Featured Persecution

I have to admit that I was wrong, I have in the past told some Roman Catholics and Mainline Protestants that I believed they still had the spirit of persecution as did their spiritual ancestors. But I don't think that anymore. The RC's and the Lutherans have come out and apologized for the murder of Anabaptists and other dissenters during the Reformation era. I guess 400-500 years later could be called better late than never.

What I have seen lately is that RC's and mainline Protestants stand up for religious liberty and church-state separation while fundamentalists do not. I'll never forget about 17 years ago I was sitting in a Baptist Sunday School class, and a person was denigrating church-state separation. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! Here was this person denying and bad-mouthing a principle which his forefathers gave their lives for!

But I am not surprised now. I have been accused on this forum of making up my own god and cult; my views have been called a cancer. Well, we all know what you do with a cancer.

I have no doubt that if this was the Reformation era, the Catholics would be defending me and some fundamentalist Baptists here would be clamoring to put me to the torch, or the guillotine, where the cancer I hold could be cut out or burned out of the body of Christ. Quite ironic, and sad.

 

My point is simply that those who were once persecutors are now defenders of religious liberty and church-state separation, while some whose ancestors died for these principles have abandoned them.

 

And I know I can count on there being more poisonous drivel dripping from you, too.

But keep it coming; I know I'm on the right track as long as those of your ilk consider me in error.

 

My friend, you have obviously not read enough because you have gotten it backwards. My inappropriate responses -- and yes I admit that -- have come because I was first attacked in the most vile way. I was called apostate, heretic, a cancer, a God-hater, charged with inventing my own god, charged with inventing a cult, and many more things.

My best friend whom I've know from childhood is a "fundamental conservative" Baptist Christian, but he has never called me what I have been called here.

I've had this same thing happen on other forums, with fundamentalists, Anglo-Catholics, Roman Catholics, and liberals. So, the problem is not the point on the theological spectrum that a person occupies but what's in that person's heart.

 

I make initial posts wherein I state what I believe, and that includes my strong beliefs.

Instead of commenting on the beliefs themselves, some here resort to attacking me personally.

When I first became a member here more than a decade ago, one of my best friends was Jeff Weaver, a Primitive Baptist. Primitive Baptist doctrine and mine are far apart in most ways, yet Jeff and I never had a harsh word for each other.

 

As I said, Jeff and I were very far apart on doctrine, but he exhibited the fruits of the spirit, unlike some here.

You obviously have not read enough. Sure, I responded inappropriately, after I was attacked with all manner of vileness and vitriol. Why don't you try to be honest.

Oh, and since you accused me of hiding, I'm still waiting for you to tell your real name and where you live. What's wrong, preacher; what are you afraid of?

 

Just wanted to add that I have been in contact with Jeff Weaver fairly recently ,and he is having some very critical health issues. He had serious health problems when he was active on here, but he is much worse now.

I ask for prayers for him; he was and is a kind and gentle spirit, a true follower of Jesus in word and deed. He was a dedicated Calvinist, so we were miles apart theologically, but Jeff is a true Christian, Spirit-filled and bearing fruit. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met. It saddens me to know he has suffered so much and continues to.