I've been asked a number of times, what am I doing here? I answer, with tongue
partly in cheek, that I have a burden for the lost.
Then I go on to say I like prodding folks, making them think in ways they may not often do, challenging them, making them think about
why the believe what they believe, etc. Besides, you guys are fun. (A lot of the time.
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But lately, I've been wondering, is that all? What would I
really like to see happen? Would it make me happy to make converts to my way of thinking? Well, honestly, yes it would!
But, short of that, here's something that would make me happy (heathen that I am):
less certainty!
I look back on the time I was in the dogma, and I understand the reasoning behind it; why you think you have to say you are 100% sure about this or that; telling people that arguing with the Bible is arguing with God, etc. But is it really necessary? Would it
kill you to add "in my opinion" on some of these statements? Can you admit that even the idea that the Bible is God's Word is an
opinion? Hey, some opinions are right, after all.
(BTW, I don't always include "IMO" in my posts. But it's always there, if you see it or not.
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