-Removed-To me and my simple understanding is they are almost the same. But the term "open minded" that you are implying can be a little different in the sense that when a human says they are "open to new things" so to say means they are willing to "try it all or try it once".
A Christian cannot really do that when it comes to their relationship with God. The truth of his teachings is just that, the truth. One cannot go out and experiment with other and sometimes dangerious teachings that can and probably would hurt or even kill their relationship and their faith in God and the truths he teaches us.
So yes on a learning level and still with caution one wants to understand what others believe and even "test" the scriptures on what one is being taught. It would be stupid not to follow this advice.
Originally posted by galveston75How many times have you come to a different conclusion about "the scriptures" than your organisation, during your 40 years as a member?
So yes on a learning level and still with caution one wants to understand what others believe and even "test" the scriptures on what one is being taught. It would be stupid not to follow this advice.
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Originally posted by FMFWhen I had a girlfriend who was JW, I liked some of things about the JW religion, such as pacisim and no hell. I asked her if I believed in 90% (a hypothetical arbitray figure I threw out there) of what JW teaches, but disagreed with 10% of what they teach, would her church accept me. She never really answered. We were distracted to some "evil" pleasures of the moment. Anyway, near the end of our relationship, she did have a discussion with her elders about me.
How many times have you come to a different conclusion about "the scriptures" than your organisation, during your 40 years as a member?
Originally posted by galveston75This sounds like you're making this up. Have you got bible references that specifically and explicitly support your words here?
A Christian cannot really do that when it comes to their relationship with God. The truth of his teachings is just that, the truth. One cannot go out and experiment with other and sometimes dangerious teachings that can and probably would hurt or even kill their relationship and their faith in God and the truths he teaches us.
-Removed-I hope that I am wrong about FMF and maybe I am. But others here have agreed with me by PM and have even posted their thoughts on what appears to many as stalking in a sense of his relentless questioning of many subjects that I've answered either the best I can or the way I understand a subject to him.
But for as long as he has been posting he never accepts any explinations and goes on and on with a relentless pursuit of following me no matter where I post.
Either he simply cannot understand anyones explinations or he is here to stir the pot and see how many he can irritate with his constant questioning when he is really not wanting our answers and could care less to actually learn.
No one in normal mind set would do this to anyone that ask them to move on and leave one alone.
If you think this is being rediculas on my part, maybe it is, but it's a simple request by a human being that he should respect, but we all know he will not as he does not care and seems to have no respect.
Originally posted by galveston75If you don't want the claims you make in this public forum scrutinized then ask the moderators to ban me from the site. See what they say. My responses to the claims you make are for everyone to read, not just you. You are free to ignore them. Having written the kind of PM you did and then sent it to me, you have some cheek lecturing another person on "respect". If you can't or don't want to field comments or questions pointing out the hypocrisy or contradictions in your public pronouncements, then just ignore them, and people will make what they will of you and of me.
I hope that I am wrong about FMF and maybe I am. But others here have agreed with me by PM and have even posted their thoughts on what appears to many as stalking in a sense of his relentless questioning of many subjects that I've answered either the best I can or the way I understand a subject to him.
But for as long as he has been posting he never ac ...[text shortened]... should respect, but we all know he will not as he does not care and seems to have no respect.