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If anyone on the Religion Forum has directly and personally called you a liar, let me know. That is attributing motive, the intent to deceive, and is therefore also “making it personal.”

I can certainly appreciate the difficulties of your job... but if I were to cry foul every time someone "makes it personal" with me, I would be making your job that much more difficult. I pretty much ignore them. Antagonizers/Flamers however CAPITALIZE on them. My point was this... It is not very difficult at all to infer personal attacks... its actually quite easy. As I'm sure your well aware, one tactic to shutting down a debate is to provoke a "personal attack" thereby silencing your opposition by calling in the refs... This was my point and charge to the poster after repeated attacks against me personally, without ever really touching on the issue at all. The following posts in this thread illustrate that point.

post 31: From your post, it appears that the mainstream both ignores portions of the Bible and cannot stand it that we read the whole thing.

here, my post is identified as mainstream and THEN attacked... I cannot stand it that they read the whole thing?... Like I ignore parts of the bible?

post 36: Your post ignores Peter’s teachings on Jesus

Here again, I ignore the bible according to the poster. is this "making it personal"?

post 38: I completely reject each and every one of your arguments as a typical protestant fabrication.

Here my arguments are referred to as "typical protestant fabrications"... so now i'm making things up... lying.

post 40: Most mainstreamers are not surprised when people see through their specious arguments.

This seemed fairly personal to me... but did I cry? I wish I had a dime for every time I've been called stupid.

post 52: Lying about what I posted does not help your arguments.

gee... I think he just called me a liar again.

Did I call for a moderator when he called me a liar the first time? No... I just suggested that all he wanted was a fight...

and I am the one that gets slapped...

and Why? because the "alleged" motive would have to rely upon the hope that a ref will not attempt to gain context.

See? i'm learning

Generally, the posts you have listed would not qualify as "making it personal" because they speak academically, i.e. at arm's length.

"Lying about what I posted does not help your arguments" pushes the envelope. If I had seen it, I would have posted a warning.

Further, making a thread "about" individual posters is also a form of "making it personal." So, both of you, stop focusing on each other and get back to the issues.