[Gene Eric]

>> Catholics and Mormons seem to be the most popular targets of said worms.

The attacks are driven by arrogance.

[Vigilanteman]

Your post #166 sums it up pretty well. I do not, however, propose to understand the motives of the most vile and bigoted of these posters any more than I would propose to understand the protein content of a pile of dog droppings laying on the ground.

I would simply walk around the dog pile or, if I felt charitable and was armed with a trowel and plastic bag, scoop it up and properly dispose of it. That's about all we can do.

The incivility of these vile elements does nothing for the cause of FreeRepublic, Christianity or anything positive. It merely fouls the environment for all.

Their lame excuses about challenging what they consider heresies is merely that-- lame excuses for aberrant behavior. One can disagree without being disagreeable.

One need only look at the example of Jesus Christ himself both toward the Gentile woman and to the Samaritans, then considered a cult by the mainstream Judaism of his day . . . and to the self-important (and often self-appointed) leaders of the established religious hierarchy of his day.

[Elsie]

The attacks are driven by arrogance.

Yup!

If these groups were NOT so arrogant, they might get treated better.

NAh...

False teaching is STILL false teaching and MUST be dealt with - not ignore.