tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19670264.post114308292936280762..comments2023-08-10T02:07:41.140-06:00Comments on Losing My Religion: Self-Righteousness: That's an Ego Trip!SocietyVshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10892870801259282254noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19670264.post-1143390296254934622006-03-26T09:24:00.000-07:002006-03-26T09:24:00.000-07:00I understand where these comments are coming from,...I understand where these comments are coming from, I do have a heart and I comprehend the process of pain. <BR/>As far as the righteous act of Jesus driving people out of the temple, well if you look at that closely he drives them out for 'selling' stuff out of the synagogue, stuff that was used for sacrificial purposes. They turned the house of prayer into a business. As far as forgiveness it is pretty cut and dry in the story Jesus tells to Peter about forgiving 'your brother' 70 X 7, if he has wronged you. <BR/>For church discipline who tows the line, I or you? Who makes that decision over someone? Even the adultress was given forgiveness, and he who was 'without sin' may cast the first stone. There is discipline but if someone is trying to change their life there is not judgement but forgiveness. <BR/>I know I am coming off as a little harsh at times but maybe something has to be said for that approach. I am not judging someone by saying what I am saying, I am just pointing to a higher value. I will be confronted on this issue in several ways but I am saying this beforehand to let people know that I am being sincere and I want community not conflict. I will face these issues 'head on'to my exclusion from people's lives...it's already happening. <BR/>I guess all I want is people to forgive and that's about it. How that works out I do not know. But I will keep asking until they can.SocietyVshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892870801259282254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19670264.post-1143328997169763582006-03-25T16:23:00.000-07:002006-03-25T16:23:00.000-07:00Where is this really coming from? If part of it i...Where is this really coming from? If part of it is for me, then I hope that one day you will know that what I wrote on my blog is true...time will only tell.My Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609235328616808213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19670264.post-1143322062709708202006-03-25T14:27:00.000-07:002006-03-25T14:27:00.000-07:00Where do you draw the line? Do we never hold anyo...Where do you draw the line? Do we never hold anyone accountable for acts of violence against ourselves, family, others? Do we always turn the other cheek as it were? Or is this really just about personal differences and flaws, perhaps emotional wounds that were inflicted in unfortunate circumstances or? I do think there is a difference... If Jesus himself could get upset in the temple for how they had disrespected the holy place, then there is a place for accountability. It does also say that if we cannot forgive then we also will not be forgiven. Yet, how do you see the two, righteous action by Jesus and also his words about forgiveness. I think that once you confront the one who harmed you and live in that state forever then that is a state of unforgiveness, but I don't believe that processing through the emotional pain after someone has violated you is wrong. It only becomes wrong when we choose to live there indefinitely without a course of action of letting go and forgiving. Forgiveness itself is a process especially if someone has been personally violated. The initial reaction of any human is not to reach out and forigve the other person in such circumstances, but rather to survive and then to have to process through other emotions before attaining forgiveness. Cloaked words can hide the reality of what people have gone through, I would wonder about the harshness of what a person has gone through before I tell them that they are not trying...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com