@ghost-of-a-dukesaid I can do better. What about 2 John 1:10-11:
'If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.'
That's not talking about unbelievers in the general sense of day to day common contact.
The context is talking about "him" that "does not bring this teaching".
The context is referring to anyone that "comes to you" bringing a teaching contrary to what John had said in the previous three verses.
@secondsonsaid But I do. And what's wrong with that?
I said I don't post with the intent of persuading anyone to abandon their beliefs. You should post as you see fit. I didn't talk about anything being "wrong".
@fmfsaid I said I don't post with the intent of persuading anyone to abandon their beliefs. You should post as you see fit. I didn't talk about anything being "wrong".
Fine. But you're over exaggerating.
You said, "I am most certainly not...", the inference being vehement, as though participation with the intent to persuade is somehow unacceptable.
And that I "should post as I see fit" goes without saying.
@secondsonsaid You said, "I am most certainly not...", the inference being vehement, as though participation with the intent to persuade is somehow unacceptable.
"Vehement"? You are being paranoid. How on Earth could trying to persuade someone to adopt one's religious beliefs on Spirituality Forum be "unacceptable"?
@fmfsaid "Vehement"? You are being paranoid. How on Earth could trying to persuade someone to adopt one's religious beliefs on Spirituality Forum be "unacceptable"?
I'm not being paranoid. You're over exaggerating.
You said, "I am most certainly not...". That is a forceful way of asserting your non-intent to persuade. It carries with it a sense of vehemence of driving home a point.
So what? Say it any way you want.
But I took it, because of its forceful delivery ~ "most certainly" ~ that you disapprove of the use of persuasiveness as a means of changing people's beliefs.
Well, if I'm wrong, then so be it. It ain't no big deal to me. I've been wrong before.
@secondsonsaid I'm not being paranoid. You're over exaggerating.
You said, "I am most certainly not...". That is a forceful way of asserting your non-intent to persuade. It carries with it a sense of vehemence of driving home a point.
So what? Say it any way you want.
But I took it, because of its forceful delivery ~ "most certainly" ~ that you disapprove of the use of persuasiv ...[text shortened]... s beliefs.
Well, if I'm wrong, then so be it. It ain't no big deal to me. I've been wrong before.
How would attempting to persuade someone else to adopt their beliefs on a forum like this be "unacceptable"?
And could someone possibly be "vehement" in their feeling that it was "unacceptable"?
It's ludicrous. You are barking up the wrong tree.
@secondsonsaid You said, "I am most certainly not...". That is a forceful way of asserting your non-intent to persuade. It carries with it a sense of vehemence of driving home a point.
So what? Say it any way you want.
But I took it, because of its forceful delivery ~ "most certainly" ~ that you disapprove of the use of persuasiveness as a means of changing people's beliefs.
Well, if I'm wrong, then so be it. It ain't no big deal to me. I've been wrong before.