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In response to the 'State of discourse' thread that was posted yesterday: Can't we all just get along?
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Posted on 06/09/2024 11:35:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

I've been asked to chime in, so I'm chiming. But you're not gonna like it. The state of discourse on FR is totally up to you. You know the guidelines and rules. I don't need to repeat them again and again and again. We are mostly adults here and mostly Christian conservatives. We all know how to behave in a mixed public setting. We don't need and don't want to be supervised.

Before you post that next profane post or personal attack just ask yourself, what would Jesus do.

Can't we all just get along?

Thank you all very much and God bless you.


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To: Jim Robinson

When you be like Jesus, you get crucified. My experience since Clinton. Just hangin here on a tree. Pharisees still in control. My church and country has abandoned Him.
Gettin along. Gettin along.


21 posted on 06/09/2024 12:34:02 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Still, I usually feel regret after posting cuss words or personal attacks. But I’m a Sinner. And unworthy of redemption. Just making excuses for myself and going on.


22 posted on 06/09/2024 12:40:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Amen.


23 posted on 06/09/2024 12:41:24 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Jim Robinson

Indeed, as are we all.


24 posted on 06/09/2024 12:46:05 PM PDT by dadgum ( )
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To: Jim Robinson

I’ve gotten along pretty well with just about everyone on FR for the past 26, almost 27 years. And thank you for making that possible.


25 posted on 06/09/2024 12:51:20 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Jim Robinson

I don’t think you understand the forces that you are up against. Not grass roots. Organized. They really don’t care about being nice. Disruption is the game.

Glad to see you post. God bless.


26 posted on 06/09/2024 12:58:14 PM PDT by Revel
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To: PAR35

Yes, I know. That was tongue in cheek. ;

Besides that, it was pointed out to me recently that Jesus did not come as a uniter. He came as a divider.


27 posted on 06/09/2024 1:13:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Jim Robinson

BFL.


28 posted on 06/09/2024 1:19:02 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (Does anybody proofread anymore?)
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To: Revel

Yes, I know that too. Just having a hard time recognizing which ones are the paid forces against us. I’ve seen some of my best friends who have been here 20, 25 years being accused of being paid Russian trolls. Guess I’m going to have to have another look at their check stubs.


29 posted on 06/09/2024 1:25:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Jim Robinson

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We should all listen to this man, and heed the call.

God Bless Jim Robinson


30 posted on 06/09/2024 1:26:18 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

‘When you be like Jesus, you get crucified.’

true that, brother or sister. but praise God for His Mercy, for that’s exactly how you get ‘born again.’


31 posted on 06/09/2024 1:29:01 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Amen!


32 posted on 06/09/2024 1:54:11 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: PAR35

Devolving into name calling and spurious false accusations is the big problem from what I can see.

Nobody can read another’s mind.

Also, there is the taking something wrong. I’ve seen people take offense at something quite innocuous. Tone of voice and inflection cannot be transmitted via the written word.


33 posted on 06/09/2024 1:56:31 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Alas Babylon!; Diana in Wisconsin

I really like the gardening threads the best. Lots of camaraderie and help.


34 posted on 06/09/2024 1:57:25 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Jim Robinson
Still, I usually feel regret after posting cuss words or personal attacks. But I’m a Sinner. And unworthy of redemption. Just making excuses for myself and going on.

We've all been there. everyone has a bad day once ina while.

Best thing to do, IMO, is apologize and ask to have the offending post removed.

35 posted on 06/09/2024 1:59:37 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Paul also protested, according to Luke:

Acts. 23:3 —

“Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!””

That would certainly have gotten snowflakes howling on Free Republic.

Paul wrote epistles to Christians on how to treat each other, not just advice to anyone at anytime.

He even had churches kick out Christians who were overtly sinning.


36 posted on 06/09/2024 2:05:40 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you. I will try to give myself at least a minute pause when tempted to fire off an uncharitable reply.


37 posted on 06/09/2024 2:10:20 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: odawg; metmom
Paul wrote epistles to Christians on how to treat each other, not just advice to anyone at anytime.

I value the admonition inherent in Ephesians 4:29 to think (and pray) before speaking, considering not how to make myself feel better but rather how to bless the hearer. That works when addressing believers and nonbelievers alike.

Forty-five years ago I attended a talk by one of our pastors on that verse. I memorized it then and have employed it many hundreds of times since. Those occasions when I neglect it usually serve strongly to reinforce its necessity.

38 posted on 06/09/2024 2:32:01 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

“...considering not how to make myself feel better but rather how to bless the hearer. That works when addressing believers and nonbelievers alike.”

Have you ever paid attention the dialogue Jesus had with the Pharisees? Do you think they felt blessed?


39 posted on 06/09/2024 3:12:26 PM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg
How they felt was not the whole issue. Jesus told them the truth about themselves that they needed to hear, and by that point they needed to hear it clearly and forcibly--as Ephesians 4:29 says, He discerned that was their need at that moment.
40 posted on 06/09/2024 3:22:02 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19)
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