Russ (KCWolfman)

[Logical]

This was going to be a rant, but I have reconsidered.

I will start by making a simple request. I would appreciate it if you will attempt to not interject yourself directly in responding to my posting with others on religion/religious based topics and I will attempt to do the same for you.

I have tried to explain (many times) my belief in God and even to a certain extent that I believe in Christianity (just not that it is the only way a person can get to heaven).

You have chosen to impugn my beliefs and to even (at least I believe) declare that I cannot believe in God.

You are so self-righteous in your statements on religion that I find myself disliking Christians instead of just your statements. I have always made it clear that my dislikes are with organized religions not people being religious. Yet you continually try to make our debates about me disliking most or all things religious. You are one of two people on this BB that have made me feel that way at times (Kotter being the other).

If anything your statements have driven me even further away from religion and made me question whether being a Christian is a good thing given your and Kotter's examples. I do not like that result and I hope that you do not actually desire this result.

Unlike you I will not call you a liar, but I do feel you are less than honest and certainly not what I would consider a good Christian example, if you are not in reality un-Christian in your dealings.

I would like to continue to debate with and against you on other topics. If you are unwilling to do this you have had me on iggy before and I guess that is the second best alternative.

[Mr. Kotter]

Originally Posted by Michael Michigan

WTF?

That was my thought....but....

[Raiderhader]

Originally Posted by Braincase

Russ & I have had our tenuous moments as well, but as he and I recently communicated, there are just some things we'll choose to disagree on. It's OK to disagree - sometimes it can be fun to argue, so long as one does it without trying to demean someone else's intellect.

Yeah, I support some things that aren't real popular with some posters, doesn't mean I'm going to run off and be a poster child for NORML or go sign up to be a "power bottom".

Maybe we all need to take a step back, find some common ground, then work back to our respective differences.

In the meantime, DOGPILE ON JIM!

Eh, it's Russ and Jim... I'd only be concerned if they were getting along.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by raiderhader

Eh, it's Russ and Jim... I'd only be concerned if they were getting along.

Somebody should search for the previous incarnations of this thread. I figure there are about 50 of them.

Probably all read about the same, though.

[go bowe]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

Apology accepted. I've certainly been responsible in the past for a lower level of comity than I'd generally prefer. I'm tryin' to be a bit less obnoxious...since leaving "SDChiefsfan" behind.

no. no. no...

it's "you can take the kotter out of the sdchiefsfan, but you can't take the sdchiefsfan out of the kotter"...

[Raiderhader]

Originally Posted by frazod

Somebody should search for the previous incarnations of this thread. I figure there are about 50 of them.

Probably all read about the same, though.

Pretty much.