@secondson saidNo, it's a serious question. You don't cut out anyone's tongue. How do you "eliminate" something like backbiting? Isn't one person's "backbiting" just another person's candour and legitimate dissent?
I cut out their tongue. 👅
@fmf saidThe only thing you're addressing is the reframing of the words, and inferring meaning and intent not consistent with the context from which you stole them.
I am addressing what you said in your OP. You say you are the "muscle" who "eliminates" what you call "divisions". I am asking you about what you do and not about what you say God does.
@secondson saidYou claim you are the "muscle" who "eliminates" what you call "divisions" at your church. I am asking you what it is you do.
The only thing you're addressing is the reframing of the words, and inferring meaning and intent not consistent with the context from which you stole them.
@fmf said"Thumbs down" is YOUR point.
You have vociferously defended the right to give thumbs down anonymously. I haven't heard you claim that anonymous thumbs down were "cowardly" or lacked "integrity" before. I even remember you disagreeing with Grampy Bobby in public when he claimed that anonymous thumbs down were "cowardly" or lacked "integrity". You were strident about it. Has your stance changed. It seems to have.
It was not MY point.
If you want to change the focus of my post, forget it.
And please stop claiming that you don't care about "thumbs", when obviously, you do.
@suzianne saidI don't give anyone thumbs down. I occasionally thumb posts up. You made two points in your response to the OP. The one about thumbs down was the second of them. Therefore, I don't think I am changing the focus of your post by asking you about it.
"Thumbs down" is YOUR point.
It was not MY point.
If you want to change the focus of my post, forget it.
And please stop claiming that you don't care about "thumbs", when obviously, you do.
So, have you changed your stance over the essential right - as you see it - to give thumbs down anonymously, or is your stance now that it is "cowardly" and lacks "integrity"?
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@suzianne saidThis is what you posted: "Would the person who thumbed down this post say that their action was an action of integrity or expressive of their morality, or of cowardice, and/or malice?" It certainly was your point. It made up half of your first post on page 1.
"Thumbs down" is YOUR point.It was not MY point.
-Removed-That's correct. You should be relieved and grateful that "God will deal with you" and not me.
You don't have to deal with me at all!
Pray that you believe in the right God. Doesn't appear that you have the correct biblical view of who He is. And if that's true you don't want to deal with God at all.
@secondson saidHow would you "deal with" divegeester if he were a member of your congregation?
You should be relieved and grateful that "God will deal with you" and not me.
@secondson saidYou say you "eliminate" what you call "problems" or "divisions" in your congregation because you cast yourself as "spiritual muscle". What does this entail exactly?
I'd put him in the stocks. Then I'd tar and feather him and run him out of this town.