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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
Not fools? Well, Timmy, you would have to qualify what the Bible considers a fool, and what you consider a fool. Those who follow the Bible and believe it is a guide to their lives would believe that anyone who rejected their God or didn't believe in God (to quote the Psalm,) would be a fool. No hard feelings, but to hang around a religious forum to "provoke" or try to convert the people isn't the best way to win friends and influence them. It would be like an ex-Atheist who was once an Atheist; being a member of an Atheist board, then getting an epiphany to wake the others up. The reaction is the same, the endeavor becomes futile as the other Atheists (who witness their former members metamorphosis) try to "provoke" them. Monty Python? That's going to convert who? How is your campaign against Christianity working around the people you use to attend church with?
How many in your town who attended church with you convert to your current belief?
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Uh, yeah, I know what the Bible says about me. I would say it's wrong. And you
could come up with some kind of looser interpretation (and some believers have) short of literally thinking I am a fool for not believing the same thing you do. You'd look less arrogant, for one thing.
(I might say it would have been foolish of me to stay in the dogma, when it was killing me. Believe me or don't. Up to you.)
Nearly all of my real-world friendships with former fellow believers are just fine, thank you. Attended a wedding just the other day, and it was like old times. (One exception, kinda, is the occasional unfriending on FB after I posted some things about gay marriage or whatever. Funny, though, in the cases that we later saw each other in real life, it was like it never happened. So maybe they're are real exceptions, either. Just a bit strange. But I understand, some people don't like reading opinions that differ from their own.)
I have friends here. Many enjoy reading my posts. Some have gone so far to say they would leaf AFF if I left.
Was I trying to convert anyone with the Monty Python thing? Again, someone tries to read my mind, and fails miserably. You guys (some of you) think you know things. You don't. You should stop pretending to.
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