julie21 wrote:
A better thing would be to either just ban him from TOL as an unrepentant homosexual or put him on ignore....but where would the fun be in that for those who love to bait him so that he will enter the conversation and they can continue in their particular penchant of demeening him?
I have ignored him for a long time. I mostly still do. But why do I have to ignore? He's here so he must want the attention.
You would have the choice to dialogue with him purely as another human being, which makes him one of God's creations...therefore with civility, even though not in agreeance with his particular choice of lifestyle.
Plenty of us have chosen to take this road.
If you didn't want to do that, then just put him on 'ignore' and don't dialogue with him at all in any form.
Simple choices.
I usually tend to not be civil with people who are killing themselves and/or others. If he can't hack it, he can leave. Simple choices. Oh, and it's not a lifestyle. It's a deathstyle.
It seems clear that nothing anyone who has chosen to demeen Beanie is going to bring him into the fold..so why not move on and leave him alone instead of starting stupid 'hate' and 'unChrist-like' polls such as this...unless this is your way of making yourself feel good.
UnChristlike? Didn't Jesus call some people pigs? Sons of the devil? Brood of vipers? How unChristlike of Jesus. Jesus should've just moved on . . . and He shouldn't judge. Must've made Him feel good.
Hey...It's becoming more evident every day since that first poll re whether it was Christ-like to call him a faggot, that TOL is nowhere near heaven my friend.
Not that I was ever under the illusion that it was anyway...heaven is a perfect place. TOL and many professing Christians here are far from perfection, including myself.
There are some who just behave more Christ-like than others to all people.
And you are right...heaven would not have him,as he is now a Buddhist and so not believing in the one true God. And he would have to stop being a practicing homosexual if he did choose to accept God.
Not, it's not heaven indeed. And none of us are perfect, certainly not guys in Hawaiian shirts. Sorry, had a flashback to my trip. Do you know the story of Paul and the seer chick in Acts 16? He also tried to ignore, but then had to say something. He did it to feel better because she was disgusting. Also, you're right, he's a Buddhist. Yet note what he writes here (in post 434 if this thread):
Christians can rebuke other christians that are out of line, and then, once said, wewe simply need to move on. If one wants others not to be so attacking, they, in turn, must lead by example. What's this WE crap! He says he's Buddhist, yet implies he's Christian here.
I would find it very hard to not interject my thoughts if a poll such as this was to be set up.
Once again...simple solution choices to be made...ban or ignore.
Julie, you know full well that he interjects himself into conversations that have nothing to do with him and does all in his power to make the thread about him. It's not just this poll.
Do you mean 'rude' as in calling people horrid names etc? Or rude in that he posts anywhere he wants to, as is allowed him by TOL and their choice to allow homosexuals and atheists onto the site?
There are some who are welcoming to him as a fellow human. I include myself in that group.
He's rude in talking with people who have clearing and resolutely indicated they do not wish to dialogue with him. You say I must ignore. Why can't he? Human, shmuman. He's a sodomite and as such deserving of such disdain. He is not ignorant of how wicked he is, or else me and possibly others might show compassion.
Hey...Beanie didn't start this stupid poll up, did he? So who managed to get the attention of everyone who has since posted in this thread? The original poll starter. Beanie then came in to comment on the poll as most would in his case.
Once again Rimi.. a very simple solution...Don't start up a disgusting poll/thread such as this and there is one less place for him to interject in.
I have found in my conversations with Beanie, limited as they have been, and in viewing his posts overall, that he is far from being a 'pig'.
He didn't have to. There are many other threads wherein he attempts (and often succeeds) in making everythng about him, poor him, abused him, have-so-many-questions him, somebody-please-tell-me him, nobody-will-dialogue-with him. Why even Knight gave him his own forum and he even tried to worm his way out of it when it became apparent he had no excuse to not answer questions. Quite funny, actually. Must admit I was mad at Knight for initially giving the little twerp his own forum. I know see the wisdom: so that bean would be without excuse.
Yes..I agree with the points you have just posted...but maybe his problem isn't 100%with God really, as much as it is with those who proclaim to be Christ-like and followers of God. It is evident that some individuals are only Christ-like in their own interpretation of this mode of being, which to many other Christians here, is wrongful interpretation.
Wrong. In this case, the problem is 100% beanie. Guess he just can't stand out in a homo-only forum so he comes here. So desparate for attention.
Once again...ban or ignore...simple.
True. And that choice is his as well.
Plenty of heterosexuals on TOL do that as well...none of us are perfect.
We're talking specifically about beanie. Just becasue others do it doesn't make it acceptable.
I don't see Beanie 'teaching' per se, rather 'calling us Christians out' on the way we profess to be Christians and then not behaving as such in some particular instances...and if we are innocent of this behaviour, then what does it matter from whom the 'call' came, homosexual, atheist, agnostic, or satanist?
If Beanie calls us out on something from scripture and a fellow brother/sister in Christ does the same, from the same scripture or interpretation of it, does that mean then that Beanie is wrong?
Not in my book it doesn't.
Call us "out" . . . did you have to put it quite that way? Anyway, the seer girl in Acts 16 also was telling the truth about Paul and Barnabas, yet Paul rebuked her. Why do you think Paul did that, Julie?
I know that satan knows the scriptures well...and he can even blind very good Christians to the rightful interpretation of them if they let him tempt them by working on their own little penchants or things they will not let go of..
Julie, I will not be led or fed by a homo, I don't care what he knows of Scriptures. He offends God, like Satan.
Again...
A better way than hoping that he will go away would be to stop continually posting threads like this one and others of the same ilk, or just 'ban' him or ignore him. So easy!
There are plenty who don't mind him being here on this free board...and don't necessarily agree with his way of living or his views on God, but we live peacefully with him, intstead of constantly at war with him.
Again, if he wants to stay here, then he'll just have to get used to being called "out" on his perversion. He's been ignored, and doesn't go away. He's been rebuked, and flaunts his perversity and mocks the living God (see thread "Homosexuality is Designed?", post #6: "I find it interesting that God is considered male, has no female counterpart, and is a designer. Kind of makes you go hmmm."). This SHOULD make your blood boil. Go ahead, live peacefully with him. I will be ever vigilant and recall that Paul wrote that we are in a spiritual battle. Simple choices, indeed.