Hello Jeff!

07 May 09 01:10, you wrote to me:

 RC>> and he has entered into other echoes and is trying to turn them
 RC>> all into religious debate echoes, while at the same time
 RC>> forbidding any such debate in his own echo.

 JS> Ross, there is a clear distinction between a thoughtful, respectful,
 JS> mutual discussion concerning a particular issue -- in this case,
 JS> Biblical and Christian issues -- and a debate.

Discussion is debate.

Echoes either contain one way announcements, chit chat or debate..

Debate is not always adversarial.

 JS> In a debate, particularly the style of debates which normally occur
 JS> here in FidoNet, the ultimate goal of the participants is usually to
 JS> prove or substantiate the validity of their position over that of
 JS> another. There is usually a lot of bravado involved, and sometimes a
 JS> lot worse, as some of your own echoes have clearly shown.

and you act like your belief system cannot withstand debate, is it that weak?

 JS> This is not, and never was, the original intent of the EDGE_ONLINE
 JS> echo. In the EDGE_ONLINE echo, the goal is to carefully examine God's
 JS> Word, the Bible, and then to arrive at the truth regarding any
 JS> particular issue.

Your echo can never uncover the truth for anyone, you dont like certain questions.

However it is your echo, you can run it or ruin it to your hearts delight.

If you look at every echo that you have polluted, you have:

Gotten alot of message threads going that are religion oriented..

Gotten more than I upset with you, then whine and cry when you get reprimanded.

In the CROSSFIRE echo, I forbade you from delivering sermons with
accompanying Bible Verses, you whined then complied. Religious discussion
continues, but not at the levels I imposed on you, you then whined because
I was letting it continue. Meaning you were chomping at the bit to include
Bible Quotes.

In your own echo, you forbid people to question moderator decisions openly,
but when moderated elsewhere, you always openly question the decisions of
those moderators. You have done so with me and Roger Nelson and that is for
starters.

Are you a hypocrite Mr Snyder?

I certainly dont fault you for having your faith and ever so fervently
believing in said faith, what you must realize that you are wearing this
faith on your sleeve and you shove it down the throats of others without
due consideration of the belief system that these others have. You look
down at Mormonism, Catholicism (I saw a reference to the Pope you made) and
Jews.

For many folk, religion is a private matter, you dont respect the beliefs
of others, you want your beliefs to be the only one to have.

There are a good many people in our nation whom are of faith, are very
ethical, highly moral whom dont have to live eat and breathe the Holy
Gospel in everything they do, 24/7/365.

You are without knowing it, marginalizing yourself and making even fewer friends.

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