RE: [TruthTalk] Longsuffering is a fruit of the Spirit

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David,    It seems that Daniel, and those like him, show the danger of men trying to keep the Law apart from the Holy Spirit.  My husband last night was marveling that such men think that their scriptural authority as men is license for them to bludgeon women—quite unlike Jesus.  Isn’t it wonderful how the Holy Spirit leads us into obedience to the Lord through quite another avenue—that of mutual submission, other-centeredness and love?   On the psychology of it: such men are described well in M. Scott Peck’s book, “The People of the Lie”.  (I’m going to have to buy a new copy, as it seems I’ve loaned mine out to who knows?) It is an amazing analysis of the diagnosis of “evil”.  There is no cure for evil—not even Christian compassion and understanding.  Do you really want to pretend that there is? There is a cure for sin where it is sought, but evil people never seek after that.  Peck’s conclusion is that the only way to deal with evil is with force.  I agree.  Meanwhile, until the men in charge of this list decide to protect the women here, we must endure being vilely insulted by a mere pimple.   Izzy   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:TruthTalk-   Another way you might look at it is as a psychologist.  Why does Daniel act this way?  Is he seeking attention?  When Daniel was here before, he was not noticed very much.  He seemed to listen more than he talked. Now that he has embraced Torah and become a man of the law, he is much more outspoken and attacks others not so much with the law, but with insults.  Is there a connection between his doctrine and his vile attitude?  These are interesting questions to explore.  As a clinician and believer in the Lord, I would hope that your compassion for Daniel as a human being would help you to be concerned about him and wonder how to help him.  Does anybody these days even take him seriously?  Does Chris or anybody else in the world think highly of him?  I really wonder about these things.  Daniel must be getting very lonely.  In many ways, I pity him.