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violakat:
1) There is no argument.
2) This "volley" started with post #565 in this thread (first quoted above). Nothing was "brought in" from anywhere else (except Tintin's mindset when he wrote the post). That is your uneducated assumption.
3) I am pretty sure that 'GRA' is not one of the 'people' that Tintin had in mind in post #565.
4) Tintin made a legitimate-by-the-intent-of-this-thread-topic post -- thus, automatically and legitimately opening it up for discussion. Any discussion of any reasonable length that follows - IS VALID - as long as it does not completely derail the thread.
A "rabbit" of a few short posts does not usually constitute a 'derail'. An extended volley of highly-distracting posts, on the other hand...
I just don't see how this short exchange was as "dangerous" as you seem to suggest.
5) I had only made one post so far.
I can appreciate the fact that you anticipated a possible [but not necessarily] thread-derailing exchange about to ensue -- although, you should not have assumed it until at least after I had made another post - and then, only if the 'tone' of it honestly seemed too extreme.
I can also appreciate the "playful" way you decided to "soften" the 'sting' of the accusation...
I believe that I am a fairly laid-back kind of guy. I can "play along" with these kinds of things (like your post), and even have fun with it. No harm done.
However, in this particular case - I think you "jumped the gun" and made an unfounded accusation.
What I DO NOT appreciate - is getting "called down" (based on a false-assumption) for making one honest and sincere first-reply post to a [valid but] serious-in-nature "random" post in a thread that was intended to contain mostly-light-hearted "random" posts...
I do not believe that it was necessary for Tintin to make an apology to you - or to me.
( I am not saying that it was not O.K. -- I am only saying that it was necessary. )
Neither 'Tintin' nor 'GRA' have anything against the other, as far as I know. We have different views - and have chosen to express those views for [what we hope to be] the benefit of others. And, Tintin is "more than welcome" to let me know if he does not feel that I have made this statement properly.
In the future, please be careful to get your facts straight first. O.K.?
Now - I am going to say just one more thing with regard to this issue. And then, I intend to "drop it" from this thread...
It is not the 'discerning Christian reader' that I am mostly concerned about. It is the MILLIONS of unsuspecting undiscerning CHILDREN who are being "sucked into" the "real occult world" almost exclusively by the 'power of suggestion'.
1) There is no argument.
2) This "volley" started with post #565 in this thread (first quoted above). Nothing was "brought in" from anywhere else (except Tintin's mindset when he wrote the post). That is your uneducated assumption.
3) I am pretty sure that 'GRA' is not one of the 'people' that Tintin had in mind in post #565.
4) Tintin made a legitimate-by-the-intent-of-this-thread-topic post -- thus, automatically and legitimately opening it up for discussion. Any discussion of any reasonable length that follows - IS VALID - as long as it does not completely derail the thread.
A "rabbit" of a few short posts does not usually constitute a 'derail'. An extended volley of highly-distracting posts, on the other hand...
I just don't see how this short exchange was as "dangerous" as you seem to suggest.
5) I had only made one post so far.
I can appreciate the fact that you anticipated a possible [but not necessarily] thread-derailing exchange about to ensue -- although, you should not have assumed it until at least after I had made another post - and then, only if the 'tone' of it honestly seemed too extreme.
I can also appreciate the "playful" way you decided to "soften" the 'sting' of the accusation...
I believe that I am a fairly laid-back kind of guy. I can "play along" with these kinds of things (like your post), and even have fun with it. No harm done.
However, in this particular case - I think you "jumped the gun" and made an unfounded accusation.
What I DO NOT appreciate - is getting "called down" (based on a false-assumption) for making one honest and sincere first-reply post to a [valid but] serious-in-nature "random" post in a thread that was intended to contain mostly-light-hearted "random" posts...
I do not believe that it was necessary for Tintin to make an apology to you - or to me.
( I am not saying that it was not O.K. -- I am only saying that it was necessary. )
Neither 'Tintin' nor 'GRA' have anything against the other, as far as I know. We have different views - and have chosen to express those views for [what we hope to be] the benefit of others. And, Tintin is "more than welcome" to let me know if he does not feel that I have made this statement properly.
In the future, please be careful to get your facts straight first. O.K.?
Now - I am going to say just one more thing with regard to this issue. And then, I intend to "drop it" from this thread...
It is not the 'discerning Christian reader' that I am mostly concerned about. It is the MILLIONS of unsuspecting undiscerning CHILDREN who are being "sucked into" the "real occult world" almost exclusively by the 'power of suggestion'.
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Violakat, don't sweat it, mate. We've sorted it out. It's all good. Goodnight!
I don't get that many PMs from women around here... violakat:
Seriously... Send the PM. I am truly interested in hearing from you about your view point.
Otherwise - I agree with what Tintin wrote [in quote above] - "don't worry about it, honey"...
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Shae, stuff like that happens.
That awkward moment in SS when you get to "That Passage" in 1 Timothy (I'm sure you guys know exactly which one I'm talking about) and you're trying to remain silent and not bust out laughing because of the banter back and forth between a few men and women in there and also because you feel sorry for the SS teacher because he wants to move forward and not get sidelined.
That awkward moment in SS when you get to "That Passage" in 1 Timothy (I'm sure you guys know exactly which one I'm talking about) and you're trying to remain silent and not bust out laughing because of the banter back and forth between a few men and women in there and also because you feel sorry for the SS teacher because he wants to move forward and not get sidelined.
We just started Celebrate Recovery at my church. I am in charge of childcare. The other week we went over the story of Jonah. One of the little girls, around 7 years old, said she wanted to read another story in the Bible. So, she opened the Bible to a random book, and...
That awkward moment when that little girl turns to the Song of Solomon and starts reading it out loud.
Of all the books in the Bible, she turned to that one! I just said "Oh, hmmm let's go back to Jonah!"
That awkward moment when that little girl turns to the Song of Solomon and starts reading it out loud.
Of all the books in the Bible, she turned to that one! I just said "Oh, hmmm let's go back to Jonah!"