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Those of you who have watched this spectacle should be forewarned should you ever think of posting among the aggressive Calvinists at FR. You may think your beliefs are more conventional and thus you will be more immune to their criticism, but let me assure you, you will be treated worse than I have been tonight.

So long as you disagree with these guys the least little bit, they will cultivate a false sense of superiority regarding themselves and a false sense of inferiority on your part.

They will try to get you to lose your temper, and then immediately attribute it to your depravity and inferiority, to hatred of the truth and hatred of God.

They will tell you that your conversion to Christ (they won't bother with you much unless you are already a faithful Christian) is almost surely spurious, that you are very likely going to hell forever because you don't believe the right thing.

But, should you decide to agree with their very negative notions of the nature of God and man, they will call you a true Christian, and consider you saved, and claim that God has just regenerated you, and guaranteed you a place in heaven -- that is, until your next disagreement with them. If they can't get you back in line, they will consider you never saved in the first place, and once again headed for hell.

Don't believe it? I've seen it happen, right here at FR, and I have made up my mind to do what I can to see that it does not happen again.

141 posted on 03/28/2002 12:42:37 AM PST by White Mountain
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To: White Mountain
I have made up my mind to do what I can to see that it does not happen again.

What can be done?
What do you suggest?

142 posted on 03/28/2002 1:23:51 AM PST by ppaul
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To: White Mountain
Those of you who have watched this spectacle should be forewarned should you ever think of posting among the aggressive Calvinists at FR. You may think your beliefs are more conventional and thus you will be more immune to their criticism, but let me assure you, you will be treated worse than I have been tonight.

This is trashing ..and against FR regs...This discussion has been on doctrine...I can not help if you are ashamed of your doctrine or want to keep it hidden ...the discussion is who is a christian..looking at the doctrine is the only way to tell....

144 posted on 03/28/2002 5:23:36 AM PST by RnMomof7
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