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Old 10-28-2013, 06:30 AM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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You have mad copy and paste skills.
Not really ... he looses the paragraph breaks, leaves in forced line breaks that may have presented okay on the original site but just looks weird here, uses small fonts, doesn't make sure the indentation is not corrupted and just generally makes sure it's not readable.

But yes, judging from the style of this and his last stemwinder, it's not the OP's own material.

 
Old 10-28-2013, 06:32 AM
 
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.... TAKE BACK WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO YOU: YOUR LIFE
There is help out there if you look:

https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sour...ing+christians
 
Old 10-28-2013, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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Pride: an inordinate attitude of self-esteem, arrogance; HAUGHTINESS; perpetual vanity.

... stubborn pride can cause the ultimate trouble. In the worst case scenario; stubborn pride will cause you to rebel against God. This puts your ETERNAL SOUL in danger! Stubborn pride can cause you to deny: the existence of God, the existence of Satan, the existence of heaven, the existence of hell, the existence of sin, that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died on the cross to save you, that Jesus rose again from the dead on the 3rd day, that He was sinless, or that the Bible is the Holy Word of God, and more.

Stubborn pride promotes ‘SELF". This flies in the face of, and directly contradicts God's will. As His children we are to deny self, and put our trust in God. Re-examine the examples above. In each one, "self" is a driving force and motivation.
Sorry, among other things I have been an editor, and I could not stand to paste that without a bit of formatting and grammatical cleanup -- even though the job isn't fully done, at least it's readable and a little more concise. In truth, your entire point is conveyed in the quote above; the florid, turgid examples add little but your personal bile to the content.

What you are actually saying here is that anyone who disagrees with you disagrees with god and is prideful and willful. That you don't see the pridefulness and willfulness of this statement, nor the irony of that, is no surprise to me. It is arrogance of the highest order, and it's typical of fundamentalist thought where you think you are singled out and chosen for a special destiny and relationship with god and are one of the relatively few entrusted with special knowledge of how the universe works. It's all about you.

Oh, I know it's turned around in your mind to where this isn't YOUR opinion, it's god's opinion and you're just his "humble" mouthpiece. But if there were a way to take you outside the echo chamber you live in and see how avidly gleeful (and, dare I say, hateful?) your fulminations about how naughty we are sound, it would shock you.

If you want to know how this actually comes off, it is not an indictment of us, it is a badly disguised boast-fest about how humble, obedient, good and superior YOU are.
 
Old 10-28-2013, 07:26 AM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Yeah yeah yeah.....the old "The only possible way to explain your disagreement with my religious views is some severe flaw on your part."

But....precisely how do you determine that the flaw isn't actually yours?

Anyway, great contribution....
"You are too stubborn to see the truth."
"No, you are too stubborn to see the truth"
"No, you are too stubborn to see the truth.:
......ad infinitum...
 
Old 10-28-2013, 07:34 AM
 
Location: In a little house on the prairie - literally
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Pride: an inordinate attitude of self-esteem, arrogance; HAUGHTINESS; perpetual vanity
[font=NimbusSanL]Stubbornness: unyielding, obstinate, head-strong and bull-headed
None of these is a desirable trait to possess; or rather, to have possess you........

Blah blah ad infinitum follows
Ever think of buying a paragraph?

Wonder if you ever looked in the mirror when you think about obstinate etc. That pretty well the defines afundamentalist of any religion.
 
Old 10-28-2013, 07:35 AM
 
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