Questioning Way International Doctrines (William Barlow)

[Nathan_Jr]

You can find more stories like this throughout the board, if you’re interested.

WW summarized it all very well, but I suspect many still miss a critical point he makes.

WW: vpw taught lcm. Among the things he taught him was that lcm was going to have to "loosen up" on the subject of sex and sex acts with women other than his wife if he wanted to lead God's people.   He convinced lcm that vpw was the real thing. So, when lcm did things vpw did, lcm believed they were OK with God Almighty, so he didn't cover his tracks so much..which is why he got caught.

There are accounts here witnessing lcm as a meek and diligent seeker before victor got to him. Idk, but it’s been said. It’s easy to blame lcm. He deserves it. But there is no lcm without vpw. Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader.

All the wickedness and destruction goes back to the original, victor. All. Of. It.

[WordWolf]

9 hours ago, JoyfulSoul said:

Just trying to understand how poking fun at the logical conclusions of atheism is a worse offense that calling some Christian groups preposterous, pretentious and extreme prophetic phoniness.

Maybe you can guide me in this nuance?

That's easy.  Neither is considered acceptable- at least in this forum, there's a smidge of leeway in some specific fora- but the person who started escalated everything.  Had your response been to someone's comment, I would have reminded the other person to behave.  None of these posts are secret, so it's sensible that anyone I don't remind by name can still be reminded when they see it brought up.  

Oh, "poking fun."   It that like "the boys having a little fun" when they hit or insulted "the darkies"  some time ago in the deep South?   That wasn't meant to be offensive, either, but it sure as heck was.   If you think someone has "logical conclusions" in their doctrine, feel free to post about it in the appropriate forum. There's an entire forum that's perfect for that one.   In this one, unless the doctrine is "vpw didn't rape anyone, didn't plagiarize, wasn't an alcoholic and didn't teach lcm to be twofold the child of hades that vpw was", then it's off-topic.  

So, obviously, everyone- mentioned or not- should remember that, and back off on doctrines, beliefs, coda, etc in this forum.  

[WordWolf]

9 hours ago, JoyfulSoul said:

See, now this is interesting.  I was never told the backstory.  I was really disappointed in '93 because my young nephew joined me at the Rock that year.  Everyone knows what it's like trying to communicate your faith or the reasons for your faith.  Well, the Rock was nothing like I told him it was.  It just wasn't worth it.  Now I know why.

If you'd have asked, I would have mentioned it sooner.  Questions are welcome here.  Either you'll get an answer, or possibly some links to whole discussions of the answer.  Or the names of several threads with whole discussions.  

[JoyfulSoul]

4 minutes ago, WordWolf said:

If you'd have asked, I would have mentioned it sooner.  Questions are welcome here.  Either you'll get an answer, or possibly some links to whole discussions of the answer.  Or the names of several threads with whole discussions.  

It's called a conversation.  Things come out bit by but if some self appointed enforcer doesn't blow the whole thing up when someone comes along with a little push back 

Unfortunately, Chockful evidently got tired of it.   I've got .... and vinegar for miles.

 

[Raf]

Chockfull got tired of an imaginary persecution he/she could not document except by blatantly lying about multiple people's experience in this board.

 

 

[JoyfulSoul]

7 minutes ago, Raf said:

Chockfull got tired of an imaginary persecution he/she could not document except by blatantly lying about multiple people's experience in this board.

 

 

Alright, I just glanced at that thread.  Still, some seem kind of uptight- like, 'oooohhhh, don't cross that line' 

So, we toss it back and forth a little, so what?  I can't really tell if the criticism is objective or if it's because I'm scoring points?

Tough pill to swallow.  All of us were brimming with faith at some point.  Some continued on with timeless, scared truths.  Others of us got wounded and became entrenched in a protective, adversarial belief system.

I don't know who said it but the way to fix a wrong turn is to go back to the place it was made (well, I guess there could be a shortcut).   That can be a tough pill.  As the O' Jays sang, 'if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you.'  We weren't wrong when we believed.