jiggyfly
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Antisoicial behavior is magnified by anonymity. You can see it on the road and online. Face to face, they slink into the shadows.
In many cases I think your right Aspen.
The key point to your argument there Son of Man, is that was Jesus speaking.
Reading the passages you provided with your suggested bent on them would render previous passages in this thread as in direct contradiction to that. (In addition to a clear misreading of the respecter of persons part which a quick reading in situ should correct.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
There are times to be harsh and firm, but look no further than Jesus's own treatement of the twelve to see that there were other times where he explained and reasoned with them after it was clear that they simply didn't get it. When they were wrong, Jesus did not always respond with "Get behind me, Satan!"
Very good point, so many in Christianity want to take a scripture here and a verse there and form a paradigm while denying or twisting the meaning of the many scriptures that conflict with their paradigm. This leads to misrepresenting the truth and God's character.