a response, in love
i don't know how many of you care, but rick (http://rick.beckman-ministries.com) has been posting on his blog, replying to my 'jesus is still lord? really?' post and replying to all of you commenters out there. he has mostly twisted scripture to support his judgemental view (at one point, i believe he wrote that our job as christians is to judge... anyone? anyone?), and tried to debate me on something i wish to not debate on... the fact that our job is to LOVE, not to JUDGE. not worth debating in my mind.
but since he has posted twice about my one post, i figured it warranted a response.
so tonight, after waiting a week, i penned a response to rick, and posted it on his blog. i referenced matthew 7, about how we shouldn't judge others unless we want that judgement to fall on us, don't tell your brother about the speck in his eye when there's a plank in yours, etc. i typed, i deleted, i edited, i re-read, i had an objective bystander read it for me to make sure it didn't sound mean, harsh, judgemental, or cruel, and... posted. i checked, and it appeared on his website. i prayed and had high hopes that even though there has been a disagreement over the vastness of computer technology, that perhpas we could reconcile our differences to the fact that Christ makes us one, and we are brothers and sister in Him.
now when you go to his website, 'mysteriously', it is gone.
so, here's what i deduce (i deduce, therefore i am)
A) my blog was eaten by the ever-mysterious always-hungry post-monster
B) i was delusional, or drugged, and even though my conscious self tells me that i did spend at least 45 minutes penning a response to rick, i did not
C) rick could not handle someone responding to him in love, albeit still in disagreement, and deleted it.
so, CAST YOUR VOTES! was it the post monster, my delusional state, or the occam's razor choice, C!?
but since he has posted twice about my one post, i figured it warranted a response.
so tonight, after waiting a week, i penned a response to rick, and posted it on his blog. i referenced matthew 7, about how we shouldn't judge others unless we want that judgement to fall on us, don't tell your brother about the speck in his eye when there's a plank in yours, etc. i typed, i deleted, i edited, i re-read, i had an objective bystander read it for me to make sure it didn't sound mean, harsh, judgemental, or cruel, and... posted. i checked, and it appeared on his website. i prayed and had high hopes that even though there has been a disagreement over the vastness of computer technology, that perhpas we could reconcile our differences to the fact that Christ makes us one, and we are brothers and sister in Him.
now when you go to his website, 'mysteriously', it is gone.
so, here's what i deduce (i deduce, therefore i am)
A) my blog was eaten by the ever-mysterious always-hungry post-monster
B) i was delusional, or drugged, and even though my conscious self tells me that i did spend at least 45 minutes penning a response to rick, i did not
C) rick could not handle someone responding to him in love, albeit still in disagreement, and deleted it.
so, CAST YOUR VOTES! was it the post monster, my delusional state, or the occam's razor choice, C!?
posted by Anonymous at 1:44 AM
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