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19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @fmfLoving is a choice. Jesus said we should love our neighbours as we love ourselves. There is nothing magical about choosing to obey Jesus.
The story has nothing to do with you. I am tackling you on your preposterous claims to have some magical capacity for love.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerI don't think that "love" is a choice. Furthermore, whodey claimed that the ability of people to choose to "love" those who hate them is a "supernatural thing". I think it's nonsense. Tolerate. Ignore. Understand. Maybe, but not "love". I think this kind of whodeytalk is mere self-serving ideology-driven psychobabble.
Loving is a choice. Jesus said we should love our neighbours as we love ourselves. There is nothing magical about choosing to obey Jesus.
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19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @fmfI guess it is supernatural thing when God enables us to choose to love our enemies in spite of what they may have done to us. It obviously does not come naturally as you can well testify.
I don't think that "love" is a choice. Furthermore, whodey claimed that the ability of people to choose to "love" those who hate them is a "supernatural thing". I think it's nonsense. Tolerate. Ignore. Understand. Maybe, but not "love". I think this kind of whodeytalk is mere self-serving ideology-driven psychobabble.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerI don't think 'Christians love their enemies'. I don't think they can "choose" to. I don't think there is any supernatural angle. I think it is all hollow sanctimonious blather.
I guess it is supernatural thing when God enables us to choose to love our enemies in spite of what they may have done to us. It obviously does not come naturally as you can well testify.
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Originally posted by @fmfOf course you don't. But that doesn't mean they don't.
I don't think 'Christians love their enemies'. I don't think they can "choose" to. I don't think there is any supernatural angle. I think it is all hollow sanctimonious blather.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerTheir psychologically bogus claims to love their enemies are nothing more than them preening.
Of course you don't. But that doesn't mean they don't.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerSo you claim to be able to choose "love" someone you don't "love"?
Loving is a choice.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeIt's a self-congratulatory ~ and otherwise meaningless ~ slogan that reminds me a bit of the denouement of Orwell's novel "1984".
I have also never met anybody who genuinely loves their enemy.
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19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeYou should maybe get out more and meet some genuine Christians. 😉
A man can no more choose to love than he can choose to believe in God. That's simply not how 'choice' works.
I have also never met anybody who genuinely loves their enemy.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerThat isn't "love". Anyone can choose "to be kind" to an enemy. It does not require "love" to do it, and it can easily be done even if one hates them. You cannot "choose" to love someone you do not love, and the notion that one can due to "a supernatural thing" just sounds fake.
Yes I can choose to be kind to someone that has been unkind to me.
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19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2becker....genuine Christians™
You should maybe get out more and meet some genuine Christians. 😉
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19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerPlatitudinous straight out of your arse poppycock.
Loving is a choice.
19 Sep 17
Originally posted by @kellyjayNo kellyjay, they cannot be wrong as regards Their Truth. How could they ever be wrong, since Their Truth is really true to them? Their Truth transcends faith. Faith is good for the less trained😵
So they can not be wrong? Because they feel so strongly that they are right?