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Dru Jensen wrote:
> 
> So this is what we were called to do as christians!  No wonder the world is
> laughing.  When are we going to practice what we preach. Why not just curse
> at each other?  It's all the same.  If anyone thinks that this kind of talk
> is fruitful, I would like to know.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dru
> 
> Rev. Steve Winter <steve.winter@prime.org> wrote in article
> <33cba7f0.54712343@206.250.118.61>...
> > Ric Justice <ricjx@gte.net> spake thusly and wrote:
> >
> > >> Jesus called the filthy religious scum of His day "names".
> > >
> > >How many times?  And do you  equate yourself with Him?  Do you ignore
> > >the words of Paul about the fruit of the Spirit?  Brother Steve, my dear
> >
> > Scum, I am NOT your brother!  Jesus was the perfect example and He never
> > tolerated deceiving religious dirt like Ric Justice.
> >
> > Paul taught that a man could go to hell for wishing a dirt like Ric
> Justice
> > "God speed".    Paul did not teach tolerance toward deceiving religious
> scum
> > like Ric Justice!   You want to deceive souls into hell by scratching
> their
> > itching ears with sugar coated fables.
> >
> > The fruit of the Spirit does not include coddling DEVILS like Ric Justice
> and
> > the other unrepentant deceiving false christian scums.
> >
> > Let's look at how Paul related to deceitful dirt like Ric Justice and
> other
> > false christian filth :
SNIP

Hi, Dru!

Yep!  That is what it has come to!  I figure we should be ashamed of
ourselves for this kind of stuff.  It bears nothing in common with the
fruit of the Spirit, does it?  But we are what we are.  If there is any
hope in changing us, it rests within yielding ourselves and our selfish
nature to God.  But, let's be fair - Brother Steve hasn't had time to
get around to reading all of Galatians 5, but when he does read it, I am
sure he will drop the blustery language.  Seems to me like the old
farmer who bought a new goat to work on his farm.  He waited until the
animal was starving, then gathered up a bundle of succulent weeds and
came to the goat, then proceeded to beat the goat unmercifully with the
bundle.  When the beating was ended, after half an hour, the poor goat
would go nowhere near the bundle.  It chose to remain hungry, and died
within a couple of days.  The way the message is presented is very
important; you can starve an animal by beating it with healthy food,
rather than treating it as a being worthy of respect, and offering the
food in a nonviolent manner.  Ahhh!  The lessons of life and those of
faith seem to overlap at times, don't they?

I hope others on this NG will remember to pray for Brother Steve, and
for me.  We are bound closely in spirit, though our approach to these
matters is radically different.  He loves you and me; just has a little
trouble finding the right words to say so.  Each of us has his or her
flaws.  An armada will survive best when a plurality of ideas becomes
the basis for action.  This is true of the Church as well.  So don't
lose the faith over such petty things.

Peace,
Ricj