Brian63
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Very interesting to see these assessments of his intentions, even if I largely disagree with them.
Yes he is bringing in a lot of bad arguments, nothing new that we have not seen/heard 1,000 times before. However, that is not a moral failing on his part in any way. At some point, all this stuff is new to us. We are not born knowing the flaws in various theological arguments. Some people just happen to encounter them at some point (and some do not). Many of us who do then keep hearing it, and it gets old. 1ICrying is still in the earlier phrases though.
Do you all grant such little leeway in your real lives as well to people behaving in the same way, or is this a reaction only when it is done online? In other words, if a stranger on the street politely tells you that Jesus loves you, would you conclude she is rude and even insincere and is really gloating over you? The substance of their beliefs would be wildly confused but their motivations may still be noble.
I find a lot of the behaviors and responses back to him have been far more rude and condescending than his own posts. Likely some here are going to disagree and maybe think the same of my tone. I do not know how to come to any agreement on the matter, just that I think a lot of the criticisms made of 1ICrying are way off the mark.
Yes he is bringing in a lot of bad arguments, nothing new that we have not seen/heard 1,000 times before. However, that is not a moral failing on his part in any way. At some point, all this stuff is new to us. We are not born knowing the flaws in various theological arguments. Some people just happen to encounter them at some point (and some do not). Many of us who do then keep hearing it, and it gets old. 1ICrying is still in the earlier phrases though.
Do you all grant such little leeway in your real lives as well to people behaving in the same way, or is this a reaction only when it is done online? In other words, if a stranger on the street politely tells you that Jesus loves you, would you conclude she is rude and even insincere and is really gloating over you? The substance of their beliefs would be wildly confused but their motivations may still be noble.
I find a lot of the behaviors and responses back to him have been far more rude and condescending than his own posts. Likely some here are going to disagree and maybe think the same of my tone. I do not know how to come to any agreement on the matter, just that I think a lot of the criticisms made of 1ICrying are way off the mark.