backwoodsman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:56 pm
dwight92070 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 2:21 pm
Dwight - I would love to have your continued input, but if I can't defend myself against uncalled for condemnation, without people dropping out, then so be it. I would think you would do the same.
I don't know if you've noticed, but most here don't interact on the basis of attacking and defending. But that's always seemed to be your preferred way of relating to others, especially those with whom you disagree, as long as I remember you being here. If that's what you want, you might find any of a number of other forums more to your liking. Of course you're welcome to stay, but if you do, I hope you pay more attention to, and learn from, Darin's efforts to guide you toward a more profitable (and more Christlike) way of interacting.
Dwight - Could you give me examples of my attacking someone? The only thing that comes to mind was when it appeared that someone had deleted some of my posts, without my knowledge. As it turned out, Darin had moved them to a New Topic. I had no idea that they had been moved. nor where they were. Yes, I called whoever did that a thief, which would be true, if that had been what actually happened. I did not specifically name any person as the offender, because I did not know. But I was accused of making a false accusation anyway, once it became clear what had happened. More recently, I suggested that there had been foul play, when the words of the Septuagint were drastically different than the words of the Dead Sea Scrolls. I said that that was the work of the devil, which again, IS TRUE. When I suspected that the Jews had done that, I was told that I was too quick to judge - but it turned out that I was right.
Dwight - So if someone steals something, are they not a thief? Or if someone tampers with the word of God, are they not in league with the devil?
I call a spade a spade. You may think of that as attacking, but it's not. Also, we should keep in mind that there is a difference between rebuking, which we are told to do in the Bible, and attacking.
Dwight - In fact, I could tell you that your accusation against me that "attacking and defending" is my "preferred way of relating to others" is, itself, an attack on me. Because that is not true, and I am offended that you would even say that. Even if I was guilty of attacking someone, (and if I am, I will apologize and ask their forgiveness) to say that attacking is my PREFERRED way of relating to others, as if I ALWAYS DO THAT, is totally untrue and uncalled for.