Real Christians.

[feedm3]

I have a 2-year-old who has just started to string words together, and is almost making complete sentences. He has a better grasp of the English language than some of the posters here. How pathetic is that?

No what's pathetic is you really thinking you are impressing people by trying to correct grammar on threads.
Others have already told you it's annoying and your being a troll, yet you still think by correcting them you seem smart or something?

And Obviously you have no sense of humor, still bitter. Lighten up a little, let others talk unless this turns formal, your not impressing anyone.

If it's just a pet peeve of yours, then overlook it for the sake of good social skills, as of now, your lacking in that area. While your studying in all those classes you speak so much of, try some Socialization classes as well.

 

[feedm3]

GD, I would not waste any breath on trying to seriously discuss with feedm3, a troll who is out to gainsay others and promote himself and his own ideas ad nauseum. Obviously proud over it too. I put him on ignore when he repeated the same question over and over again that I had already replied to. That proved to me that he's just here to argue for the sake of arguing. Meaningless to talk to such people.

Cmon, tribesman, you know that's not true. You got angry because you ...never mind who cares. I dont care if you put me on "ignore" I am not trying to speak to you, I reply to your posts, because it seems no matter where i am there you are to. Of maybe we just like discussing alot of the same stuff.
Man when I first talked to you, you were humble, and great to talk to, you made alot of intresting points.
Your whole attitude is changed on here, not just with me but alot on here. I dont know what happened, you got mad over nothing. Still I dont agree with most of what you teach, I will take up for some when you obviously are trying to bully them with your faulty logic, and slander. Like your doing me now. So carry on man.

 

[Blu_Bug]

I have a 2-year-old who has just started to string words together, and is almost making complete sentences. He has a better grasp of the English language than some of the posters here. How pathetic is that?

Shows how the TEACHERS are complete FAILURES......

 

[TheGrungeDiva]

No what's pathetic is you really thinking you are impressing people by trying to correct grammar on threads.

Hi feedm3:

There's a difference between making the occasional grammar or spelling error (of which even I am guilty from time to time) and stringing together misspelled words and symbols that mean nothing and communicate even less.

I understand getting one's grammar corrected can be annoying sometimes. For that reason, I try not to be overly picky about it, and only bring it up when it's a major mistake, and when it's obvious that the person is not familiar with the correct way (as opposed to using internet short-hand).

However, when someone misspells so many words, avoids all use of punctuation, and makes no sense at all, I'm not even going to try to correct specific errors, because I don't know what the poster is trying to say. I'm simply going to point out that the poster is a troll and leave it at that.

I am not trying to impress anyone. I have no desire to impress anyone online. I am perfectly confident with myself; trying to impress others would be the actions of someone with a self-esteem problem, which is not me. As I've stated before, I do unto others as I would have them do unto me: no more, no less.

 

[TheGrungeDiva]

Shows how the TEACHERS are complete FAILURES......

Not necessarily. We don't know if this particular poster has ever attended public school. He may be home-schooled, which would show that his parents are failures. And even if he has attended a public or private school, you can't always blame the teachers. I've seen some great teachers have students who just refuse to learn, and I've seen some good students progress even under horrible teachers. Sure, it's better if the teacher is good, but you can't always blame the teacher, that's all I'm saying.

 

[rainacorn]

When someone makes a post or starts a thread intended to highlight how they're doing it right and everyone else is doing wrong, I don't think a little proofreading is too much to ask for.

I try not to be too much of a stickler. I realize that education was a huge priority in my house, but that is not true for every home. Not everyone can spell and they don't know how to get some sort of auto spellchecker on their browser. Probably because when they google it, they search for something like 'ato spllchk in cumpootr.'

However, the original post in this thread is positively offensive in how little care was put into constructing it.

We're talking about God and the Bible here. We're talking about eternity and the ruler of the cosmos. We're talking about salvation of the human soul. We're talking about massive, profound subjects and the OP treats it like a pointless tweet or like he's trying to condense it down so it will fit on a license plate.

How dare you.

I single him out only because the carelessness was matched with mind-blowing arrogance, but he's hardly the only offender on this forum. I'm losing my patience for it. Have some reverence and respect, would you? If you can't take the time to make it understandable, then it's not worth saying at all.

 

[TheGrungeDiva]

I single him out only because the carelessness was matched with mind-blowing arrogance, but he's hardly the only offender on this forum. I'm losing my patience for it. Have some reverence and respect, would you? If you can't take the time to make it understandable, then it's not worth saying at all.

It's also the worst I've seen in a while.

I know you young whipper snappers like your cyber-speak all casual and everything. I can deal with the short-hand, but like rainacorn and others have brought up, there is a difference between a misspelled word or misplaced punctuation here or there, and blatant disrespect for language. I mean really.

 

[Chadtreme]

Guys why are yall fighting for no reason now?

 

[rainacorn]

Guys why are yall fighting for no reason now?

I'm not fighting, I'm calling you out.

There are a few more steps between here and a fight.

 

[Chadtreme]

Me?? What I said i havent wrote on here since the middle of second page of this thread.

 

[rainacorn]

Me?? What I said i havent wrote on here since the middle of second page of this thread.

Sorry about that. I got to this thread late.

I'm commenting on your original post.

I'm also not arguing with you, but rather I implore you to speak of these subjects with some respect and reverence. Take the time to organize your thoughts and ensure that you're clearly communicating so that real discussion can take place. Your 'twitter' style of writing undermines the seriousness of the subject.

 

[Chadtreme]

Ok, I understand what you would like me to do.

 

[Blu_Bug]

I have a 2-year-old who has just started to string words together, and is almost making complete sentences. He has a better grasp of the English language than some of the posters here. How pathetic is that?

I think on the PATHETIC scale of 1 - 10 (I forgot am I rating your 2 yr old or the others in here?)



I PICK A 3, was i close?

 

[TheGrungeDiva]

(I forgot am I rating your 2 yr old or the others in here?)

LOL, you're rating the others in here who can't communicate as well as my son.

 

[psychomom]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I interject?
What I saw was a child/man who is very new to the faith speaking from his new-found-love perspective.
Yes, he was over hasty, but we don't know what he had been reading or hearing that provoked this idea in him.

And then a group of grown adults, rather than gently guiding him in the faith, behaved as immaturely as he himself was accused of being.
I am reluctant to say these things. I don't like confrontation. I would rather build up than exhort. (semantics?)

But I encourage us all to put on the mind of Christ, and to take opportunity to show the young in the faith where they may be wrong, speaking Truth in love.
My sincere aplologies for any offense caused, and please believe I sincerely love you all-
~ellie

 

[twosparrows]

Let us not get haughty about someone else's poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
In the heat of the moment I also tend to toss my education out of the window.
Admittedly, this does not help others to understand the point I am trying to make.
I screw up a lot, and don't really mind being corrected. People are learning all the time so when someone corrects you, Your brain is still putting that information somewhere. Right? Also correcting people takes time. Time is finite. One will never get those few moments back that was used to inform me of an error. People wouldn't inform you of a mistake if they didn't love you they would just point and laugh. Look I contradicted myself.
I also figured out how to write in pink.
Back to topic, I am the Lord thy God, and Love really does sum up the entire NT. So then if one Considers those two things alway, they are doing all of what Jesus said. All else is overly legalistic. Ok but I don't mind admitting I don't know as much as you guys so I'm cool with correction

 

[twosparrows]

Let us not get haughty about someone else's poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
In the heat of the moment I also tend to toss my education out of the window.
Admittedly, this does not help others to understand the point I am trying to make.
I screw up a lot, and don't really mind being corrected. People are learning all the time so when someone corrects you, Your brain is still putting that information somewhere. Right? Also correcting people takes time. Time is finite. One will never get those few moments back that was used to inform me of an error. People wouldn't inform you of a mistake if they didn't love you they would just point and laugh. Look I contradicted myself.
I also figured out how to write in pink.
Back to topic, I am the Lord thy God, and Love really does sum up the entire NT. So then if one Considers those two things alway, they are doing all of what Jesus said. All else is overly legalistic. Ok but I don't mind admitting I don't know as much as you guys so I'm cool with correction

"I am the Lord thy God" No I didn't do that because I am a naturally sarcastic person. which btw I am.

 

[Christian-Canuck]

This is quite interesting,
I don't know if anyone here can say who is a real Christian and who is not since I will assume most people on here do not know each other intimately.

As for the authority of the Bible, I would have to disagree with. While all truth lies in the Bible per se, it needs interpretation. When the scriptures were written they were written for a specific community in a specific place. So we must try to understand the historical period of the scriptures. Does that mean that it is not relevant to us today? NO!!! Scripture has very relevant messages that transcend time and space, but we must be careful to say that this has to mean this or that has to mean this without going deeper into the historical significance of scripture. That why it is important to follow a tradition of interpretation of the Bible is trans-historical and not just look at the Bible without any outside or historical knowledge. Therefore, authority lies in the Tradition which interprets the Bible not the Bible it self. It is important to remember the even at the beginning of Luke, the author confesses to following a certain tradition (Luke 1:1), which was the second last of the Gospels to be written.

 

[raf]

As people judge others on if they're christian or not the person judging will also be judged by god.

"he that is without sin, cast the first stone"

 

[TheGrungeDiva]

Suggestion....

A few other threads have been brought up about some specific doctrines, heresies, and other labels. Rather than saying "you're not a real Christian unless you...." perhaps we can learn and help educate each other about these various labels and doctrines, so instead, we can say something like: "You're not a Fundamentalist unless you ...." or "You're not an Evangelical unless you...." Is it possible for us to draw the "Christian" circle wide enough to include all of us, even while we exclude those who disagree with us in specific doctrine?

I, for one, most heartily believe that God would not exclude anyone who loved him sincerely and with a pure heart and good intentions, even if he got a few details wrong.