On intemperate and indiscreet zeal. (The Primary Fault of many Religion Forum posters)

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[Invincibly Ignorant]

I love it when you help me make my point. Keep up the good work.

[presently no screen name]

Guess what - you posting only to hear yourself talk about other freepers isn’t cool and I want no part of it.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Guess what - you posting only to hear yourself talk about other freepers isn’t cool and I want no part of it.

Now that's really below the belt. bye bye. :-)

[presently no screen name]

More truth! ;)

[Mad Dawg]

Well, I'm not done with you, not just yet.

I am unlikely to be done with you as long as you persist in making accusations about me (for example: Stop making this about me.) which I do not understand and consequently can neither refute or accept. How is attempting to rebut a point you made 'making it about' you?

The power of the WORD has indeed done what it was sent to do.

And one thing it was sent to do was to point out and to divide rightly not only Scripture but our own words and those of others.

You, whether intentionally or not, posted something that is false. The argument you based on it was questionable. That is indisputable. AND it is not a remark about whether you were lying. It IS a remark that you did not speak the truth, that's all. Nobody knows everything, we all make mistakes

EXCEPT that, in general and as a general observation when some who cares about truth is discovered to have made an error, one would expect their concern for the truth to conquer their pride and to lead them to express gratitude for (or, at the least, acknowledgment of) having the error pointed out.

And then, in an equitable conversation the argument based on the error would be retracted or revised.

I would NOT expect from someone concerned about the truth that pointing out an error would be met with hostility and triumphal condemnation.

However, I am now thinking that some Sola Scriptura adherents do not rely on real arguments from Scripture but rather from over-wrought rhetoric which, they expect, will win assent from the good. So when they do not persuade someone, it is, in their minds, not their own fault, but the fault of the person who was not convinced by their impassioned but irrational speech.

And so persistence in disagreement, however politely it is expressed or argued, is for these people an excuse for name-calling and rejection, rather than a call to search more deeply not only for the truth but also for a way to express it better.

This may not be the right explanation of the attitude, but it certainly explains some of the exchanges here.

[ejonesie22]

You must really get incredible deep discount rates on epic fail...

Thanks for using it here with us, it really helps the cause, almost as much as the baseless accusations and proclamations of the LDS themselves...

[Invincibly Ignorant]

You must really get incredible deep discount rates on epic fail... Thanks for using it here with us, it really helps the cause, almost as much as the baseless accusations and proclamations of the LDS themselves...

Anything to expose the tag team intemperate and indiscreet posting. Thanx for playing along. I knew you in particular would be unable to resist. lol.

[Mad Dawg]

Here’s a text:

The wicked flee when no one pursues.

Enjoy being untroubled.

[T Minus Four]

But, they’re use of the langauge is what keep’s it alive!!!!! Wev’e got to rember, its ever changeing.

LOL! Alive, "literally"! :-)

I wish I had a picture, but a local restaurant chain has a prominent marquee proclaiming this about a popular menu item: "THEIR BACK!"

[Judith Anne]

I know. I see that junk everywhere. FYI, I WILL be using “flout,” and save “flaunt” for “If you’ve got it, flaunt it” etc. That’s good enough to be a pet peeve. ;-D

[T Minus Four]

Next will come their claim to have given us the Word.

I accepted this as fact the 48 years I was in the Catholic Church. It didn't take much investigation to learn the truth.

[Elsie]

bttt

[T Minus Four]

..save “flaunt” for “If you’ve got it, flaunt it”

LOL! You flaunt it, girl :-)

I need a new pet peeve too. I think it will be when people say "acrost" which I was guilty of for years until my 13-year-old daughter started calling me on it.

[Religion Moderator]

Do not make this thread "about" individual Freepers. That is a form of "making it personal."

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.

[T Minus Four]

Here ya go.

[T Minus Four]

C’mon over to my shack for a cuppa Tea when you get settled...

I'll be there as soon as I unpack my teacup. We'll sit barefoot on the redwood deck and refuse to do the laundry that gets sent in from...elswhere. What can they do to us?

[ejonesie22]

Resist?

Heck no!

I have been wrong about you.

Your continued baseless and unsubstantial postings tie directly in to the same from the LDS posters here.

It is amazing that even their allies follow the same pattern...

Of course since there is nothing of substance at your disposal I guess it is not so amazing and it is humorous to see all of you have to make nothing but hollow barbs and jabs in a vain effort to try and hide the truth and substance of our doctrinal postings...

Please continue, for while I was raised to believe it is unsportsman like to run up the score on a truly incapable opponent, sometime you just gotta let 'em run out of steam on their own, no matter how long it takes...

Maybe sometimes you guys can come up and score a point or two just to keep it interesting...

Hope spring eternal...

LOL...

[presently no screen name]

I made it personal because of the freeper MADE IT PERSONAL to me. It's not the first time, but I haven't complained unlike others.

And here it is. Well, I'm not done with you, not just yet.......I am unlikely to be done with you as long as you

Tell me, is this what you call 'NOT PERSONAL'.

[presently no screen name]

I’d rather starve them! ;)