Everyone who knows me knows I love an intelligent debate! (Sometimes I'm called down-right argumentative, hee hee!)
I have been happy to facilitate a discussion on the nature of God on my blog, however I feel now that what started as a discussion has turned into more of an attack or belittling of what I know to be true.
My blog was created to be a place for me to share things with the people in my life who love and respect me, Jay Jay, you are neither.
I'm asking Jay Jay to please leave my blog now. I hope you have learned something from my blog, but somehow I really doubt it.
I honestly and truly wish no ill towards you. You've made me angry, but not because you have different beliefs than I do. The manner in which you "presented" your beliefs is what angered me. I hope (and pray) that God blesses you with insight and wisdom in your life. I also pray for you salvation, if that upsets you, too bad. :)
Again, I want to reclaim my own blog. Please respect my wishes. Thanks.
And a BIG thanks to all my awesome ladies that left insightful comments. You are all truly blessed by God and loved by me!
10 Things.
9 years ago
2 comments:
Well Amanda, I am sincerely sorry that my questions and answers here have angered you or that they have in any way made you feel disrespected. And I will certianly respect your request for me to not provide further commentary on your blog. Though i have just a couple of thought sprior to departing.
1. The very nature of a blog is that it opens up our views and thoughts to the entire world (or at least those connected to a computer). That's what blogs are all about. perhaps if you want only selcted friends and family to read and/or comment on your views and thoughts you might want to consider a more closed environment..such as a FaceBook page wehere you can select who has access tyo what you write. When i commented on your blog originally I did so under the assumption that you were psoting items for all to read and comment on. Sorry if that was not the case.
2. You say that you "love and intelligent debate" but it seems that you have a hard time with anyone questioning or challenging your views without taking it as a personal insult and resorting to personal insults. That is sad because as one of your other readers (I think it might have been Christy) pointed out...debate is positive because it causes us to question and re-examine our own views and beliefs. Unfortunately you don't yet seem to be mature enough to have the intelligent debate that you claim you love.
3. In terms of your one partuclar insult that "I hope you have learned something from my blog, but somehow I really doubt it" i would have to very much disagree with you. i took the time to read the material and information provided by lana and in fact even researched further on the views of the author she recommended. reading that material gave me further insight into the perspectives of some on the questions of faith that I posed. I also very much appreciated Lana's respectful manner in presneting her views (and in doing so her disagreement with some of the points I raised.
4. With reference to another personal insult "My blog was created to be a place for me to share things with the people in my life who love and respect me, Jay Jay, you are neither" is again totally inaccurate. I respect you completely, in as far as i know you and I respect your right to have whatever views you choose. I may not agree with your views but that is not disrespect. And as for love, I love you with an open heart just as I love all of earth's people and natural environment, as you suggest God loves all of us and wants us to reflect that love. I may not like the actions of everyone in the world but that does not mean I do not love their spirit.
5. Your assumption that you "know thwe truth" and I quote "what I know to be true" is presumptive at best. While you may believe it to be true I suggest that you do not know it to be true with respect to God and religion as you have been able to provide no proof other than your "faith" that it is true.
6. As a final point I would say that I am not at all upset that you are praying for my salvation...you clearly believe that I need salvation (though I suspect again that it is more of an insult than an act of love).
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Sorry, I had just one other comment but have to add it as my previous comment was too long to be accepted here.
God moves in many ways..some of them mysterious and not easily understood by mere mortals. Sometimes he dispatches prophets to guide us further along his path. Sometimes he dispatches angels to rescue us and deliver us from harm. Sometimes he delivers miracles to restore our faith. And soemtimes he sends us challenges, to test our real faith and to test our willingness and aceptance of his true path of love through our response to the challenge and through our response to other challneges in our lives. The question you need to ask yourself right now is have you responded to this challnege in way that God would wish...if indeed you remain convinced that there is a God?
Take care in life Amanda. And I willpray for your salvation..I will pray for your release from illness and suffering. i will pray for your release from a barren and infertile existence. And I will pray for greater happiness in your life.
I will comment on your blog no further. it is yours to do with as you see fit and as God would wish
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