On intemperate and indiscreet zeal. (The Primary Fault of many Religion Forum posters)

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[Elsie]

One guys ‘zeal’ is another crotchety old guys spewings!

[reaganaut]

Oh get over it already. Nana calls most people ‘kid’ including me and elsie and elsie is older than she is (IIRC). I’m not offended, why are you?

[xzins]

Do you respond to comments on threads that you post?

[greyfoxx39]

What, me worry?

If you just sing Kumbaya daily, you should be OK.

Or maybe not.

I haven't noticed you as being particularly "temperate".

BC LIKES temperate!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I think Zeal is a positive thing ...I would say it is only a sin if we would go the way of islam and murder and rape ..

AMEN!

"But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee." -- Psalm 5:11

[Elsie]

;^)

[Larry Lucido]

According to Calvinist theology, many heathens and heretics are future denizens of the Kingdom of God, having been chosen from the beginning of time (but just not having been called yet). So the heathen or heretic you shun today may in fact be one of the elect. Nice going.

[mlizzy]

Dr. Kopp, you've done a beautiful job putting together this thread. Reminds me of Imitation of Christ. Which brings me to suffering. The hair shirt is mentioned in your post, and I wonder how the content of comments would change if everyone was wearing one when they typed.:) Thanks again, Dr. Kopp. I, for one, enjoy your charitable Catholic commentary on Free Republic. In fact, you're one of the reasons I "tune in."

[Quix]

EXCELLENT POINTS.

I agree.

[Quix]

GREAT POINTS AS USUAL.

However, given that this is my first batch of french fries with my dentures . . . I may need to be extra cautious about coming across annoyed or irritable. LOL.

[Quix]

Good points.

[Quix]

No, the rabid clique RC types have a near monopoly on that accusation.

[Alamo-Girl]

LOLOL! Good luck with your dentures, dear brother in Christ, and thank you for your encouragements!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

based on how many posts meant for me have been deleted

I've noticed a tendency for Roman Catholic apologists to make similar blanket and unfounded statements speculating that posts to them have been deleted.

It's my experience that it is Roman Catholics who are banished from threads and who write the majority of posts which are most often deleted since Roman Catholics continue to "make it personal."

[tiki]

Never mind.

[1000 silverlings]

Galatians 4:18

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

[Quix]

!HALLELUJAH!

!HALLELUJAH!

!HALLELUJAH!

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

imho Patriots engaging in too much unfitting KUMBYA when they should have been uhhhh dispatching traitors, contributed a lot to get us into this mess in the first place. Civil and polite is one thing. Wishy washy about crucial values and truths is something else. imho.

[reaganaut]

Some people assume or claim the MESSENGER is offensive, when it is the MESSAGE that offends people.

Now, are you claiming *I* am offensive? Do tell.

And, no not everyone who CLAIMS to be ‘preaching the gosepel’ does so, some (like Mormons) preach ANOTHER (false) Gosepel and as I Christian I find that offensive.

[don-o]

One thing I was taught in Bible college was that if the Bible is not CLEAR on a doctrine then it is PROBABLY not a doctrine that affects Salvation but rather a matter of conscience that should not divide the body of Christ.

Is that some of that "wisdom of man" that has been rebuked on this thread? And, if you would, please define CLEAR.

[Quix]

Some zealousness is fitting and some ain’t. harumph.