Using the Bible to insult people

Originally posted by lemon lime
You have deliberately misrepresented a passage from the Bible in order to misrepresent what a "fellow Christian" said to you.

(from page 5)

Originally posted by FMF
josephw cited James 4:4 which is where the phrase "an enemy of God" comes from.

Orginally posted by lemon lime
Okay, I looked it up and it says "...whoever wishes to b ...[text shortened]... a closer look at James 4:4, you can see that it says "...makes [b]himself an enemy of God".[/b]

You are just waffling here.

Originally posted by divegeester
Jospehw chose not to contradict me when he had ever opportunity to do so at the top of page two.

Oh good grief, why is everything about you? Do you honestly think your only mission in life is to defend yourself, and attack anyone who doesn't agree with you?

And if joseph (as you say) chose not to contradict you, then what have you been complaining about?

Originally posted by lemon lime
Oh good grief, why is everything about you? Do you honestly think your only mission in life is to defend yourself, and attack anyone who doesn't agree with you?

And if joseph (as you say) chose not to contradict you, then what have you been complaining about?

Now you are just being silly. If you can't address the topic without dodging like this then why bother.

Originally posted by lemon lime
Oh good grief, why is everything about you? Do you honestly think your only mission in life is to defend yourself, and attack anyone who doesn't agree with you?

And if joseph (as you say) chose not to contradict you, then what have you been complaining about?

Exactly that! Oh, very well said!

Originally posted by divegeester
Now you are just being silly. If you can't address the topic without dodging like this then why bother.

The topic is Using the Bible to insult people... and you've done a bang up job of doing just that.

Originally posted by Startreader
Exactly that! Oh, very well said!

The charge first showed up in the memo thread when josephw posted James 4:4 at me in a cheap effort to land a blow for quipping with Wolfgang59 about Grampy Bobby's repeated copy/paste.

Since then jospehw and all the other cowardly Christians have been furtively trying to avoid addressing what Joseph meant. Not one of them, including you, has the courage of their convictions to unequivocally say wether or not they think I am an enemy of God as per the James 4:4 scripture. All I'm doing is pressing you and them on the point, nothing more.

This thread is calling out jospehw and indeed all the other Christians in this thread for using and cheapening scripture to score points on the internet. The only defence you all have is to dishonestly pretend that James 4:4 is not about being an enemy of God. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

Originally posted by lemon lime
The topic is Using the Bible to insult people... and you've done a bang up job of doing just that.

Where?

Originally posted by divegeester
Now you are just being silly. If you can't address the topic without dodging like this then why bother.

Divegeester, at last someone has said what so many of us are thinking!

Look, you seem determined to look for hurts, and if any of us look for hurts we'll find them. My father taught me that when I was a small child.

Think about good things. Stop thinking about yourself. You'll be a lot happier. Stop trying to pick fights.

Originally posted by divegeester
Where?

Here.

And by here I mean message boards... at this game site.

Originally posted by lemon lime
Here.

You are free to dodge and deflect of course.

Any time you want to back up your claim with some evidence, please feel free to do so.

Originally posted by divegeester
The charge first showed up in the memo thread when josephw posted James 4:4 at me in a cheap effort to land a blow for quipping with Wolfgang59 about Grampy Bobby's repeated copy/paste.

Since then jospehw and all the other cowardly Christians have been furtively trying to avoid addressing what Joseph meant. Not one of them, including you, has the cou ...[text shortened]... tend that James 4:4 is not about being an enemy of God. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

Look what you're doing. Once again you've gone back to calling me a coward or cowardly because I won't call you an enemy of God.

As I told you before, I will not lie.

Also as I told you before, it's a mistake to look at one verse on its own. James didn't write that verse on its own. It's part of a reasoned piece of thinking. Look at different translTions too to get its fuller meaning. Here's the New Jerusalem Biblw for your prayerful consideration once more. Read Chapter four.

http://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/james/4/

Originally posted by Startreader
Divegeester, at last someone has said what so many of us are thinking!

Look, you seem determined to look for hurts, and if any of us look for hurts we'll find them. My father taught me that when I was a small child.

Think about good things. Stop thinking about yourself. You'll be a lot happier. Stop trying to pick fights.

You can avoid my post if you like, choose not to address the issue by all means 🙂

Originally posted by Startreader
Look what you're doing. Once again you've gone back to calling me a coward or cowardly because I won't call you an enemy of God.

As I told you before, I will not lie.

Also as I told you before, it's a mistake to look at one verse on its own. James didn't write that verse on its own. It's part of a reasoned piece of thinking. Look at different tra ...[text shortened]... ce more. Read Chapter four.

http://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/james/4/

I'm looking at jospehw and his post about James 4:4. You pretending James 4:4 is not about being an enemy of God, and that josephw's use of it was not intended to call me an enemy of God, is dishonest of you. You lacking the courage to say of what "so many of you are thinking" is cowardly.

One day a Christian whom you don't like will be in real need of you to speak out for them.

Originally posted by divegeester
You can avoid my post if you like, choose not to address the issue by all means 🙂

You are lucky that after all this time people are still patiently trying to get you out of the morass into which you seem determined to sink yourself.

A number of people in the lSt few days have been very kindly trying to help you. Soon they will probably stop, not out of loss of patience but because you simply won't pay attention.

Stop using words like "dodge@ and "deflect". You are making them meaningless.

Originally posted by divegeester
I'm looking at jospehw and his post about James 4:4. You pretending James 4:4 is not about being an enemy of God, and that josephw's use of it was not intended to call me an enemy of God, is dishonest of you. You lacking the courage to say of what "so many of you are thinking" is cowardly.

One day a Christian whom you don't like will be in real need of you to speak out for them.

Stop convincing yourself that people don't like you.