Using the Bible to insult people

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Originally posted by Suzianne
READ THE PASSAGE. Try, just try, to glean some meaning from it.
What is josephw's explanation of how it applies to divegeester? He won't say. You won't say. lemon lime won't say. Why will no one say? Is this kind of message board behaviour by a small gaggle of Christians railing in a cowardly way against another Christian really the right thing to use your Bible for?

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Originally posted by FMF
This deflection/ad hominem of yours is in reply to nothing other than your [others] dodging "answers" quoted verbatim.
Can you tell us what the term 'friendship with the world' means, because in order for us to determine whether divesgeester is 'an enemy of God', we need to qualify it and the only way we can do that is to understand these terms.

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

As has been pointed out James was clearly speaking to fellow believers making the insinuation that its somehow not proper or moral or whatever else to confront other Christians when they espouse values that are contrary to Christian principles utterly absurd. Perhaps its once again more luke warm wateriness that has aroused your sensibilities, the kind of hypersensitivity to ones own sensibilities that GB mentioned elsewhere and which marks your entire posting history.

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Originally posted by divegeester
You are missing the point.
No. YOU are missing the point, as usual.

The entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

That says more than any of us could ever teach you about the point.

As if you'd listen.

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Can you tell us what the term 'friendship with the world' means, because in order for us to determine whether divesgeester is 'an enemy of God', we need to qualify it and the only way we can do that is to understand these terms.
You should ask josephw. He is the poster who cited James 4:4. What does he think "friendship with the world" means? He needs to explain whether he has determined divesgeester is "an enemy of God". Or Suzianne. Or you. Or lemon lime. But most of all josephw.

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Originally posted by FMF
Do you think divegeester is "an enemy of God"?
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by FMF
I think divegeester is interested in why jospehw cited James 4:4.
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by FMF
Do you think James 4:4 is a Bible verse dealing with a "molehill". metaphorically speaking?
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by divegeester
I'll take that as being you don't care about the topic and would rather harass me, or your other detractors instead.
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
No. YOU are missing the point, as usual.

The entire point of James 4:1-4:6.
How does the "entire point" of James 4:1-4:6 apply to divegeester? Why won't you just come out and say?

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Originally posted by FMF
So do you think josephw is right to condemn divegeester as "an enemy of God"?
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by FMF
We are talking about jospehw's citing of James 4:4. Do you think it is justified to use it against divegeester. Now, your personal animosity towards divegeester is not a secret, but is it an appropriate use of the Bible to try to insult a fellow Christian poster in the way that josephw did?
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.
Then just explain it.

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Originally posted by FMF
So, if josephw has explained what he meant, do you think he is right to condemn divegeester as "an enemy of God"?
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by FMF
Forgive me for saying so, but you seem to me to be "slandering and impugning the character and beliefs" of divegeester. Do you want people here to accept you at your word when you describe yourself as a Christian?
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Missing the entire point of James 4:1-4:6.
Why not explain it, then?