Hello Texacan...
Long time...
Hope you are well... And your husband..
Have you finished the move? Settled in?
TexaCan wrote:
I have no doubt that there are many ‘readers’ on OPP that would love to hear your explanation after reading this thread for 44 pages!!!!!!! So....... I am also asking the question and I want to share it with all the other Readers of OPP! You mustn’t demand others to answer your questions and then want to hide your answer to their questions in a PM while all the while discussing this question in this thread for pages and pages!
You make a fair point...
To which I will respond as I have in my PM's to both Blade and Rose...
I am not shy concerning my beliefs... But I don't attempt to proselytize, and I am leery of being attacked by fanatics for having a different understanding from them....
I would also point out that my demand for an answer to my question was prompted by being told an answer existed but not being provided with that answer...
I would have been happy to receive the answer via PM or on the open forum...
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Why are you compelled to explain why you refuse to accept that Jesus said that he is THE way and not A way, only in a private PM? Very Curious! Why the secrecy?
Firstly... I have never claimed not to accept what Jesus said... I have always claimed to have a different understanding...
Compelled? Not at all...
Secrecy? Not at all...
But why should I offer up my sincere understandings if I am not attempting to sway others to my beliefs? And can only expect contempt and ridicule in return...
A sincere question: Do you believe that before Blade Runner asked there were any here who were sincerely interested in my understanding? Or were they merely interested in attacking my beliefs and attempting to demean them?
Tommy shared his undstanding and was not treated civily or respectfully...
If base ridicule is all one can expect then I believe one is justified in being selective concerning who one shares one's beliefs with...
Can you accept that individuals, via the exercise of their freewill and reasoning, might have different understandings of the Lord?
And that having different understandings in no way negates or challenges your own faith?
Which allows for all of God's children to engage in civil discussion and grow in understanding of His glory via the sharing of their collective knowledge?