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Originally Posted by Drake
for you to make your own compelling case means I must yield my free will, dismiss my beliefs, and conform to YOURS.
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Drake,
You don't have to do anything. But if you want the respect of people here then somehow you are going to have to learn the difference between being dogmatic and being convincing.
Also you are going to have to learn to come down off Mt. Olympus and join the rest of the human race that doesn't go around saying silly things like their favorite teacher is the minister of the age and their favorite movement is God's unique move. That's wacko, dude.
And you are going to have to figure out that largely the problem is a character issue. Somewhere in the past you bet your farm that if you just back up Lee and this movement to the hilt, come hell or high water, then you are good to go. But the irony is what that has produced in you is duplicity; and what is really scary is maybe you don't even realize it. Everyone else sees your prevarication and hypocrisy. Why can't you see it? Could it be that you really think we are so much in darkness and you are so much in the rarefied light of "the Recovery" that we mistake your godliness for evil? If so, that's wacko, too. I can see the purity in Christ. I don't get the same vibe from you.
And as long as you refuse to admit to the evil your movement has done, I don't trust you as far as I can throw you. As long you are doing the Vladimir Pozner routine, you'll get about as much respect from me as he did.
Believe what you want. Make your case. But I've seen you try and I'm only impressed by your incredibly preternatural hardheadedness, but not much else. And I have the peace to feel that way.