@Irene_LA
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Live consciously....[i wrote:
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@msimon-2000 wrote:
I like to think that I treat people, not only as I would like to be treated, but also similar to the way they have chosen to treat me. I think that just about sums it all up in one, long, run-on sentence!
I good example that happened recently. I encountered a person with a small table set up outside a local grocery store. He was soliciting donations for his youth basketball team. I engaged him in small talk asking about his team and season. At the end of the brief conversation, i elected not to donate and wished him the very best of success with his team. He ended the conversation with, "Have a blessed day." He could have been sincerely wishing me a blessed day in the religious sense. Or, he could have been using a somewhat secret, yet fairly widely known racial insult translating to "f@&# off." Not knowing his true intent and frankly not attempting to interpret his true underlying meaning, I immediately replied, "No, YOU have a blessed day." This way, regardless of his true intentions, I returned it in kind.
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Not sure, but there may be an underlying ring to it, who goes around saying "Have a blessed day"? Sounds like maybe there is another secret meaning. I grew up in a big city, never heard it until I got to my now town.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Years ago when I was a kid we had Mormons and a few Jehovah's Witnesses come to our door. My mom just wouldn't answer the door. "Regular" Christians never came knocking.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Years ago when I was a kid we had Mormons and a few Jehovah's Witnesses come to our door. My mom just wouldn't answer the door. "Regular" Christians never came knocking.
Now, this is getting interesting. I think the fine point definition of Christian excludes Mormons, regardless of the words Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints in their title. Some of those people do follow sound living guidelines, which pop up everywhere from the Bible, other major religions, and Humanistic teachings. Supposed real Christians may do this, too. This, to me, fits into the wide space that surrounds the narrow gate, which is the trading of one life for one with Jesus Christ, regardless of a religious title. Following through may require many changes. Or, it may mean a little change. Others may differ. I don't know about Jehovah's Witnesses who apparently, do not rejoice with those who rejoice. I do not know what they do with people who grieve. I only knew one Jehovah's Witness and encountered another who was sharply rude. Perhaps they had a bad day, so now I will grieve for me and them.
And away I go to consult Walter Martin's wonderful book. He explains so much there!
@JASFLALMT wrote:
This particular sister is a Cuckoo bird (I have several others who are normal). Her fourth husband was a Mormon and that's how she became one. Her fifth husband is a Mormon as well, of course.
My grandparents and my uncle were awesome people. Yes, it's true that they did not celebrate birthdays and holidays and that was hard to understand when I was a little girl. My grandparents both died when I was about six. My grandmother would not get a blood transfusion or surgeries that could possibly have saved her life since it was against her religious principles, and my grandfather died about six months later of a heart attack (pretty sure it was a broken heart). My mother had a big issue with that religion before her Mom died but it became intense afterwards. If she did open the door whenever they came knocking, she gave them an earful about how their religion killed her mother and I am sure that they regretted showing up at our house...and they never came back again.