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Old 12-07-2004, 11:01 AM   #21
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I see this guy from time to time in social settings and I want him to know that the reason I don't attend his church is not because I'm "turning away from God" or "hiding from the truth." I want him to know I've thought a lot about this and its not as simple as he presents to his flock.
There's a problem with what you are trying to do; you cannot control what other people think. Accept that you are correct in your thinking despite what this preacher thinks about it.
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Old 12-07-2004, 11:05 AM   #22
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I hear you . That is good advice. It is hard for me to do sometimes. :banghead:
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The whole letter is worded to be very provocative and draw parallels between bible believers and "baby murderers". If you were honestly interested in receiving a well thought out reply, I think you would have chosen a less offensive way to present it. There is a lot of veiled arrogance and such in the letter. It would have prob been better to pull a socratic method type thing on him, feigning marginal understanding and asking like "how could god kill babies?" then when he responded and was involved you could have him bring about your conclusions.

If you were just looking to call him someone who supports baby/fetus murder tho, you did a pretty good job. It's just rather evident that you already have your mind made up and not actually interested in much more than trolling.


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Riiight. Perhaps he should have drwn obvious parralells with rape, slavery, murder, extortion, genicide, etc.? The WORST thing one can do is to decide to give these illogical, dimwitted and ignorant prosyltizers a "break" and be "soft spoken." They aren't. Perhaps we shouild just go to their silly services so we won't make them feel bad??? :banghead:
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