Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeDidn't work, did it?
As a wise woman once said, "Can we please have a thread without all the childish name-calling and venom for once?"
The same naysayers jumped right in on page one to fling their poo, regardless.
Originally posted by @romans1009He knows that, or he would if he were ever a Christian. I happen to believe that part of his narrative, though, and so I am left with also believing that he knows that, and was just trolling me. Again.
A true Christian will want to spend time with God - reading His Word and praying - and will want to receive instruction from His Word and fellowship with other believers.
Ideally, reading the Bible and praying are daily activities and I think are best when they take place first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Not that I currently or have ...[text shortened]... s what is best long-term for us because He sees things from an eternal perspective, and is holy?
Originally posted by @suzianneWhat "poo" is there on page 1? Do you mean the expression "If that is what you think then you are as dense as a doorknob"? What other "poo" is there on page 1?
The same naysayers jumped right in on page one to fling their poo, regardless.
Or are you talking about "Carry On Wayward Son" where SecondSon had a post removed? What other "poo" was there on page 1 of that thread?
Originally posted by @fmfNo offense but the vast majority of your posts are poo. When you’re not whizzing in the pool, you’re often taking a dump in it.
What "poo" is there on page 1? Do you mean the expression "If that is what you think then you are as dense as a doorknob"? What other "poo" is there on page 1?
Or are you talking about "Carry On Wayward Son" where SecondSon had a post removed? What other "poo" was there on page 1 of that thread?
Originally posted by @suzianneIn Britain, we prefer to fling sherry trifle.
Didn't work, did it?
The same naysayers jumped right in on page one to fling their poo, regardless.
It creates less mess and is far more civilized.
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeSo I'm gonna guess there's not much call for white carpets in Britain. 🙂
In Britain, we prefer to fling sherry trifle.
It creates less mess and is far more civilized.
Or maybe there is, and you civilized lot just prefer to eat the stuff and not throw it.
It IS good, though. I wouldn't go throwing it, either.
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-Removed-No. I don't doubt that the reasons put forth by FMF are his reasons.
I just don't know anyone else who had that kind of a clean break. Perhaps because if they did, then they were still loathe to admit it. But I also saw plenty of evidence that those who did fall away never had all that healthy of a relationship with God to begin with. Many I talked with had varying degrees of mental illness as well, so that might also account for it.
You sound like a courtroom lawyer in a cheap drama, cross-examining me, trying to get me to "break".
Relax, you don't have to play FMF's pit bull ALL the time.
You know, telling lies is not my thing. You should probably stop trying to make it appear as if it is.
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Originally posted by @suzianneThe "clean break" has been a personal one and in terms of ideology and philosophy. I still move in Christians circles; I still work with Christian groups; I still have clients whose work is on Christian projects; I still go to church reasonably often ~ I find myself meditating on happy past times and occasionally comparing them to the profoundly ugly "Christianity" mostly on show here in this community.
I just don't know anyone else who had that kind of a clean break. Perhaps because if they did, then they were still loathe to admit it. But I also saw plenty of evidence that those who did fall away never had all that healthy of a relationship with God to begin with. Many I talked with had varying degrees of mental illness as well, so that might also account for it.
Most of the people that populate my personal post-Christian-belief life - whom I love, live with, work with, trust and find myself trusted by - are Christians. So I don't think - with your off-target conjecture about "a clean break" and dark mutterings about "mental illness" - you have read or understood any of the personal information I have revealed about this here over the last decade or so.
Originally posted by @suzianneWe once had a 'world food day' at work and people brought in dishes they cooked themselves from their various cultures. Naturally, I cheated and brought in 2 supermarket trifles, one strawberry, and one sherry. The senior manager decided we couldn't serve the sherry trifle (because of the alcohol content).
So I'm gonna guess there's not much call for white carpets in Britain. 🙂
Or maybe there is, and you civilized lot just prefer to eat the stuff and not throw it.
It IS good, though. I wouldn't go throwing it, either.
It remained abandoned in the fridge.
Originally posted by @fmf"I still move in Christians circles..."
The "clean break" has been a personal one and in terms of ideology and philosophy. I still move in Christians circles; I still work with Christian groups; I still have clients whose work is on Christian projects; I still go to church reasonably often ~ I find myself meditating on happy past times and occasionally comparing them to the profoundly ugly "Christian ...[text shortened]... tood any of the personal information I have revealed about this here over the last decade or so.
Christians move in circles, while atheists progress in straight lines. It's basic geometry.