[TheIrishGrimm]

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But either way, you can stereotype me all you wish to! I know the truth about me, so what you think really doesn't matter.

Now, it's time for bed! It was nice talking to all of you. Goodnight!

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Ireland? You look like some kind of midwestern ponce wannabe.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[Jon Bradley]

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I laughed because it was a ridiculous statement, not because it was funny!

Ah, ok, it was funny "Ha-ha" not funny "Haha", its hard to tell on the internet.

Though I would like to say that I've been very civil as of yet, and all I ask of anyone is to please not insult my wife.

If you read The Bible, in a roundabout way, that wasn't an insult (to her). Futher proof you haven't read His Word

"And, once again, I've never done heroin!"

You've embraced all other stereotypes, what is the harm in assuming one more?

In His Grip,

Professor Jon O. Bradley

[A Follower]

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Ireland? You look like some kind of midwestern ponce wannabe.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

As is typical for the Irish, he is not very smart, most obviously seen from his rejection of God, but also from his claim of being from Ireland, one does not easily believe any man would put up long enough with young children to put them to bed at 1:26 am as Kian claimed to have done.

[Thomas Taylor]

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But either way, you can stereotype me all you wish to! I know the truth about me, so what you think really doesn't matter.

Now, it's time for bed! It was nice talking to all of you. Goodnight!

Well, well Paddy. I see you hail from Dublin, do you still let the pigs out of the house in summer so the tourists can have thier rooms?

Are you a member of the IRA?

Now I understand why you hate God and Jesus so much. Your local priest diddled you when you were young and you haven't got over it. There are people here that can hep you, you know?

[Pastor Ed Lowman]

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I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a joke, or an attempt to rile me up. But either way, I've never purchased heroin. Though I do know how the drug world operates, and if I were to ever have been on heroin, I'd certainly not leave a paper trail!

Thanks for being concerned enough to do whatever it is you claim to have done though!

I'll tell you what is a joke...that hair. Now all you are missing is the dog collar.

Jesus is very displeased!

Pastor Ed

[Pim Pendergast]

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if there is a god, he loves me just the same as he loves everyone else.

What makes you so sure?

Nope! I actually don't own any property!

But you have a wife and children, don't you?

[Attila's Wife]

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It has been nice chatting with all of you, and I may even come back on sometime in the next few days and respond to these posts. But it's getting late, and I need to put my kids to bed.

You posted that message at 01:26 in the morning, Dublin time. Please, please tell me that you are not really in Dublin, otherwise I shall have to call Social Services - if they even have such a thing in the Papist Hell that is the so-called-Republic of Ireland.

But welcome anyway. I do think you are tremendously BRAVE to adopt a style that is 30 or 40 years out of date. Do you find people pointing and laughing in the street? We are used to persecution here, and might be able to sympathise, if only you would accept into your life.

I will pray for you, dear.

YiC
Attila's Wife

[Mark L. Snyde, PhD]

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I share the concerns of my Brothers and Sisters for your soul and for the fate of your family.

Jesus has brought you here for a reason, and I know if you stay and learn from the vast wisdom of our members who follow God, you can be made to repent and be saved! SHOUT GLORY!!!

[TheIrishGrimm]

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Ireland? You look like some kind of midwestern ponce wannabe.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

Hey cool! I've always wanted to be a midwestern ponce wannabe. Whatever that means.

Ah, ok, it was funny "Ha-ha" not funny "Haha", its hard to tell on the internet.



If you read The Bible, in a roundabout way, that wasn't an insult (to her). Futher proof you haven't read His Word



You've embraced all other stereotypes, what is the harm in assuming one more?

In His Grip,

Professor Jon O. Bradley

Well no harm done. I just know that she's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, and I tend to get very...defensive when she is insulted. That's what turned me away from religion in the first place, actually. A Christian man told me that my wife was going to hell for having her hair dyed blue (which I can't find any Biblical proof of, by the by), and I decided that any religion that had followers that were that harsh to someone they were attempting to 'convert' wasn't for me. Turns out most religions are like that.

And I'd hope I'd not have to explain to you why heroin is harmful?

As is typical for the Irish, he is not very smart, most obviously seen from his rejection of God, but also from his claim of being from Ireland, one does not easily believe any man would put up long enough with young children to put them to bed at 1:26 am as Kian claimed to have done.

See below!

Well, well Paddy. I see you hail from Dublin, do you still let the pigs out of the house in summer so the tourists can have thier rooms?

Are you a member of the IRA?

Now I understand why you hate God and Jesus so much. Your local priest diddled you when you were young and you haven't got over it. There are people here that can hep you, you know?

If I were a member of such an organization, I would not be able to confirm or deny said membership.

What makes you so sure?



But you have a wife and children, don't you?

I'm sure because that's what the Bible has led me to believe. You may disagree with me, but I honestly don't care. (No offence intended...but I really don't.)

I almost missed that those were links. Fortunately for me, I don't believe the Bible is a book of answers, so I don't have to beat OR trade my wife and kids! I do make the final decisions in my family, though I take my wife's opinion into account when doing so.

We are currently renting an apartment while I save money to buy a house. We're actually looking to move to the US at some point.

You posted that message at 01:26 in the morning, Dublin time. Please, please tell me that you are not really in Dublin, otherwise I shall have to call Social Services - if they even have such a thing in the Papist Hell that is the so-called-Republic of Ireland.

But welcome anyway. I do think you are tremendously BRAVE to adopt a style that is 30 or 40 years out of date. Do you find people pointing and laughing in the street? We are used to persecution here, and might be able to sympathise, if only you would accept into your life.

I will pray for you, dear.

YiC
Attila's Wife

Hello! Thank you for your concern for my children!

My wife took them out to see her brother, and due to some car trouble they didn't get home till half past one. I don't usually have to put them to bed (they're both very obedient children) but I decided it would be best to help them get their things inside and into bed as quickly as possible in order to avoid having grumpy and tired children causing any problems.

Actually, I don't deal with much persecution over what I wear anymore. I used to when I was younger, but most of the people in my area know me beyond what I look like, so they tend to let that slide. I do get the occasional odd glances here and there, but I'm told that I can be quite intimidating in person (I tend to hold direct eye contact with people, I've been informed, and that's apparently intimidating) so people in general leave me alone.

[TheIrishGrimm]

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I share the concerns of my Brothers and Sisters for your soul and for the fate of your family.

Jesus has brought you here for a reason, and I know if you stay and learn from the vast wisdom of our members who follow God, you can be made to repent and be saved! SHOUT GLORY!!!

From what I've read in the Bible, God has what I've heard called "Irresistible grace". So if he exists and wants me as a follower, I'll become a follower no matter what.

(But then we'd be getting into the Free Will Vs. Predestination/God's Sovereignty heavyweight matchup, which isn't something I really wish to debate!)

[Pim Pendergast]

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I almost missed that those were links. Fortunately for me, I don't believe the Bible is a book of answers, so I don't have to beat OR trade my wife and kids! I do make the final decisions in my family, though I take my wife's opinion into account when doing so.

God expects you to be a good steward of your earthly possessions (Mat 25:14-30). If you neglect your role as owner of your wife and children, you may find yourself cast into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mat 25:30). I would want you to avoid this fate.

But getting back to what I asked earlier, what makes you so sure that if there is a God, He would love you just as much as everybody else? Is it a given that He would love everybody in the first place?

[Mark L. Snyde, PhD]

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From what I've read in the Bible, God has what I've heard called "Irresistible grace". So if he exists and wants me as a follower, I'll become a follower no matter what.

(But then we'd be getting into the Free Will Vs. Predestination/God's Sovereignty heavyweight matchup, which isn't something I really wish to debate!)

God wants all of us to be saved:

1 Timothy 2:4 (1611 King James Bible)

Who will haue all men to bee saued, and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.

If God's grace was irresistible, then all would be saved.

[TheIrishGrimm]

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God expects you to be a good steward of your earthly possessions (Mat 25:14-30). If you neglect your role as owner of your wife and children, you may find yourself cast into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mat 25:30). I would want you to avoid this fate.

But getting back to what I asked earlier, what makes you so sure that if there is a God, He would love you just as much as everybody else? Is it a given that He would love everybody in the first place?

I'm led to believe that the way to Heaven is through belief in Jesus Christ. (1 John 5:13, John 3:16 (obviously))

And I don't believe that it is Biblical that you can lose your salvation (Hebrews 15:5 I think. I'm rusty on my references, haven't read the book in quite a while.)

I could point to John 3:16 which says for God so loved the world. In the Bible, Christ didn't die for the saved. He died for the sinners, so they might be saved. I don't think anyone here would die for someone they didn't love.

I'll reiterate that point with Romans 5:8 (I believe that's the reference!) which states that God commended his love toward us and that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.

1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:10...

[TheIrishGrimm]

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Hebrews 15:5

Typo there! Meant Hebrews 13:5!