I wonder if anyone has noticed? Every single thread I look at, there is little scriture shared but a lot of anger and strife is shared instead. I wonder why? Yes.....I'm no less guilty than anyone else.
I thought I was speaking English...Maybe you were listening in a different language?
Are you saying that we are helpless victims? That we have no choice? What a great excuse we have!! The devil made me do it!
In all fairness, you're making me laugh, so I haven't been offended. However, if you keep inflaming things and provoking people in to arguments, isn't it contributing to that which you're complaining about?
Maybe you understand this more than I do:
Ephesians 6:16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Not every thought that enters our heads belongs to us, a lot of them are put there by the adversary. I don't know how many people realize this, though. Have you ever noticed how sometimes you have the most shocking and inappropriate thoughts? Thoughts that you'd never approve of, given what you know about God. Or when you're typing a reply to someone who insults you, you may get the thought to insult them back, or call them idiotic? Any bad thoughts while trying to pray?
One example I can think of is a thread about abuse that was active for the last few days, someone asked how to study it, and then several posts later that person railed on another Christian. They later discovered that abuse was synonymous with railing.
Here's some scripture regarding railing / reviling;
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or
a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner;
with such an one no not to eat.
1 Corinthians 6:10
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
It's shocking how serious our situation is, any good works we do are nothing next to the depth of grace that God gives us.
Are you saying that we are helpless victims?
No, I'm saying that the adversary is causing the increase of sin so that people will struggle to love each other. Where as God commands us to forgive each other; because it's good and proper to do and helps us.