@Grailhunter I did not ask you to back off... I expressed that I am done.
The few times I have started a thread... I have done so with thought and care.... and when I type my posts... they are also written with thought and care. I have come to understand that this is not something I am going to do in the future... as I honestly do not have the energy to keep up with all the opinions that get thrown back. I find debates exhausting... and in all honesty... a waste of time... so that is on me for starting a topic that was up for debate.... I guess that makes me a Baddy as someone likes to call me.
Perhaps it is because I am naturally an only child.. or that I don't TRUST ANYONE... but as you have noticed... I have chosen to go against the FLOW of the world... I am not a very good FOLLOWER... and I don't take correction from anyone UNLESS I have asked for advice... and I am very selective as to who I will let minister to me. This seems to offend some. The reason I am like this is that I have had a long journey in discovering a few truths about God... it took me 20 years just to get to this place of BELIEVING that God loves me and is for me. So.... yeah... I am loving the peace... and the joy that comes with knowing I am a CHILD of the King.
These forums are filled with opinions and thoughts... some contributors are bolder than others in how they communicate. I have nothing against you... as you have proven that you show RESPECT when you post. WE just don't agree on what our responsibilities are as believers. I will however donate to your TOWER fund. I hope you build one high enough that I might be able to wave to you from Canada... LOL
Despite my many shortcomings... I have been convinced that God is ok with me... with where I am at.. and with how I am living.
Life plays out in seasons... and I am learning to go with the flow of that.
I have not lived a great life... I come from the cesspool of perversion that you speak of... I abused alcohol in my early 20's ... I was either in a bar or a detox center... and I have seen a great many things that are beyond nasty. I remember how I felt in my desperate state... I so badly wanted to be loved and wanted... and I looked for that love in ALL the wrong places.
As a result... I suffered the very REAL consequences of my POOR choices...both physically, emotionally, and perhaps especially spiritually (even though I was NOT a believer at the time). To this day... there remains a SCARLET stain on me. The memories of my past are so traumatic that I have blocked out a great part of my life. The brain is an amazing organ.
I have stated the above to assure you that those who live their lives outside the will of God do reap consequences and SUFFER very much with severe and life-long lasting consequences. It is this "feeling of dirtiness and despair" that makes them RIPE and READY to think about the need for a Saviour. It is God who saves lives.
I have seen those "Christians" who stand at the street corners... shouting to the SINNERS that they are going to hell... I have seen the horrific display of Christians who call themselves the Westboro Baptist church.
I have relatives that are legalistic Christians who do nothing but judge and condemn others. I'm not interested in being THAT CHRISTIAN.
The few times I have started a thread... I have done so with thought and care.... and when I type my posts... they are also written with thought and care. I have come to understand that this is not something I am going to do in the future... as I honestly do not have the energy to keep up with all the opinions that get thrown back. I find debates exhausting... and in all honesty... a waste of time... so that is on me for starting a topic that was up for debate.... I guess that makes me a Baddy as someone likes to call me.
Perhaps it is because I am naturally an only child.. or that I don't TRUST ANYONE... but as you have noticed... I have chosen to go against the FLOW of the world... I am not a very good FOLLOWER... and I don't take correction from anyone UNLESS I have asked for advice... and I am very selective as to who I will let minister to me. This seems to offend some. The reason I am like this is that I have had a long journey in discovering a few truths about God... it took me 20 years just to get to this place of BELIEVING that God loves me and is for me. So.... yeah... I am loving the peace... and the joy that comes with knowing I am a CHILD of the King.
These forums are filled with opinions and thoughts... some contributors are bolder than others in how they communicate. I have nothing against you... as you have proven that you show RESPECT when you post. WE just don't agree on what our responsibilities are as believers. I will however donate to your TOWER fund. I hope you build one high enough that I might be able to wave to you from Canada... LOL
Despite my many shortcomings... I have been convinced that God is ok with me... with where I am at.. and with how I am living.
Life plays out in seasons... and I am learning to go with the flow of that.
I have not lived a great life... I come from the cesspool of perversion that you speak of... I abused alcohol in my early 20's ... I was either in a bar or a detox center... and I have seen a great many things that are beyond nasty. I remember how I felt in my desperate state... I so badly wanted to be loved and wanted... and I looked for that love in ALL the wrong places.
As a result... I suffered the very REAL consequences of my POOR choices...both physically, emotionally, and perhaps especially spiritually (even though I was NOT a believer at the time). To this day... there remains a SCARLET stain on me. The memories of my past are so traumatic that I have blocked out a great part of my life. The brain is an amazing organ.
I have stated the above to assure you that those who live their lives outside the will of God do reap consequences and SUFFER very much with severe and life-long lasting consequences. It is this "feeling of dirtiness and despair" that makes them RIPE and READY to think about the need for a Saviour. It is God who saves lives.
I have seen those "Christians" who stand at the street corners... shouting to the SINNERS that they are going to hell... I have seen the horrific display of Christians who call themselves the Westboro Baptist church.
I have relatives that are legalistic Christians who do nothing but judge and condemn others. I'm not interested in being THAT CHRISTIAN.
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