the teacher of the Church. He is the one called to "reprove the world of sin," YOU it seems, are not HIM to most of us.
People resent being lectured by "surrogates" feigning to take HIS place... lutheran, catholic or baptist.
Try counting the number of times the words me, my, I, I,ve, mine and all the other self-focused pronouns which are overworked in your posts and it will make some folks more receptive of your "lecturing style" of Christianity. They will not notice it so much when you are talking down to them.
currently it smacks of self promotion, and self righteousness. "come not nigh unto me, for I am holier than thou." comes to mind.
that will win no one on a permanent basis to your thinking. if you give folks a little credit instead of constant criticism and rebuke, it might work better for you.
It may make you mad, but just for a minute consider, the approach you take towards others MIGHT need a little adjustment.
Quite probably I am more guilty. I am prideful and patronizing at times (but usually only towards those who attack me and my faith.) I do indeed think I have a unique perspective to offer in this one small subject area. It is an area where I am a bit of an expert, and I am published in national periodicals on culture of life issues. So yes, I am prideful in this area.
But I will take your excellent advice and adjust my evangelistic endeavors appropriately. God Bless.
Are you a country music fan? Your post reminds me of a song that is currently popular on the country charts...
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Hmmm, I was just trying to make it "home."
By the way, if you look beyond the you you you part, my page is about the very same thing I'm talking about on this thread...the historical teaching of Christianity on contraception, the link between contraception and abortion, and the change in the teaching on contraception by protestantism.
these things then are not really about me me me, they are about the culture of life and the fact that Roman Catholicism is the champion of that culture.
Lots of folks turn off Rush Limbaugh because he is too me me me and I I I. In fact he says he has talent on loan from God, and that much of what he is saying you won't hear anywhere else either.
I assume from your reaction to what is essentially my style (not its substance) that you don't listen to Rush either.
But lots of folks do listen, despite the imperfection of the messenger...