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Ohh, that was "you guys" not you specifically. Didnt mean to aim that at one
person. :)
Also wanted to mention as i am sure it will come up..
I am not worried about the defensability of my faith. I have no 'need' to
defend it.
Christ can defend himself when he needs to and has no need of me getting
involved.
I will always involve myself in personal one on one conversations though.
So if you really truely genuinly wish to discuss/debate Christ in a one on
one setting my email is open. david@schwankeweb.net.
But I have no 'need' to publicly defend my faith. The only 'need' that I
have is to present it when I think it is apropriate. Actively going and
looking for a fight is not my cup of tea.
Call me a wuss, I really dont care. :) I'm just not in the mood. :)
"David Schwanke" <david@schwankeweb.net> wrote in message
news:HDv3Kp.18tF@lugnet.com...
> Well. I am not looking for a big heavy discussion. If the participants • arent
> going to be friendly then I am not intersted and that is the general vibe
> that I hear about it.
>
> I am also not interested in deep theological discusions. I didnt come here
> to get into another 2000 post 8 month discussion. Maybe later. But not now
>
> Also, please realize that I come here to be a part of the community as a
> regular joe and not to come in and 'preach'. Some preaching is a part of
> who I am and is going to come out everywhere I go. But I am not looking to
> come here and spend large chunks of time doing soley preaching. I can get
> that anywhere.
>
> I ask you this.. What do the people in otd want? If they REALLY want to
> discuss Christ then they can just as easily go to another website as I • have
> been told around here to do. If your goal is to discuss Christ and NOT • lego
> then that is what you should be doing. So then it begs the question what
> are the real goals and motivations? Especially if they are comeing across • so
> heated as to develop a reputation?
>
> Thanks but count me out.
>
> And if its that off topic it has nothing to do with the Lego and I am here
> because I relate to Christ through the Lego and I create my Lego with the
> hands of Christ.
>
> So I will not go to otd because of its reputation but also because I am
> neither interested in being off topic or in debating.
>
> You need to understand something about me. Christ is not something that I
> segregate away from lego, away from people, away from community, into some
> off topic debate corner of the world. Christ is a person that comes with • me
> wherever I go in whatever I do. I exist in the same space is Christ I • speak
> from the mouth of Christ, i create Lego with the hands of Christ..
>
> I wouldnt be on topic in off topic!
>
> I have no need to go to off topic debate because I am neither off topic • nor
> going to debate.
>
> Thanks but I'll pass.
>
> And for the record, I am not reading debate so if you guys are saying
> anything you want me to hear you are going to have to come out and post it
> somewhere else. I am not interested in what debate has to offer.
>
>
> "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> news:HDu1FI.FwK@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.people, Maggie Cambron writes:
> > > In lugnet.people, Dave Schuler writes:
> > > > In lugnet.people, David Schwanke writes:
> >
> > > > > B) Ive been told that if I open this topic up there I am liable to • never
> > > > > want to come back to lugnet again.
> >
> > .debate doesn't suffer fools gladly, no. If you just waltz in there and
> > tell people you have some Good News for them, you're not likely to get a
> > warm reception.
> >
> > > > It's a real lions' den to walk into, that's for sure. Not for the • faint of
> > > > heart, but if your faith can handle some vigorous argument
> >
> > and some silliness, and you have the common sense to tell which is • which,
> > (something not mentioned by PuddingHead Dave!)
> >
> > > > then you should
> > > > be fine.
> >
> > > The whole thing does belong somewhere in ot. Personally I don't think
> > > there's enough levity in these posts for ot.fun, but it's probably best • to
> > > take it there for now and expect a few one liners and quips from people
> > > trying to lighten it up.
> >
> > If I had my druthers, I'd really rather it went straight to .debate... I
> > don't think there's any levity at all in this subthread. I'm the curator • of
> > .fun and .geek (which gives me no extra authority to force things to go • any
> > particular place, but which does give the expectation that I've thought
> > about proper compartmentalization in this area, and I have) and I just • don't
> > see it as the sort of topic that gets put in .fun
> >
> > Do what Mags said, lurk first. Lurk a LOT.
> >
> > Read some of the big theology threads so you know you aren't going to be
> > covering plowed ground. Then, if you must, plunge in. But by now most
> > .debate readers presumably know what you want to say already, so why say • it
> > unless you have a new twist?
> >
> > And consider starting a new thread rather than continuing this one, it's • off
> > track from what Tim had in mind when he started it.
> >
> > Good luck.
>
>
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