@secondson saidBased on the candid things you have said and your demeanour and behaviour, I think it's possible to know a lot about you - or, at least, what you project and claim in online disinhibition mode. I don't see what rings false. It all has a loud ring of truth about it.
What divegeester says about me is false. He knows nothing about me, my life, my church or anything else about my personal life, yet he attempts to denigrate me by making things up.
@secondson saidHe believes that Jesus died to save him from his "sins" and he strives to live in accordance with Jesus' commandments. This is unaffected by you calling it "a charade". He doesn't have to agree with you over all the doctrine.
Essentially divegeester is you hiding behind a charade of Christianity.
@secondson saidSee my edit sir.
Like the whether? 🙂
(If we were to discuss the weather though it might be in how you choose to spell it).
@secondson saidDid you still want to debate the tree of life Josephw?
I see you're upset divegeester, which is why you feel the need to be defensive and hurl vindictive insults.
You're holding grudges based on things you found in your imagination. You know nothing about me. Only what I believe, and you can't stand Christians that believe what the Bible says, which is why you take sides against them in these debates with your "friends".
@philokalia saidI just did defend my position, robustly. If you would like to debate me on this further please pick the specifics in my posts which you are in disagreement with and let go for it.
So now you will no longer attempt to defend your heretical position that man was not created in the image of God after I very thoroughly proved that this was the standard belief and that it is obviously supported by the Bible.
You hope to talk about how I am allegedly some kind of racist because you are probably now a bit embarrassed.
Didn't just earlier you ...[text shortened]... also has denied that man was created in the image of God.
Heresy upon heresy upon heresy.
@secondson saidIf you would like to debate on the literalness of tree of life or the multiheaded beasts of Revelation then feel free to do so.
Because he continuously picks and chooses what he thinks is metaphorical or literal.
It throws doubt on what he says he believes. I don't believe divegeester actually believes Jesus literally rose from the dead. If he did he wouldn't post with such vitriol against the Christians posting in this forum.
Essentially divegeester is you hiding behind a charade of Christianity.
Meanwhile you can carry on venting your poisoned spleen by telling me I’m a heretic, unsaved, fake Christian etc.
03 Mar 19
@secondson saidI reflect what you’ve said in this forum Jospehw. You even started a thread a while ago detailing what great person you were in your little church. It was toe-curling of course but the thread was revealing nonetheless.
What divegeester says about me is false. He knows nothing about me, my life, my church or anything else about my personal life, yet he attempts to denigrate me by making things up.
I guess fortunately for divegeester he has you as a friend here to defend his vitriol.
03 Mar 19
@secondson saidThen why did you ask me?
I don't believe divegeester actually believes Jesus literally rose from the dead.
03 Mar 19
@secondson saidBut you have said the most horrendous things to me lately. Is it ok to say those things if the person is not a Christian?
If he did he wouldn't post with such vitriol against the Christians posting in this forum.
Is that how you treat people in your little church?
@secondson saidBut you fire vitriol at me every time you log on. Why is ok for you to do this?
I guess fortunately for divegeester he has you as a friend here to defend his vitriol.
03 Mar 19
@fmf saidGood, I see some improvement in your demeanor about Christians.
He believes that Jesus died to save him from his "sins" and he strives to live in accordance with Jesus' commandments. This is unaffected by you calling it "a charade". He doesn't have to agree with you over all the doctrine.
How many times have I seen you goad Christians, asking if some other Christian doesn't agree with a point of doctrine are they still a Christian, etc.?
Glad to see you finally acknowledge that Christians can disagree on points of doctrine.
@suzianne saidI don't think there's anything wrong with nor anything different about my demeanour towards Christians. I always take what they say, what they believe, and how they behave, at face value and engage accordingly.
Good, I see some improvement in your demeanor about Christians.
@suzianne saidIt's a debate and discussion forum and I am interested in how groupism and partisanship so often trump principle or integrity regarding beliefs. I don't "goad" anyone.
How many times have I seen you goad Christians, asking if some other Christian doesn't agree with a point of doctrine are they still a Christian, etc.?