Posted by rayww on March 11, 2004, at 22:30:56
In reply to Re: being supportive, posted by Dr. Bob on March 11, 2004, at 0:06:18
Religious persecution is a very real thing in today's world. It may not be by sword, but we use the weapons of the day. The most powerful weapon of all time, is this, the Internet, and the most valued move is the creative new idea. There is the "I'm the best" war. There is the war against Christians by non Christians, the war against Mormons by Christians, and who knows what all.
There has to be a fence around every arena, saying "stay out" or "come in". Someone has to be in charge. Dr Bob, you are doing all right. On other public forums where there is no control, people misuse their weapons and cause much harm. You are doing your best to ensure the safety of the PB boards. This is a free forum to come and do battle in defending or defining faith.
Religious tollerance allows people to defend and define without judgement. In bipolar disorder you have a great need to express your moods, and some of them are religious. It is horrible to get blocked just because of a swing on words and ideas. Surely we can understand the very purpose of our meeting here, and allow somewhat of an offense/defense at times when we "feel" like it, as long as it isn't a personal attack against someone else's swing on words. I swing. And usually I have no idea where it will end up once I get going.
Stop at the "bashing" point, if you need a stop place. In my opinion you should not have blocked Dena for standing up for her belief in Jesus Christ. How about forgiveness? Has it ever been tried on this board? Since you are the master here, it would be up to you, and forgiveness is not fickle. It shows character.
Some get their kicks out of intentionally hurting others. Psycho challenges affect us all, because of mood, medication, those who don't understand, and the human experiment. (Maybe we should block you for awhile Bob). This is the faith forum, but I would value it as a safe place to write when on a religious swing that perhaps is on the fly. A swing will always slow down and stop if left alone. Some of the world's greatest ideas were born at the peak. Give it a whirl Bob.
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