missmuffet Posted November 4, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted November 4, 2017 1 hour ago, LadyKay said: I'm done here! This site is being over run with rude, unChristian like posters. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denadii Posted November 4, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 503 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 120 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/2017 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/20/1948 Share Posted November 4, 2017 23 minutes ago, simplejeff said: No. That's not (doesn't seem to be sound) good advice. So you're saying that its not sound advice to suggest someone helps change a situation? Then by your post, if something is it just is and no amount of anything will change it? For a smart person........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted November 4, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 950 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,537 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,033 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Bye again. Y'all come back, y'ere? I haven't been around long at all, l but I think ya might have left four or five times so far that I know of; got to thinking it must be me, but no that can't be. I changed deodorant and everything. I'm pretty harmless. Well it's all right-( I'm playing a little Traveling Wilburys for you) You still got something to say, -Well it's alright, best you can do is forgive- purple haze. It's all right traveling to the end of the line. End of the line. End of the line. Handle With Care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad Posted November 4, 2017 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 138 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 160 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/28/2017 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/09/1965 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Please stay your needed and a blessing Kind regards Sinbad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted November 4, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.70 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted November 4, 2017 4 hours ago, OneLight said: You are not alone in your frustration. I am sure you would be shocked at how many people would agree with you. The point is, don't let them affect your walk. Don't give them control over your decisions. If someone is being rude, place them on ignore or stay out of the threads that bring division. Can’t the Mods do anything about it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted November 5, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.24 Reputation: 9,760 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2017 3 hours ago, Running Gator said: Can’t the Mods do anything about it? Nobody can force anyone to be Christ like. That has to come from the heart. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angels4u Posted November 5, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 56 Topic Count: 1,664 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 19,763 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 12,161 Days Won: 28 Joined: 08/22/2001 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2017 8 hours ago, LadyKay said: I'm done here! This site is being over run with rude, unChristian like posters. Love Your Enemies …43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.…Matthew 5:43-45 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne222 Posted November 5, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 32 Topic Count: 475 Topics Per Day: 0.17 Content Count: 6,556 Content Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 7,634 Days Won: 9 Joined: 06/12/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted November 5, 2017 Shine the light of christ here at worthy. You can glorify God by being a Christian who is showing what Jesus is like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GandalfTheWise Posted November 5, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 24 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,459 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 2,377 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/23/2017 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2017 8 hours ago, LadyKay said: I'm done here! This site is being over run with rude, unChristian like posters. I by no means mean this in a condescending or trite manner but as serious counsel. Take a deep breath. Think about noble and good things for awhile. Consider the good that is done on this site and the people whose posts are usually insightful, edifying, and encouraging. Find something positive to do away from the computer that will take your mind and heart off of what has hurt you here. This is an opportunity to learn how to walk patiently and calmly. Be an example of how to respond to show others how to do it. Learn to walk away and not respond when someone says something that you think is out of line and directed at you. Most of the people reading the thread will see it for what it is. There are people here that are zealously convinced that their opinion on certain matters is equivalent to God's and that anyone who disagrees is walking in error and needs to be corrected because they are causing terrible damage to other Christians. Some of them are convinced that it is their Christian duty to correct each and every post and poster who is in error from their point of view. The bottom line is that no type of response other than repenting of error and acknowledging that they are completely correct will be acceptable. Anyone disagreeing is by and large either deceived or an intentional false prophet and wolf. Any use of scripture by such deceived people needs to be corrected. They are defending God's Truth against the devil's attacks. My guess is that some of them have doubts that people who seriously disagree with them are actually Christians. They are saving souls from Hell and the urgency of that overrides any concern for gentleness, politeness, and patience. Indeed, driving out the devil's minions is a noble thing to do until all of this forum reflects God's Truth as they wholeheartedly believe the Bible to teach it. I guess I find it relatively easy to deal with it because I was a poster child for that many years ago. I was the spiritual equivalent of the "grammar police" type of person who simply could not let any misuse of the English language go without correction. One of my favorite phrases was "it really bothers me that..." and then I'd point out all the problems I'd see in churches and Christians. Some were real and some were just people not believing exactly the same things I did and acting the way I thought they should. I'm happy that the internet didn't exist back when I was like that. I hate to think what types of things I would have said would be stored in digital form to this day. I have affectionate feelings for those overzealous types. They are sincere believers and I like their enthusiasm. God will take off the rough edges at some point and they'll probably end up embarrassed and regretting some of the things they've said to people. Now, having said that, I've seen some behavior on this forum that starts to approach the type of bullying and "popularity cliques" most of us experienced in middle school and high school. This is basically where someone tries to achieve dominance over someone else by using manipulative words and posts. They snidely attack someone and then deny doing it. They place any blame for escalation on the targeted person. Any attempt at defense is immediately criticized as being inappropriate. They try to shut down and dismiss anyone who disagrees. A few of their supporters hop in and agree with them. Their goal seems to be to acquire a group of followers that submit to them and their opinions. Instead of dialog and reason, they use authoritative attacks of "you must agree with me because I am right". They continually hit back with some combination of "you are not a Christian" or "you are too stupid or sinful to understand the truth" or "nothing you say is valid" to manipulate people who disagree. Of course, those words are not directly used as violations of forum standards and phrased a bit more politely, but that is what is insinuated. Sometimes this happens quickly and some poor person ends up alone on the receiving end of this without much support from anyone else. I do NOT attribute each and every disagreement to bullying. Misunderstandings inevitably occur and we need to learn how to forgive, reconcile, and move on. However, I've seen this sort of thing happen often enough on this site that I cannot rule out some degree of bullying occurring. In my opinion, bullying has absolutely NO PLACE on this site. Whether intentional or not, motivated by good intentions or not, any type of bullying is NOT Christian in any way shape or manner. I haven't been around here a long time, but it's pretty clear that people are getting hurt by this and it's violating the bounds of godly and fruitful Christian dialog and engagement. How many people who are not Christians come onto this site, read these types of posts, and then decide they don't want anything to do with us? How many Christians get scared off because they simply don't want to deal with it? How many forum participants don't contribute their opinions, insights, and experience because they don't want to risk being at the receiving end of some of the "loving" posts that they've seen others receive? How many people are afraid to ask sensitive questions? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTC Posted November 5, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 18 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2,795 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1,502 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/25/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/26/1952 Share Posted November 5, 2017 LadyKay, how about you take a vacation. I've done that 3 times. I like you, I don't want you to leave. I also get hurt easily. People like us have a heart, I think that's an indicator we will be in heaven. If I do get to heaven and it's full of rude heartless people then I am surely misunderstanding the Bible. I hope you have a couple of friends in your galaxy who make you feel good. I did prior to 2000. But they're all gone now. My life wasn't always this bad. If you must leave for awhile it's ok, go. But then come back. Don't let mean people win. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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