tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post158342215179104018..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: Lenten Project FootnoteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-38646343105114423372009-05-01T11:11:00.000-07:002009-05-01T11:11:00.000-07:00What an unexpected and cool and nonHallmarky resul...What an unexpected and cool and nonHallmarky result of the under-appreciated and -attempted practice of actually praying for your enemy....Go God, go you.Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-63774803805491777642009-05-01T08:21:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:21:00.000-07:00It's not over the top at all.
I'm taking the tack...It's not over the top at all.<br /><br />I'm taking the tack of [cue classic <I>Seinfeld</I> moment] "It's not you; it's me."LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-66069186056794214792009-05-01T06:59:00.000-07:002009-05-01T06:59:00.000-07:00I gather that you and I have one trait in common: ...I gather that you and I have one trait in common: we take what someone else writes (maybe too) seriously, so we want to respond and point out the other options or opinions that might pertain. Well, I did that on some ____ Lutheran blogs (fill in other branch, named after a state somewhat south of mine.) I always try to write diplomatically, even if I'm stating my strongly held opinion. But I'd get replies, even from the pastors, that made me feel like dirt. I was told right out that opinions and feelings aren't valid. <br /><br />Since you've mentioned BN in the past, you'd be dealing with people of many stripes. And the more rigid branches of Christianity and the cultish branches of Christianity seem to hold to simplistic, black/white, and unimaginative views of God and faith. There seems to be an connection made between what the "believer" knows about God and whether that person will be saved, as if we are saved by our knowledge. Any threat to that knowledge threatens that person's sense of whether he is saved. Even though so much emphasis is put on Biblical knowledge, the "faith" of the person seems to rest on his own perception of knowledge rather than on the promises of God. <br /><br />Hey, delete this if it is too much of an over the top opinion.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com