(February 14, 2014 at 12:23 am)The Good News Wrote: I came here out of love, even knowing that I would be reviled. I don't hate people who are atheists and I don't see myself as more intelligent or more wise than they. In terms of scientific belief I definitely am not as intelligent as most. I know what it is like to not know God. For 21 years of my life I lived in the deception of my own sinfulness. Yet God revealed His grace to me by the power of the Holy Spirit. God forbid that I should not want others to know His grace.
Jacob practically has to beg us to revile him (he started a thread for it) because he knows how to engage in honest discourse.
Just because you're not using 'bad' words doesn't mean you're not being rude.
Common courtesy seems to be the first casualty of being born again.
When you register on a new forum, you should make an effort to read and understand the posted rules. You should do an introductory thread before launching any polemics. You should use your own words and thoughts instead of copying and pasting the words and thoughts of others to speak for you. If you're not open to the possibility that you might be wrong, you're not discussing, you're lecturing, and this isn't a place we go to in order to be lectured.
I understand you being enthusiastic about sharing your good news. That you care not at all whether you do it in a way likely to increase the probability that we'll actually pay close attention to what you have to say tells me you don't care if you actually reach anyone. You're just trying to score brownie points with God. If there is a God, I really doubt you've earned any with what you've shown us so far.
