Based on the foregoing I may have to retract my comment on David's ability with children. At least two gold stars go on the fridge for this one.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: January 19, 2005 15:37 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] TruthTalk Moderation > Judy wrote: > > I disagree with your assessment that Gary's > > comment was similar to mine. For one thing > > I don't ever enquire of Gary; but Lance was > > pondering this question and I did not reply in > > jest (sorry that it sounded that way). > > Ok, you make a good point here. Your response was solicited by Lance, > whereas Gary's comment was not solicited by inquiry, but rather it was > offered perhaps with the motive of expressing contempt. The problem is that > we really can't judge his motives, so perhaps we should just give him the > benefit of the doubt, even though his post was not solicited by you. > > Judy wrote: > > I sincerely believe that holding to this cosmic incarnation > > belief that he has spoken of is similar to being stuck in > > an expanded kind of "positional truth" which when not > > walked out daily becomes static - a doctrine by which > > one will never be conformed to the image of Christ or > > overcome. > > Then a less personal expression would be something like, "from my > perspective, a person who embraces this cosmic incarnation belief will get > stuck in a time warp...," and continue with the rest of what you said. I > really don't like curbing the freedom of people to express themselves in > their own way, so I certainly am not putting this on you in this particular > case, but we should recognize that when we make posts personal, people often > respond in a personal way back, and this is what causes a thread to lose > focus on the original topic and degrade into a boxing match between two > people. That gets rather boring for the rest of the list, or even worse, > distasteful. So, why not just try and be as impersonal as we can in our > speech here? Instead of saying, "YOU..." say "This doctrine has such and > such effect"? > > Judy wrote: > > If you David do (as you say) believe 1 Corinthians > > 2:16 as well as 2 Corinthians 5:17 - then stereotyping > > someone the way Gary has done is a contradiction. > > I think you are still missing the point he was trying to make. In higher > levels of education, people READ other scholars. If a person rejects > reading the other scholars, that person is attempting to stay at a lower > level of education. That may not be bad. Smith Wigglesworth was a man of > God that I highly respect, and he never read any book but the Bible. And > furthermore, if we accept Gary's assessment about your educational level, > then my perspective toward him would be, why don't you take it a little > easier on the person who you recognize does not have the educational > background that you have. Those who beat up intellectually upon others less > educated than them are in my opinion, intellectual bullies. > > By the way, Judy, what is your educational level? Have you graduated from > high school? Any college? Any post graduate degrees? > > Judy wrote: > > ... what I take exception to is giving the voice of man > > (read theologians and church fathers) more authority > > than God's Word. > > I agree. Good point. > > Judy wrote: > > The KJV Bible is written two grades higher than Gary > > gives me credit for. It is on a 10th Grade level ... > > Actually, it depends upon what studies you look at, and what year the study > was done. The Flesch-Kincaid formula assigns a 5th grade (11 year old) > reading level. See: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Bible > > If we take this study, then Gary was being gracious and giving you three > grades higher than your favorite book. :-) > > Judy wrote: > > ... but this should not make one whit of a difference > > to the spiritually minded since God is prone to hide > > things from the wise and prudent only to reveal them > > to babes. > > Excellent point! > > Not many wise and noble are called. > > Isn't the Holy Spirit wonderful? The Lord can take an idiot fisherman with > a sixth grade education, fill him with the Holy Ghost, and make him more > knowledgeable and more wise than a man with ten Ph.D.'s. Our God is > wonderful and has a fine sense of humor. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
