//I don’t care what my neighbor does, unless it is something that demands I shoot him or her.//
So the troll says now, but he has spent time on the religion board bashing Christians.
A well deserved Zot for Elk, IMO.
Amen. As I posted earlier in this thread, it's very revealing to find out that even longtime FReepers (elkfersupper since August 2000) mock God, comparing His Son Christ to satan's servant, mohammed. They are not Conservative if they deny the very foundation upon which America and our precious freedoms were built.
I'll confess that I may have played some small role in his riding the lightning since I sent a private message to the Admin Moderator about the disrespect shown to Our Lord and Savior as well as vulgar phrase used toward a FReeper.
And frankly, the whole born on date business smacks of the seniority so cherished by union goons and the tenure principle that keeps leftist professors employed for life. Likewise, the "born on date" of Senator Patrick Leahy is January 3, 1975. I'll take a "n00b" like our great Senator Ted Cruz any day!
I warned elk back in post 66 he was itching for a zot. Later when he compared Christ to Mohammad..... I knew he was a gonner.
I was not aware of prior history, but did not think there was dishonorable discourse to the point of vulgarity. Blasphemy from a Christian perspective, yes.
Some of the most rewarding exchanges here have been with those who differ - I myself being a candidate for the "zot" more than once, which is to say there were some in the forum who thought my ideas to be contrary to FR principles and asked for my "zotting." The moderators have their work cut out for them in discerning what is, and is not, edifying as a whole. There are other forums wherein to exchange points of view amicably or heatedly, so I have no problem being in the midst of this choir. Yet we should be aware that no person is incapable of repentance, much as it may often seem to the contrary. There is a salutary influence one may yield even upon those who are of a different mind. I can't count the times I've changed a point of view in practical matters after others have expressed theirs. Patient endurance and a thick skin are essential in dealing with life, yet there is certainly a time to disassociate with deviance altogether.
I have no lingering sense of ill will toward Elk, but count this person as one who is struggling in a land where sound teaching and practice have lost their way; where there is every opportunity to be free and prosper as we persist in what we have received from our forefathers. In the end, it is the Creator Who will make all things come together in the right way.