Ariel, I do not play your style, I am sorry.
I do respect your desire to reach out to others, but I suspect it
has compromised you. I have worked professionally with people who
use your traits and on average it works, and most people end up happy.
I follow what they call the analytical or task oriented approach.
Facts matter, you draw a picture, and then make your conclusions.
It is often brutal though fairly clear, and things lie where they lie.
Most here are too wrapped up in their own beliefs to approach real honesty,
but I would say, this has always been where Christ really is.
We are fools for Christ, and enthusiasm, saying how things come across,
being honest and open, it just what we are called to be.
Stephen died doing this the the sanhedrin.
Peter was freed from prison, but in the end also gave his life.
So it is a bloody self sacrificial approach, but hey, we are going to be with
Christ, so the soon the better, Halleluyah.