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08 Apr 2010, 5:06 pm
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
This would seem to be applicable to the internet in particular. Peter predicted militant atheist internet trolls:
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 2nd Peter 3:3-4 NIV
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 2nd Peter 3:3-4 NIV
Agreed! Though it could be anywhere where people communicate together.
And also this: 2 Timothy 2:14-16
"14 Remind them (the faithful) of these things, and charge them before God [1] not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, [2] a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness..."
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10 Apr 2010, 8:26 am
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
PrisonerZero wrote:
I assume that I am the "troll" you speak of?
No, Sand has currently been the one ticking me off. I just didn't like your idea to "prohibit all religion (if possible)" in the dictator thread.
Oh well... Sand has a right to his opinions, too. Besides, if it weren't for them, things wouldn't be very interesting for us.
I actually accept it, though. These wannabe pseudo-intellectuals are adept at finding the "holes" in our faith, as they have been for decades. For those of us who manage to persist in holding on to our beliefs, these opinions only serve to help us examine our own beliefs. That works to strengthen us, not make us weaker.
I say take 'em on, any time, anywhere.
10 Apr 2010, 8:36 am
AngelRho wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
PrisonerZero wrote:
I assume that I am the "troll" you speak of?
No, Sand has currently been the one ticking me off. I just didn't like your idea to "prohibit all religion (if possible)" in the dictator thread.
Oh well... Sand has a right to his opinions, too. Besides, if it weren't for them, things wouldn't be very interesting for us.
I actually accept it, though. These wannabe pseudo-intellectuals are adept at finding the "holes" in our faith, as they have been for decades. For those of us who manage to persist in holding on to our beliefs, these opinions only serve to help us examine our own beliefs. That works to strengthen us, not make us weaker.
I say take 'em on, any time, anywhere.
That's a thought that needs encouraging. Show the doubters that the holes don't destroy the faith but make you question them and discover how the faith either justifies them or finds them irrelevant. But if they are real then they must be dealt with. That's all I request.
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10 Apr 2010, 9:27 am
Sand wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
PrisonerZero wrote:
I assume that I am the "troll" you speak of?
No, Sand has currently been the one ticking me off. I just didn't like your idea to "prohibit all religion (if possible)" in the dictator thread.
Oh well... Sand has a right to his opinions, too. Besides, if it weren't for them, things wouldn't be very interesting for us.
I actually accept it, though. These wannabe pseudo-intellectuals are adept at finding the "holes" in our faith, as they have been for decades. For those of us who manage to persist in holding on to our beliefs, these opinions only serve to help us examine our own beliefs. That works to strengthen us, not make us weaker.
I say take 'em on, any time, anywhere.
That's a thought that needs encouraging. Show the doubters that the holes don't destroy the faith but make you question them and discover how the faith either justifies them or finds them irrelevant. But if they are real then they must be dealt with. That's all I request.
Finding holes in logic is one thing, but insinuated insults is entirely different. More of the former and not anymore of the latter, okay?
10 Apr 2010, 9:35 am
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Sand wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
PrisonerZero wrote:
I assume that I am the "troll" you speak of?
No, Sand has currently been the one ticking me off. I just didn't like your idea to "prohibit all religion (if possible)" in the dictator thread.
Oh well... Sand has a right to his opinions, too. Besides, if it weren't for them, things wouldn't be very interesting for us.
I actually accept it, though. These wannabe pseudo-intellectuals are adept at finding the "holes" in our faith, as they have been for decades. For those of us who manage to persist in holding on to our beliefs, these opinions only serve to help us examine our own beliefs. That works to strengthen us, not make us weaker.
I say take 'em on, any time, anywhere.
That's a thought that needs encouraging. Show the doubters that the holes don't destroy the faith but make you question them and discover how the faith either justifies them or finds them irrelevant. But if they are real then they must be dealt with. That's all I request.
Finding holes in logic is one thing, but insinuated insults is entirely different. More of the former and not anymore of the latter, okay?
Quote me an insult and I'll apologize if it is required.
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10 Apr 2010, 9:41 am
Sand wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Sand wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
PrisonerZero wrote:
I assume that I am the "troll" you speak of?
No, Sand has currently been the one ticking me off. I just didn't like your idea to "prohibit all religion (if possible)" in the dictator thread.
Oh well... Sand has a right to his opinions, too. Besides, if it weren't for them, things wouldn't be very interesting for us.
I actually accept it, though. These wannabe pseudo-intellectuals are adept at finding the "holes" in our faith, as they have been for decades. For those of us who manage to persist in holding on to our beliefs, these opinions only serve to help us examine our own beliefs. That works to strengthen us, not make us weaker.
I say take 'em on, any time, anywhere.
That's a thought that needs encouraging. Show the doubters that the holes don't destroy the faith but make you question them and discover how the faith either justifies them or finds them irrelevant. But if they are real then they must be dealt with. That's all I request.
Finding holes in logic is one thing, but insinuated insults is entirely different. More of the former and not anymore of the latter, okay?
Quote me an insult and I'll apologize if it is required.
They are by implication, insult by insinuation, so just listing them wouldn't mean anything as you'd just explain them away or claim you meant something else.
10 Apr 2010, 9:46 am
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Sand wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Sand wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
PrisonerZero wrote:
I assume that I am the "troll" you speak of?
No, Sand has currently been the one ticking me off. I just didn't like your idea to "prohibit all religion (if possible)" in the dictator thread.
Oh well... Sand has a right to his opinions, too. Besides, if it weren't for them, things wouldn't be very interesting for us.
I actually accept it, though. These wannabe pseudo-intellectuals are adept at finding the "holes" in our faith, as they have been for decades. For those of us who manage to persist in holding on to our beliefs, these opinions only serve to help us examine our own beliefs. That works to strengthen us, not make us weaker.
I say take 'em on, any time, anywhere.
That's a thought that needs encouraging. Show the doubters that the holes don't destroy the faith but make you question them and discover how the faith either justifies them or finds them irrelevant. But if they are real then they must be dealt with. That's all I request.
Finding holes in logic is one thing, but insinuated insults is entirely different. More of the former and not anymore of the latter, okay?
Quote me an insult and I'll apologize if it is required.
They are by implication, insult by insinuation, so just listing them wouldn't mean anything as you'd just explain them away or claim you meant something else.
Put up or shut up.
