RE: Apology
September 20, 2012 at 7:57 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2012 at 7:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 20, 2012 at 12:22 pm)Reasonable_Jeff Wrote: I appreciate the candid responses.Believe it's christians proposing the get out of jail free card, hadn't heard any atheists stumping that one. I do good things, I do bad things, I own both sides of myself.
I've put up barriers in the past to really engaging with any atheists, dismissing them as simply not wanting to be held accountable to a higher power or wanting to be "gods" of their own lives.
Quote:I've realized that it was a caricature and "repenting" of it.It's not a caricature because it isn't exaggeration, its flat out fabrication. Whole different ballpark.
Quote:I feel remorse for my fellow Christians that treat atheists poorly and expressed it in the OP.Meh, I wouldn't worry too much about them, handle your own business eh?
Quote:I do NOT recant my belief in Jesus as my Savior and Redeemer, but I have not treated atheists as Jesus has asked me to treat people.
The apology was sincere and not intended as a ploy or insult.
Similarly I stand by my assessment of your apology as insulting. Don't tell me you're sorry we heard y'all, or you're sorry that y'all may have exaggerated this or that. If you want to apologize try "whoops, I was wrong, not exaggerating, wrong".
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