TOL is for Dialogue!!!

[chrysostom]

so why is dialogue so difficult?

can't you see I'm busy

doing what?

my brackets

how long will that take?

I do a lot of them

you didn't answer the question

you are never done

so take a break once in awhile

I will

 

[resodko]

triple relevance territory!

yeah baby! :banana:

 

[chrysostom]

triple relevance territory!

yeah baby! :banana:

I see what you did there
but
only after I looked back to see what I did

 

[chrysostom]

so how are your brackets coming?

just need to do a little tweaking

tweaking?

minor adjustments

is this more important than tol?

there is a time for everything

I just love it when you quote the bible, can you cite the passage?

yes, it is Ecclesiastes 3:1

that is pretty good for a catholic

thank you, thank you very much

 

[chrysostom]

are you done tweaking?

I wish it were starting today

why?

too much time to think about my brackets

isn't that what it is all about?

I might be watching too much espn

what are you having for lunch today?

corned beef

left over from yesterday?

no but I did put it in the crock pot yesterday

all night

the longer you cook it the better it gets

 

[chrysostom]

so what is for lunch today?

my pork and beans in the freezer

that sounds easy

just before the first game starts it goes into a covered sauce pan under low heat

is it ready by half time?

ubetcha

happy brackets to you

thank you, thank you very much

 

[chrysostom]

so why is dialogue so difficult?

lack of interest in others

so what are you interested in?

why you believe as you do

that is hard to explain

do you think about it?

belief is not necessarily rational

it should be

how do you explain the trinity?

the family

how do you explain what we are doing here?

it is a test

how do you explain evil?

free will

how do you explain the eucharist?

the last supper

so you do think about these things

ubetcha

 

[chrysostom]

so why is dialogue so difficult?

many here are mad

you mean angry?

yeah

why are they angry?

I can only speculate

I love it when you speculate

there are at least two possibilities

what is the first one?

their beliefs are not rational

what is the other?

their actions don't follow their beliefs

so you are talking about disturbed people

ubetcha

can you give us an example

many here say they are saved

so?

so why aren't they happy, kind, and generous?

don't you have the answer?

 

[chrysostom]

so why is dialogue so difficult?

they don't respect the meaning of words

what do you mean by that?

words have common meaning

what does that mean?

some agree on what words mean

how do you do that?

we publish the meaning of words in a dictionary

why don't you just google it?

you can

why don't they?

I can only speculate

I love it when you speculate

they would rather have confusion

why?

they are not comfortable with their theology

 

[meshak]

many here say they are saved

so?

so why aren't they happy, kind, and generous?

don't you have the answer?

I have an answer but it would be disruptive and get me another looooong vacation. It would be three months.

 

[chrysostom]

I have an answer but it would be disruptive and get me another looooong vacation. It would be three months.

thanks for stopping by

 

[meshak]

thanks for stopping by

your welcome.

 

[OCTOBER23]

I though that we had a Chat Room.
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What happened to Rosotto ?

He was Banned for Chatting too much . :noway:

 

[chrysostom]

I though that we had a Chat Room.
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What happened to Rosotto ?

He was Banned for Chatting too much . :noway:

what happened to you?

 

[meshak]

they would rather have confusion

why?

they are not comfortable with their theology

The truth is simple and most of us like to pretend we know something others don't. It is like naked emperors' story.

When you pervert the truth, it sure cause the confusion. And you want to keep it that way so you can stay the same and not to worry about changing..

 

[chrysostom]

It is like naked emperors' story.

my favorite story

I also like the one where the elves tie a yellow ribbon around every tree in the forest

 

[chrysostom]

so why is dialogue so difficult?

free will

what is it?

our ability to make choices

aren't they already determined?

they are just limited

what about the consequences?

that is how they are limited

what is the purpose of free will?

without it life would not have a purpose

how is that?

the purpose of life is to see what we will do with our free will

God already knows that

do you?

 

[chrysostom]

so what is bothering you now?

wackos

didn't you expect them at tol?

I expect reason and logic

so you didn't expect wackos?

I expected christian behavior

they don't think you are christian

what do they expect?

hating homosexuals, mocking the beliefs of others, name calling, etc

they must be saved

that is what they say

well I'm not

 

[chrysostom]

so what is bothering you now?

hatred

get over it

easy to say

do it to save yourself

so you can save yourself?

it's a figure of speech

is that true when they say they are saved?

don't think so

well they saved themselves

it's not that simple

they say it is

they are just quoting the bible

how easy is that?

 

[Gurucam]

are you looking for a dialogue?

what is a dialogue?

one calls the other an idiot

and the other says you are going to hell?

yes

I have seen lots of them

what more could a dialogue be?

Indeed, what else can constitute a dialogue on Christianity on this forum?

Here open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. And Christianity is founded on pointing idiots away from hell and into heaven.