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Yes Cronos, I finally joined in 2010 but you have no idea how long I was lurking here, watching the bickering and squabbling before I activated my account, so yeah, I've internalized some of the aggravation and anger that built up over the years watching others attack those who I would consider a friend in the real world.

Now while I really didn't start learning who was who until I got involved, your name kept popping up in the extremely heated threads along with a few others and frankly, right or wrong, you're name became associated with those who were taking the "If you're not RCC, you're a heretic" attitude towards the others. Now, if I was wrong in that regard, then I was wrong, but that was my impression and you know as well as I do how hard impressions are to overcome.

I said all that to make this point. The reason I said that you didn't seem to be a Christian (go back to 196 and pay close attention to what I said) was because it seemed that you were enjoying your attempt to smear other Christians with a charge of gullibility and borderline heresy. I know, from first hand experience, that those who are real, honest, Spirit-filled believers don't enjoy trying to deal with false teachings, and they really don't take joy from making fun of other Christians, so can you see why I said that now? I honestly don't know why you think that fundamentalists would follow Camping, but there's not a shred of truth to that idea at all.

If you want debate, that's fine, I can handle that. If you want to know what I believe or how or even why, I can handle that, but don't just assign a belief to a group just because you think they would believe it. That's just lame.

And that was my point exactly -- a thread where we do not say "this is what I believe and this is why I believe your beliefs are wrong" ends up with mutual hatred

can handle that, but don't just assign a belief to a group just because you think they would believe it. -- > and this is EXACTLY what Catholics have consistently argued with our detractors about. Name any one of the long threads, let's take one the famous "Catholic dictatorship" one -- did you read that? It went up to 16,000 posts and it was Catholics repeating again and again "no, that is not what we believe" -- EXACTLY what YOU are complaining about right now.

Did you read it? It started in Aug 2010 and if you were a Catholic reading it, you'd express the same emotions you just said here

or let me take another few examples -- what if your faith was continuously said to be worshipping Satan?

What if you were told that "That will separate Christianity from fundies" or "The results of fundamentalism shows it ugly face again. " or "That means nothing to non believers but who cares about the satan's little pawns - they prefer the wide road." or "The ... likes darkness for his children as he kisses the koran and his little children bow and kiss his ring while their confessors rape their own. Can't get much darker than that. They liked the darkness so much they dug up this body to honor the leader. " or "A fundie trying to arrive at Truth - the joke of the day."

in ALL of these, just remove "fundie" with Catholic and these are posts posted just last week.

So, yes, we are fed up too.