(August 13, 2017 at 9:19 pm)rjh4 is back Wrote:(August 13, 2017 at 9:06 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It feels accusatory when someone posts at you about something bad another Christian did, or when they are talking about Christians in general. I too feel compelled to apologize in these sorts of scenarios. It kind of sends a mixed message when things like this get posted at us or about us in general, and then when we apologize we get told not to.
Why would it feel accusatory to you if you weren't the one doing it and nobody said you were doing it?
And I did not get any hint from anybody's post that they were asking for an apology from Christians here. So how is there a mixed message? Seems to be only a message from me saying stop it because it doesn't make sense.
Their point was that there are a lot of nut job Christians out there (yeah, yeah, I know....all of them...save your fingers as I got to it first) at least saying they want to do the things Dawkins (if it really was him saying it) said , and they have shown some evidence in support of the point.
When it is posted at us, or to generalize us, it feels accusatory. It feels like "See? See???? Look at what your people are doing!!"
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
