Trolls Among Us Again

[Tibby]

Don’t worry, I wouldn’t give up over a little silliness like anti-Catholicism. 2000 year old Church standing strong with the grace of God. 200 years of unbiblical bigotry isn’t going to much harm. How much damage will a mean Kitty do to a St. Bernard. I’m most of the time I enjoy the insanity that comes with online debates. It gets annoying at time (which was the case when I wrote that last post) but it is rather fun for the most part. Really puts think into perspective, and they post good point, which gives me more reason to study Catholicism, and question the truth of my own faith. It strengthens my faith, as well as my walk, and even my knowledge of why we do what we do. Of example, that long post I wrote to Aw about the Catholic beliefs on Salvation, that was 3 hours of research, and I think I received more out of it then anyone else!

I have learned much more patience and tolerance of other beliefs from doing this. I have learned thing in this board that will stick we me for life. I flinch when I think about having to delete my PMs, for band width sake. You, Whitehorse, Jason, Petro, all the wisdom in my inbox, at my finger tips. It would take a lot for me to give this up. Sure, it isn’t even close to true fellowship, but this has its place to. The New Testament isn’t a bunch of sermons transcribed, they are letters. Oh, the fellowship is key, but after 2000 years, we do not remember every friendship and close bond from the early church, be every one of us can quote their letters.

Sorry, Tom, you ain’t getting rid of me that easily.

Love,
Chris

[Allinall]

Just a thought Tibby, but why not copy, cut and paste those posts into a word document that you can save?

[Tibby]

Thanks I had to do that accually. It was taking 5 minutes to get to the bottem of the page there my new messages where Oh well

[ollie]

All may not be trolls,but perhaps have a different perspective on God's word. They are not very tactful in presenting it and appear to agitate, antagonize, and argue, There are regular old time members of the forum that do the same. Some will deliberatly disrupt a discussion with foolishness if they disagree, instead of presenting a good alternative to the thoughts involved.

[nChrist]

Oklahoma Howdy to Brother Tibby,

Sorry, Tom, you ain’t getting rid of me that easily.

   Great! I'm extremely happy to hear that.

I wish you and everyone grace, peace, and joy as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[nChrist]

All may not be trolls,but perhaps have a different perspective on God's word. They are not very tactful in presenting it and appear to agitate, antagonize, and argue, There are regular old time members of the forum that do the same. Some will deliberatly disrupt a discussion with foolishness if they disagree, instead of presenting a good alternative to the thoughts involved.

Oklahoma Howdy to Brother Ollie,

Sadly, you are correct about some of the regular old time members, including me. This is something I have been thinking about and praying about for some time. We have an interesting mixture of sweet Christian people in various denominations with strong and sensitive beliefs. This is something we can all pray about and hopefully all benefit in our fellowship with each other.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[2nd Timothy]

SO true.  Its so hard to be humble as humans.  We just have an uncontrollable urge to strike out at others who disagree with us.   I know I am very guilt of this a lot of times, even though I know better.   In my attempt to be aware of this, if I am reading a post that immediately causes an urge in me to disagree, thats my little red flag that pops up.  I try to force myself to think on the matter for while before responding which usually leads to one of three things.

1.  I find that I could be wrong on the matter altogether.
or
2.  My reply will not change anyones oppionion in relation to the thread.
or
3.  I am able to express Gods truth in a manner that is not offensive to the poster, but bring something to the thread that might be overlooked.

Its so hard to be human at times.  Even with this safeguard, I still jump in the deep end without looking first too many times.     Forgive me brothers...I do really try!

May God help us to love each other even in disagreement.

Grace and Peace!

[The Crusader]

All may not be trolls,but perhaps have a different perspective on God's word. They are not very tactful in presenting it and appear to agitate, antagonize, and argue, There are regular old time members of the forum that do the same. Some will deliberatly disrupt a discussion with foolishness if they disagree, instead of presenting a good alternative to the thoughts involved.

I agree

The Crusader