Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Socialite

Well, thank you, Your Honor, for at least including RM in the evidence.

(I jest)

Context is needed on most of those remarks you cited, and not all of those were directly said to RM. This was a spirited discussion about the way people play "willy nilly" with the Text.

And calling the opening "FACTS" from RM "bologna" isn't flaming -- at least as far as I'm concerned. Those scriptures were "flaming." They were irrelevant, except he was trying to say we "believed a lie and were damned." They served no other purpose. So let's not play "poor Rob." We are all grown men and women.

This was not the worst example of AFF threads. Far from it. Some words got exchanged. I mean what I say about "raping the Word of God" and won't say it any other way. If the Text mirrors our creative thought and not the original intent, that's just what it is.

He isn't just "sharing his interpretation" and by saying it like that, you are giving him too much credit for his posting.

Like Rob always says, outside the exchange of words, I'd gladly have a late-night, post-Sunday night burger with him any day. Chances of that happening are slim, but I'd be willing. We all will get along better in person (well most of us), and that's the impersonal nature of computers. I am truly sorry he was directly dragged into this. His FB page turns into good fodder for discussion -- I'll come up with creative ways in the future to bring that over here, but I don't feel any reason to stop.

Socialite, this is very subjective. It was my overall impression that once RM arrived, instead of being respected, he was dissed. You asked to prove that point, and I did (show where I got that impression). If you will read back, I ALSO defended your right to post a blurb anonymously for discussion. As PO pointed out, it wasn't anonymous at first, but you did quickly decide to make it that way, which was a wise decision.

You asked; I answered. I don't intend to argue each statement into the ground, but obviously I wasn't alone in my impression overall.