That is a fair response. Are there a lot of people who come to you telling you that they understand what you are saying and those "other guys" are just being hard headed?
Yes, didn't I just say that?
It won't happen much here, as someone pointed already, that I am a minority here. So percentage wise, it is even.
What if they aren't blessed with the power of "discernment"? Where does that leave NJ's efforts?
I can't answer that, because I think they are blessed with it.
There is a contradiction in that statement. "You" happen to be a part of "we". I never said that other people are not also culpable. But it just seems to me that others take more care when they feel that they are not being understood or what effect their opinions might have.
Again, being the minority here, I am usually ganged up on. Someone once told me, it takes 7 truths to cover up one lie. I kind of believe that, and as you can see with Percy, I have had to explain the same thing over, and over again. She thinks I hate gays, just because a few gay people did me harm when I was younger.
Where does that leave little ol me? My life is not this forum. Sometimes, people are either going to have to get it, or not. Maybe one day they will. Maybe one day, I will.
Of course, that is just from my perspective which might be tainted by what I agree with. I am willing to entertain that. It just seems like your trying to build a bridge over a chasm and rather than finishing it, you throw up your hands and say, "the rest is up to God". Meanwhile, you cannot get mad at the people on the other side who refuse to cross until the large unfilled holes are dealt with.
Like I said, I am one person. Maybe with a slight attitude change of the majority here in this forum, more could be accomplished. People should go back and read this thread, and pretend I was an atheist. Sometimes I think about disappearing, and coming back here as an atheist, just to see if somehow, people will start magically understanding me. There are many here who disagree with me, and it only takes one explanation to clear things up. They get it, why don't others?
If one person disagrees with me, why is it then necessary for 3 more to post the same thing?
Other than, I will have to leave it up to God. That is one department where my faith is very strong, and I have seen God move mightily in that way.
You really think that most people who walk away from this forum, after a topic has been closed, and then God reveals something to them, are going to come back and tell me?
I am sorry, I really feel I have said nothing wrong in this entire thread, and I have expressed myself very clearly. You seem to understand me pretty well. I don't see you asking me the same things over and over, and trying to point out the same thing over and over. About the only thing I could have said differently, as I mentioned, was that the OP was one scenerio, not an absolute thing.
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