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Ok, I'll back up and try and answer your question there. I notice that this forum's SOF is no longer stickied, I wonder why? But anyway it's not there anymore but the SOF stated that in order to be able to call yourself a member of this congregational forum, which is a big tent congregation, and freely debate here is if you believe that the gifts of the Spirit that are listed in 1 Cor. 12 are active today and are desireable in the life of every believer today.
Ah yes. I remember the good ol' SoF, and I remember when it was being codified when I was on staff, I commented on how my dog could quite possibly fit the remarkably broad definitions contained in it.
You seem to equate it with dispise.
Do me a favor; press Ctrl + F on your keyboard. In the find box that pops up in your browser, type the word "despise" (make sure you spell it correctly), and see if you can find where I used that word in this thread. I'll wait....
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Did you find it? No? That's because I never said it. I never even implied it.
So where did you come up with the idea that I equate being ashamed of someone to "despising" them? You seem to have missed what I'm trying to say completely.
I just don't see what's so difficult to understand. If a Baptist went over to the Baptist forum and constantly posted about how ashamed they were of Baptists, and how the things Baptists did constantly embarrassed them, and how idiotic and gullible Baptists are, and how they didn't even want to be called a Baptist anymore, it wouldn't take long before those people who are quite happy to call themselves "Baptist" would wonder what the heck this person was doing there. I would venture a guess that person wouldn't be posting in the Baptist forum for very long.
Such has NEVER been the case in this Charismatic forum. Anyone can say whatever disparaging things they want about Charismatics day in and day out, and it's all good.
I've come to expect this after nearly 5 years in this forum, but now newer people are simply asking the same questions I've wondered about for years.
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