Uzytkownik "Carson West" <carson.west@coxspamblock.com> napisal w wiadomosci
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> Ultra Maroon wrote:
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> > Uncle Davey wrote:
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> [Snip]
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> >>>>I will pray for you, even though you didn't earn my
> >>>>respect, either.
> >>>
> >>>Lessee...my GivAShit meter sez "O" on the "My Concern
> >>>for Dorky-Respect" scale, but hey, we all know how
> >>>important it makes you feel, so you just have at, Dorkster!
> >>
> >>I don't think you do care about my respect, but do you
> >>think I care about your lack of care for my respect?
> >
> > You must. You keep whimpering about it.
> >
> >>First you have to earn my respect,
> >
> > No, I don't have to do that at all. The respect of loons
> > is not something that I usually look for.
>
> There was nothing in the Gospels allowing Christians to demand respect
> from others. Christians were and are consistently directed to show
> humble and submissive spirits. The Gospel writers anticipated that
> there would be some human pride that would sneak in to their followers,
> both contemporary and those followers that would come later, and so it's
> not surprising that there was quite a bit written about how there would
> be those who would make presumptions about their own "salvation," and
> they would be wrong. Whenver one of these so-called Christians makes
> noises about "respect," especially when they are so slow to grant it to
> others, that hints at the shallow nature of his or her faith.
>
> >>and you haven't done that, today.
> >
> > I don't care, today. I didn't care, yesterday. I won't
> > care, tomorrow. And writin' more like Gasbag ain't gonna
> > increase yer chances gettin' me to care. Geez, yer stupid.
>
> Interesting observation. It does seem that Davey's comments have taken
> on a Gastrichesque style, at least with respect to those entered into
> the groups today--the whining about respect, the use of commas in
> phrases such as "you haven't done that, today." Either Davey is making
> another play using his "performance art" or he has decided to allow
> Jason to use his account for posting into the groups.
I don't appreciate, this morning, your observation.
The Bible says "love thy neighbour as thyself". This means that respect
should underlie all our relationships, and that if a person has no
self-respect or self-love, then how will they respect and love others also?
Can you affirm the Gospel message, Carson? When were you saved?
Uncle Davey
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