Re: [ZION] Loving Mormon Bashers
Very good policy. Stacy. At 12:07 AM 11/06/2003 -0500, you wrote: Well, John, I would agree with you there. Bashing is not in the Christlike action list of things to do. I am commanded to love the bashers, but I certainly don't have to either like them or tolerate being around them. But I was referring to those who try, out of love, to help me be "saved." My response of gratitude will go a lot further towards helping them understand the true gospel than my shunning then. In my highly Baptist community, our Church has gained a fairly good reputation after decades of good works, many of those works done in concert with those of other faiths. So I try to separate the wheat from the chafe. Jon - Original Message - From: "John W. Redelfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:09 PM Subject: [ZION] Loving Mormon Bashers > Jon Spencer wrote: > >It's hard not to love someone who loves the Lord, even if they don't have it > >all quite right. It's hard not to be grateful to someone who thinks enough > >of you to try to "save" you, even though they can't. > > Changing the subject, how is it that when an anti-Mormon bashes me for > being a member of the Church, and claims that he is doing it out of love > for me, I don't believe him? Love isn't just something claimed, it must be > felt by the object of that love. And I don't feel love from these > "activists" from other denominations. --JWR > > // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > / > > > > > // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Loving Mormon Bashers
John W. Redelfs wrote: Love isn't just something claimed, it must be felt by the object of that love. == Grampa Bill opines: Not sure I can agree with this statement. When a loving parent (heavenly or mortal) disciplines a wayward child, seldom does that child feel the love that impelled the discipline... years later, perhaps, but at the momment, no! Love y'all, Grampa Bill in Savannah // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Loving Mormon Bashers
Well, John, I would agree with you there. Bashing is not in the Christlike action list of things to do. I am commanded to love the bashers, but I certainly don't have to either like them or tolerate being around them. But I was referring to those who try, out of love, to help me be "saved." My response of gratitude will go a lot further towards helping them understand the true gospel than my shunning then. In my highly Baptist community, our Church has gained a fairly good reputation after decades of good works, many of those works done in concert with those of other faiths. So I try to separate the wheat from the chafe. Jon - Original Message - From: "John W. Redelfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:09 PM Subject: [ZION] Loving Mormon Bashers > Jon Spencer wrote: > >It's hard not to love someone who loves the Lord, even if they don't have it > >all quite right. It's hard not to be grateful to someone who thinks enough > >of you to try to "save" you, even though they can't. > > Changing the subject, how is it that when an anti-Mormon bashes me for > being a member of the Church, and claims that he is doing it out of love > for me, I don't believe him? Love isn't just something claimed, it must be > felt by the object of that love. And I don't feel love from these > "activists" from other denominations. --JWR > > // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > / > > > > > // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
