Re: Edited

Rainy, I watched that whole episode go down with you and LITS, at least a lot of it. He was very angry with you for saying what you believed about where he was at with his beliefs, his rejection of the bible as the final authority, etc. As I recall, you told him you thought he was in a very dangerous place with his beliefs, and then because you said things like that, he accused you of lying and saying false things about him, being very unloving towards him, etc.

But as I saw it, and I defended you at times, you were just honestly telling him what you believed, mostly I think out of concern for him, but he took it very offensively.

So what if what Loquat is saying to you is from the same motives as what you were doing with LITS? I'm not saying his motives are all pure, but at this point, I really have no reason to believe they aren't. Again, he doesn't Sugar coat things, but neither do you a lot of the time, and I appreciate that about both of you. I don't care if either one of you tell me my hell belief is wrong, or I'm decieved about hell, etc. If we are confident we are right about something, it shouldn't matter what anyone else says. And I know it's not that simple, no one likes to be criticized or told they are believing lies, etc. but I do find that if I'm confident enough about a belief I have (based on study of God's word) then there should be no reason for me to be offended.

If Loquat sees someone else from another group listening to Mark Tayor, for example, he's going to say the same things pretty much as he said to you. So again, it's not personal what he says to you. Like you said, he doesn't know you, not really. So it can't be personal what he's doing.

All that said, I realize it all still hurts, but all this really is between ourselves and God and seeking out His truth.

I also get this is why we all need like-minded people to discuss things with. I feel the same as you, that all the ongoing debate on here was good for a time for learning, but the chapter needed to end for me for the most part and I just don't have time for it anymore.


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