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Joined: Jun 2006
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Just a note to you Jeanie. This is not a personal dig. My post was directed at anybody!
I am considering Abishag as a person and a Christian contributor here and I do not consider that her intent towards you as malicious, but rather out of sincere concern. I really believe that. She's given so much on here, that surely some praise ought to be given where it's due?
However, if you feel your faith has been misrepresented/maligned, even by the links to the websites given? Then it is good and only fair to present a link to a site that you feel perhaps presents it more faithfully. I have admittedly not studied your faith or gone into any of it deeply enough to state and I hardly think I'm in much position to judge, unless I know for certain.
If/when I'm willing/ready I may look into it a bit more. My view is, if anybody is making statements contrary/contradictory to Christ, whoever they are - yet claiming to believe and be Christian? Then I think any fellow Christian is in their rights to correct them. Since not doing so could well be a sin of ommission.....Often people do not correct for fear of being labelled judgemental etc. Yet, correction is what Christ did and told us to do likewise. Should we see our brother fall, or following a way that concerns us? Then we are within our rights, and certainly (hopefully) within God's love, enough to wish to encourage them onto the right road.
So it's not an easy position to be in. It does not mean we are always right about everything, but the intention may not be as bad as we think.
By their fruits you shall know them as we were told. And if a person states belief in Christ in His word, yet contradicts, twists, waters down, omits etc - then it is only right to speak up.
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