I'll address this since I posted the link. After posting I got grief from stone thrower (a protestant) asking me essentially what bearing this has since it is from the Old Testament as if things from the OT are somehow irrelevant. Then I get grief from b23 (a Protestant) because it was from a Catholic blogger. See a pattern yet?
1) Why does it matter who wrote it? It doesn't. I'm not Catholic and I got something out of it. :shrug: Somebody was inspired to write that. Somebody was inspired to share it. Learn from it. Grow.
2) How does the other posters behavior, which is IMHO a very poor reflection on an individual who claims to follow Christ, justify you following that same pattern of behavior?
Seriously, the branch of Christian religion should not be the issue. After all, isn't this all about G-d? Petty squabbles and childish spats do not display the attributes of someone who is trying to emulate Christ. Isn't that about love for one another? Isn't that about hope? Isn't that about charity? Did Jesus turn away the Gentiles, bad mouth their religion and act childish? Did Jesus walk away from the lepers when everyone else did?
If someone was to be new to Christianity, or just wondering about it, and popped into these forums and read the religious threads, all they would see is bickering, nit-picking, arguing and temper tantrums. Does that demonstrate how a true Christian is supposed to act?
I tend to stay out of the religious forum for that very reason. But I just can't stand it anymore, so I'm speaking up. I find it absolutely disgusting that every time something of interest is posted it turns into a petty squabble over whose G-d is the right G-d. You are all supposedly Christians. Act like it. Turn your heart to G-d, open up and receive His message. Actually listen to one another and learn from one another and grow in your faith.
Isaiah 12:2
King James Version (KJV)
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
If that verse isn't true for you, then why bother even pretending you believe in G-d?
John 13:34-35
New King James Version (NKJV)
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
So if you can't do that, regardless of what branch of Christianity you are, then your heart is closed to G-d. CLOSED. You need to open your heart. You need to trust in G-d. You shouldn't be holding on to all this bitterness, resentment and anger. It spews forth from all these threads, and it's just disgusting and shameful.