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To: OneWingedShark
Moreover, it seems to me that the attitude you displayed was akin to that mentioned in James 2

How so?

49 posted on 09/16/2014 12:32:06 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
>> Moreover, it seems to me that the attitude you displayed was akin to that mentioned in James 2 > > How so?

There seemed to be a bit of moralistic superiority and judgmentalism for the use of LBGQWERTY [or whatever it is now]; the portion of " have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?" was what I was thinking initially, but I think perhaps the next chapter's discription of the Two Wisdoms would be better

(James 3:13-18)
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
Now I grant that all this is just from initial 'tones' of your reply, and text is a terrible medium for good discernment of 'tone' so it is certainly possible that I am mistaken; in short, I merely want to remind you as a fellow Christian of mercy (I'm more prone to harsh judgement than I'm comfortable with, myself) — James 2:12-13 says So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
54 posted on 09/16/2014 12:45:24 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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