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Originally Posted by Irreligious
Choosing to avoid misbehavior rather than attempting to influence it, would be a mistake in my opinion..
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Fair enough. Ambitious goal there, to influence the online misbehavior of a group who all claim to be Christian. Just my hypothesis here--the Holy Spirit works *online* in the context of personal relationships and trust, not through trying to straighten out any group's habits.
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Originally Posted by Irreligious
I have discovered that when one becomes aware of living out the fruits of the Spirit (goodness, kindness, gentleness) rather than being obsessed with one isolated gift (tongues), we tend to see the REAL impact of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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I hear ya. But it should be of no surprise and no shame that when any group is conscious of their doctrinal or experiencial distinctives, and a forum is actually *designed* around the celebration of those distinctives, that it would often emphasize those distinctives! Presumably, in a Seventh Day Adventist forum, your mission would be to convince them that that Sabbath keeping isn't necessarily part of the big picture, compared with fruit of the Spirit?
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Originally Posted by Irreligious
rather than being obsessed with one isolated gift (tongues), we tend to see the REAL impact of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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Which implies anything less than what you have in mind is not "REAL" impact! Will you go very far in your mission, using words such as "obsessed?"
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Originally Posted by Irreligious
I may not be unable to change everything, but I just might be able to change something.
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Fair enough. Some day lemme know how that works out for ya...
