First, thank you Kate, EdenOne, LisaRose, Gladiator, and Outlaw... for speaking up and for your kindness. Thank you.
I am going to respond to a few things that have not been addressed, and no more than that. I do not think that my accusers read the posts past what they want to see, but those who do want to know the truth can discern for themselves and will read all.
I will state that those of you who claim that i insult you are reacting to a PERCEIVED insult... and then responding with very real and personal insults.
Nic said:
She fraudulently misrepresents herself and tells the most outrageous lies for . . . . what purpose?
Exactly! For WHAT purpose would I do such a thing? I have been here for almost four years, and closer to 13000 posts. I have a life that I actually like. I have my faith in my Lord, children, a husband, a job, interests, family... what is the point in coming to an on-line forum to be a fraud and a liar? Makes NO sense to me that someone would waste any precious time doing such a thing.
We do have people who come here and use satire to fight lies and we also have jw apologists who are actually just playing devil's advocate in order to reveal the devil.
Well, I don't have the skill and/or the patience to do the satire... and I can't play devil's advocate.
WMF said:
Let's all use it every time Tammy does and see how she likes it. I'd love to see Cofty in action using this technique LOL.
let the shouting commence, as my Lord told me so:
I would do exactly what I DID do (what I heard TO do, that is also written) when I joined the forum and read someone else speaking as they were given by the Spirit. Ignore the claim, and instead focus on the message: "testing the inspired expression to see if it came from God."
Same thing I have shared that you and anyone else CAN do.
Band said... again,
There is something I can't articulate about voice hearers. These are not reasonable beliefs. There can be no discussion. One cannot even resort to scriptural analysis b/c they don't accept the Bible. The voices have supremacy.
The only reason you cannot resort to scriptural analysis... is because what is written in the bible would prove you wrong.
For an atheist to think that someone who hears the voice of Christ ... I can understand this. For a theist... who wants to also use the bible... I can't understand that. If you do not want to read/hear about it because it frightens you... that is one thing, and I am sorry that the wts did that to you. Truly sorry. But why fight against someone who is living the faith that you profess to have, as is also written in the book you want to discuss?
Band also said:
Simon evidently decline their demand for a section where no one else can respond. Since no other group has such threads, it seems to be a fair solution to me.
Never happened. You might want to rethink the validity of your 'source' of information.
Outlaw already responded to Cofty's accusations about my forum, which anyone who cares to know whether the accusations are true or not could just check out for themselves. And of course you stand by your post, Cofty, because you don't actually care what is true, as long as it is against anyone who has faith and professes a living Christ.
But again, thank you all of you who spoke up.. not necessarily for me personally, but for what you saw as unjust or unfair or silly, and for what you know and see as true. Peace to you all, tammy
...OUTLAW