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Originally Posted by nathan_slatter
When you feel free yet have the need to hate on where you came from (or where others have went) - I wonder, if that from which you are freed cause you angst, are you really free? I used to be like that (still fight it occasionally) but when I realized that "it" still controlled everything I did (or didn't do) along came the comprehension that I wasn't free at all, just another form of bondage.
It matters not whether one is "ultra-con" or "liberal" if one still worries about what to do (or not to do) that is listed out and lived by others (or ourselves) then we are still legalistic because we are still ticking off the check boxes. Some check them with a "They can do", others check 'em with a "They can't do".
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This is an incredible post, THANK YOU!!!
This is what has troubled me for so long, I have very close friends and relatives who have left "legalism" and I have seen such incredible bitterness and ugliness out of them, and I have seen the same spirit from most of the "ultra-cons" that I know.
Meanwhile, I am very much what I consider "on-the-fence" about a lot of things, and I am looking at both sides of the coin and it is truly heartbreaking. I don't feel compelled or drawn to that mindset, and IMO, both sides are equally wrong. For what that is worth.
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