In Reply to: Do you understand enough English? posted by Question on October 05, 2006 at 16:23:45:
WC contends that you're a Christian...good, but the way you interpret things is so illogical...I wonder where you got that from?
You want me to go through it point by point??
"If not...if you're not a Christian..look at the condition, premise...then the problems won't be resolved...I believe a bit more...sooner or later God resolves problems HIS way, but may be not you yourself working on the problem with OT2 vice versa...whether there's frustration on your side...I didn't know then, but you hinted at it now...
Since there are conditions in the sentences by OT2, what makes you think, that you can only interpret it one way?..."the only reason"...that's highly risky...very illogical...your way of concluding.
Casting not pearls before swine happens to be a Bible-quote & if someone constantly refuses to listen to God's words...barks & backbites about it...well, I wouldn't bother about too much of a dialogue either:
"Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision."(is another "doggy"-quote)
I interpret this quote, as OT2 not bothering in general to cast pearls before swine, if he happens to "identify" them as such...did he say you're a swine or pig?...please stay/remain on the carpet...it's a bit frustrating to have to spell that out to a native English speaker...goodness gracious...It's you reading between the lines...your frustrations, desires being the mother of your conclusions...sorry, but I have to rub that in.
You're not worthy of the holy?? I mean please double check your Bible...the message is presented to all & then comes man's reaction to it...shows his character so to speak...nowhere I found yet, that OT2 thinks, you shouldn't have the same chance as everybody else...the only thing...he doesn't know where you live: in the farmhouse ; )
or with the rest of the pigs...look it's undecided for him...I don't think, he tries to play God...You get unecessarily heated up about something.
The other line contains again an "if"...could be that he had heavy doubts, whether you could be at all Christian...by the fruits (of the lips in this case...) he might have assumed/guessed/great doubts...but still an if is an if...why do you constantly overlook that....strange to me...have some boolean algebra to refresh you here or whatever convinces you...because I can't find a fullfledged statement of OT2: question is not a Christian
You know what?I don't even know of many people I meet in church, whether they are truly saved or not...I talked with a lutheran theologian about some "foolproof" outer signs about that & that seemed too difficult for him to answer...
You mean, I or OT2 should have the courage, to judge you in that matter?
And as OT2 can - from my point of view - get heated up a bit more than wanted or necessary at times, e.g. when not taken serious, frustrated for not getting answers to questions or people not getting reprimanded for things he gets called on by the "board-management"...well, then the situation gets tough, but his words shouldn't always get measured with the goldscale, see?
beliefs can vary even among Christians or not??????????