briar patch

[Szdfan]

i pray for most, esp those in all leadership, because scriptures instruct so, it’s up to the Spirit to discern.
That’s not weaponizing spirituality.
Don’t assign motives?? Please.

Please stop speculating about my spirituality or spiritual state.

cough.
i hope it’s understood, prayers cannot be stopped. it’s tried! it’s futile.

like it or not, we are spiritual beings, our existence, our choices, acts, words, reflect our spiritual state.
no academic degree can shelter from this. no claims of being atheist, even. (not in my mind.) i don’t believe in atheists.

i don’t believe in separation from the spirit. i accept the folly of human reasoning that wants to deny the spirit.
human reasoning is a mist. Isaiah 44:22

I recognize spiritually abusive and coercive behavior when I see it. I’ve clearly asked you not to frame me spiritually. Continuing to do so after that is disrespectful.

[temporal1]

Please stop speculating about my spirituality or spiritual state.

cough.
i hope it’s understood, prayers cannot be stopped. it’s tried! it’s futile.

like it or not, we are spiritual beings, our existence, our choices, acts, words, reflect our spiritual state.
no academic degree can shelter from this. no claims of being atheist, even. (not in my mind.) i don’t believe in atheists.

i don’t believe in separation from the spirit. i accept the folly of human reasoning that wants to deny the spirit.
human reasoning is a mist. Isaiah 44:22

I recognize spiritually abusive and coercive behavior when I see it. I’ve clearly asked you not to frame me spiritually. Continuing to do so after that is disrespectful.

really.

at an earlier time, you thanked me for prayers. remembering that, i felt welcome to pray for you.
i couldn’t find the quote. at this point i’m not inclined to respect you. i’ll still pray for you. i’m not going to do a special carve out in my life.

here you are decidedly judging motives, and more, not unusual for you. you have used some pretty damning words for me over the years. for someone you never met.

little doubt someone has hurt you. to repeat, it wasn’t me. or anyone i’m aware of on forum.

[temporal1]

Let's have a clear, Scripture-based discussion.

Why not a Theology category?

[temporal1]

Let's have a clear, Scripture-based discussion.

Why not a Theology category?

Briar patch? hmm. ok.

[Valerie]

So a Democratic win yesterday in TX brings a
Mr. Talarico who had this to say:

1. Our southern border should be like a giant front porch with a big welcome mat.

2. There are not only two genders, there are six.

3. God is neither male or female. He’s both and everything in between. He is non-binary.

And he claims to be a Christian if I’m not mistaken, a pastor.

You want to learn theology from a politician? Knock yourself out. Whatever were you expecting?

Of course you don’t care-
Politicians are influential and he was a teacher & apparently went to seminary. He wants to start a movement- so ideologies affect policies- we don’t need him telling people what his truth is about gender and God. This gender confusion trainwreck needs to stop. Supporting an LGBTQ agenda is more than just politics, it’s souls.

[ohio jones]

Of course you don’t care-

Ahem.

[Valerie]

Of course you don’t care-

Ahem.

He’s proud to not care, so not an insult to JM- as his insult post at me made it clear I’m just addressing what he said that whether anyone “here” cares or not- testing scriptures and “teaching” there are six genders is not the place of an influential person in politics that can affect the souls of impressionable young people.

[JohnH]

I still wonder how Nicaragua and Iran will turn out. Seems unwise to keep taking down one regime after another with no plan for the day after.

Nicaragua...
Are you referring to their losses in the World Baseball Classic last week, or has something else been happening recently?

If you mean Iran-Contra, where our meddling in their affairs produced one of our own, surely 40 years should be enough time to draw conclusions on how that turned out.

Well, that's embarrassing. Obviously, I mean Ireland. OK, Venezuela.

It's OK - LLMs often confuse things or just make stuff up.

[Bootstrap]

By ignoring the principles people state and turning everything into a referendum on Trump, you ensure that we keep turning away from principle.

I would certainly like to stop seeing everything here be a referendum on Trump. I think you could certainly take steps to stop doing that.

How? Is there anything at all I can do to stop you from turning it into a referendum on Trump? I think I'm trying not to do that in my posts.

In your responses to me, you keep portraying me as some kind of lunatic without a brain, obsessed with Trump, even when my posts are about other things. I'm sick of it. Is there any way to get you to stop?

Perhaps you could actually read what I post and respond to the content of what I say?

[JohnH]

In your responses to me, you keep portraying me as some kind of lunatic without a brain, obsessed with Trump, even when my posts are about other things. I'm sick of it. Is there any way to get you to stop?

I don't think I've been doing that? I didn't even reference you at all. I just responded to Valerie and referred to the progressive-left wing here on MN. Does that include you now?