Refiner

Well I thought this rejection thread was pretty good and had something to say.

Sigh.

Het Raf, you must have an opinion, and im interested what it is.

exy, It has been said that I post too much and start too many threads. Ive decided this is true.

Actually if someone posted a thread asking that question Id be interested in the views.

But im not willing to post a thread starter at the moment.

Het Raf. Do you think it is a forum that should be open to anyone who wants to post? Provided theyre polite? Even if say they are only interested in motor mechanics and movies.

Or do you think it should only be ex TWI?

Im curious.

I dont see any problem with the "rejection" threads exy. I dont interprete them as having a particular "dig" at me.

Long as everyones enjoying themselves...

(slips back into hidey hole) :D-->

Raf:

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Sometimes the Christians and the agnostic/atheists will square off with each other. I usually choose not to engage in that. Most often, the Christians will discuss their differences and either try to come to an agreement or (more often) let the argument peter out. On occasion an agnostic will step into one of these discussions and tweak us about how superstitious we're being, but they mostly give us our space.

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Generally my own policy too. Ive sort of blundered into this arguement, and as soon as I can remember how to stop justifying myself will avoid the subject and its consequent angst, as I would ordinarily do

I didnt intend to put a block in any runners path and "stumble" them out of the race for eternal life -->

Thanks TS. I'll look for your guidance.

Moving on....If I might say, it strikes me as odd that certain of the Christians have little or no capacity to bear anything negative being said about their belief system.

Why is that?

...."you'll be given some leeway if you're an exwayfer".....

Lol at Exy.

Being as this is the world wide web, should it be any surprise that complete strangers, unrelated to TWI might blow in the door.??

After all.....its only a click that seperates us.

Well I have a couple questions.

Is it practise on this site that posters are expected to edit their own posts if people find them offensive?

As well, is it practise that the Christians do not preach their beliefs on the board(and I have not seen any Christians preaching here) and so it is generally expected that Those who do not believe in Religion will not preach their beliefs on the site?

Just trying here to work out the standard proceedures at GSCafe.

Ive altered the thread Title as it is so offensive to this person.

The only other thing I will say is that this is not AMERICA.

Nor is it a CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST CHURCH.

It is the WORLD WIDE WEB.

Because Im not interested in fighting anyone...because Im not interested in offending even one person...Ive changed the thread title.

Prisca.

Raf was not levelling any accusation at me. He was making a point directed at cynic.Raf has been very reasonable thruout, you are misinterpreting him.

Well the only D A Reed I see on a search who has anything to do with anything pertaining to religious matters is David A Reed, ex JWitness extraodinaire.

Id bet money its him.

Hey cynic. Heres how I view posting. I post something, people either respond of they dont. If they dont respond I drop it. Look at my thread about "Spiritualization" noone cares about it. I havent posted a doctrinal analysis thread about a non TWI church since.

Fact is, I post, people reply to me by name, so being polite I personally reply to them, then they reply again, etc.

I cant help it if people love me.

I love them right back.

David Reed was very helpful to me.

I saw one of his Witness books in a Word bookstore when I was doubting, bought it and read it. Then I wrote to the man and he wrote a long handwritten response giving me all kinds of links to support and information.

Thank you David Reed!

Yeah Exy, to reject something I guess youd have to percieve there was an OFFER in the first place, and I dont believe Ive had an offer.

Im under the impression that Im supposed to wrestle and agonize endlessly searching for my Lord to answer me, well Ive been there, and havent recieved a reply as I see it.

Hows that?

Well exy, I think the use of the word "REJECT' carries a certain meaning and triggered off our Christian brethren here.

The question is whether that meaning is the one I meant to convey.

I think in retrospect the term "reject" is probably too ACTIVE a term.

Exy you are a nut. But a funny nut.

Now as to TS saying that I "knew it would be inflammatory" , Ive thought on it and will conceed that he is right. I probably, (unconsciously mind) chose that title because i knew it would generate reads and lots of replies.

Fair enuff.

Im a bit inflammatory and have been in trouble online for it before.

I did notice your comments Dan and they seem a reasonable possibilty to me, Also Uncle hairy said some things that I tend to agree with.

As to those who have discovered the "truth", well, I am caused to wonder why some of them are so offended and defensive.

I dont see any pagands here howling down the Christians.

Hey Dot. Find one posted statement of mine on this board that says I hate Jesus, or where I have criticized Him.

You cant do it.

By the way. If I had known that this thread would generate the aggravation that it has generated I would never have posted it.

In retropect I was in error calling the thread "Why I reject Christ".

Anyone who cares to read it will notice that I havent breathed a WORD about Christ. I should have called it "Why I reject the OT God".

Dot said:

"I do not understand why a Jehovah Witmess comes to an X tWI site to debunk Christ."...

Fallacious statement.

"But I do find it ODD to say the least why refiner is here... he is not here because he was once in TWI "....

Obnviously dot, in your mind it makes no sense that an ex witness would go to a TWI board, or that an ex mormon would go to a Witness board.

But some of us like variety in our lives.

Still if you want to remain coddled in your little internet safe haven thats your business.

"so far all I have seen is a lot of threads started by him that seem to reject Christ."...

Hey Dot. What threads are those? You are looking for A) threads started by me. B) Threads that are posted by me on the subject of rejecting and hating Jesus.

Now Ive only been here a month dot and have posted in Doctrinal, "Open" and "About" Forums. So those threads shouldnt be hard to find.

Links will suffice.

Im outta this thread....

No hard feelings goester

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yes, it does bug me a bit that Refiner, who has absolutely no background in TWI is now one of the most prolific posters here at GS

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You said it man, not me.

Anyway Goey, Im not interested in fighting with ya. But I will be askin where:

" he presents himself as a cult expert".

Find that statement by me if you can and present it.

If I didnt say that, and you concluded it yourself, well.....