(February 17, 2014 at 4:29 am)Esquilax Wrote:(February 17, 2014 at 4:23 am)The Good News Wrote: Well no I'm not "holier than thou." I am a sinner just like anyone else. But when people deny that they are sinful and yet so evidently are, that is disgusting to me.
See, that's a part of being holier than thou. I know you don't see yourself that way, but all this "repent, ye sinners!" crap, especially to a bunch of people who don't believe in sin, makes it seem as though you're not interested in actually engaging with us. We've had so many people like you come in here, who don't see us as people, but rather targets to be preached at, and it's really hard to actually have a conversation with someone who won't even attempt to see things from our perspective.
I still have hope you may turn out differently.
Quote:An Internet forum is a little different than wandering into a church. You don't even have to acknowledge any of my posts.
Acknowledge? No. But then, if I came into your church, you could ignore me too. I'd still be there, though, and just like the church comparison, I can't ignore you either, because I'm a mod and I need to actually pay attention to what is being said around here.
But you still haven't answered the question: would you be receptive to what I had to say if I came into a specifically christian meeting place, spouted known falsehoods about what you believed to you, and then quoted a holy book that you don't believe in as justification?
Well I'll say it out loud that I certainly didn't come to this forum to make new friends. I came with the one intention of proclaiming the gospel. You've said a number of times that you feel I'm speaking past people, yet you don't seem concerned when others are nasty towards me.
To answer your question, no, I wouldn't be receptive of what you had to say, even in the slightest, so far as it was to do with atheism. Yet I would treat you with sincere respect and if anyone amongst my group were to disrespect you, I would rebuke them.
