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    Just to keep the Christian/Non believer issue in perspective

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    Your blanket statement absolutely outrages me. You see I'm married to a US soldier and they must do what must be done to protect our freedom so that we can all sit in our little corners of the US and type out our little mindless replies. Even if that means taking out the bad guys...surely you must not mind all the precious freedoms you have and the people who had to be killed for you keep them, right?

     

    :grouphug: Tammy :grouphug: Words cannot adequately express how thankful I am for your husband, for all of our servicemen, and all that they do.

    Would these things cause red flags for you?

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    Okay, so at least I know I'm not exaggerating my fear now. Soooo, how to solve this problem?? So, we walk into church and he greets us and holds out his arms for her and says hello to her... what do we do? I've tried the subtle approaches but they obviously don't work. Can you think of some I've maybe not thought of???

     

    Brace yourself, I'm going to quote Nancy Reagan: "Just say NO."

     

    It's not subtle. It's emphatic. No means no. And if he has a problem with that, too bad. He's a grown man, he'll get over it.

    contact with unbelievers

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    I want to say right off that I think it's absolutely wonderful that you're examining this aspect of your life. I have met a lot of Christians who are very insular and who cannot seem to fathom the idea that others may not share their worldview. And I've never thought that was healthy.

     

    One thing I might suggest, though, is to stop referring to other people as "unbelievers" or "nonbelievers." The truth is that there are lots of people who may not believe what you believe, but do believe something. And to refer to them with those words is kind of insulting.

     

    I do understand that, from the conservative Christian view, theirs is the only true belief, but I always thought humility was part of the package. And I think that most of us who are on the other side of the fence would appreciate a little respect.

     

    I also have to say that I don't think you're going to have a lot of success widening your social circle if you're doing so solely or mostly for the purpose of witnessing to the rest of us. I do think your life (and those of your children) would be richer if you had contact with more different kinds of people, but most "nonbelievers" I know would be a lot more likely to welcome you into our lives if we don't feel like you're the lamb and we're the wolves.

    I hope none of that sounds harsh. I honestly do not intend for it to do so, but I don't seem to be having a lot of success lately making my intentions or emotions terribly clear around here. (I'm still feeling a little tender about another recent exchange.) I do really, truly admire your goal of having more contact with a more diverse group of people. I'm just trying to help you see things from the other side so that you don't accidentally cause any hard feelings when you venture out.

     

    Great post, Jenny. I agree with everything you said, especially the bolded part.

    My son has stymied me with his comma abuse.

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    The beginning of Rome could not have been foreseen that day. A herdsman had been bidden to go and drown the two boys, Romulus, and his brother Remus, for they stood in the way of a usurper taking the crown of their village. The herdsman, though, looking at them as he bent down to put them in the river, could not bring himself to actually do it. Instead he left the basket below the tideline and hurried off.

     

    Sure enough, soon the tide came in, and when it receded it took the boys. They floated down the Tiber until they came to a wolf's den. There the tide washed the basket up on the shore. The wolf, seeing them lying there and crying, took them in to her own cubs. They grew up with the wolf cubs, being fed on the mother's milk until they were too old, then they were fed by a woodpecker. One day, the very same herdsman who had left them by the water came down with his herds. Seeing them playing in the forest, he rejoiced, and knew that it was the selfsame pair of boys that he had left to drown. He took them back to his wife, and they raised them as their own.

     

    I would omit the commas marked in red.

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