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Originally posted by Symbiot
reply to post by kinglizard
Thank you for your input. Clearly I believe the only laws are the laws created by God himself, again the laws of physics. However; I believe the word called Christ are guidelines that can lead one to a peaceful and happy existence. One is free not to follow Christ, but know if you refuse to accept ideologies such as love, acceptance, tolerance and giving you will only condemn yourself to a life of misery.
To love one another is to accept that we are all created by God and that he does not make mistakes. To accept that no person's existence is a mistake. Acceptance and tolerance follow the same lines, with tolerance I believe we would do well to tolerate the mistakes we all make, tolerate their mistakes and perhaps they will tolerate yours for we are all fallible. To give to another is to give to God's children, they are all worthy of receiving for they were all created by the almighty himself.
Originally posted by Symbiot
reply to post by PurpleChiten
I don't understand, at what point did I force anyone to do anything. She could've left the conversation at any time of her choosing and she did. She pays their salary and lied about it. Should I not point out her lies? I should enable her fantasy instead?
Originally posted by Symbiot
reply to post by PurpleChiten
Perhaps I just explained the discussion incorrectly. I was not at all confrontational, very calm and collected. I rarely if ever raise my voice. I wish you could meet my mother to help understand, but it is rare for her to hold a conversation where she does not raise her voice. She is deathly afraid of failure and when someone tries to show her something she does not wish to believe she becomes extremely agitated. Unfortunately there is no way I can try to help her without upsetting her.
Honestly it is very rare that she and I have a discussion because I don't want to get 'into' it like we did in that discussion. The only way to avoid such a situation with her is to either lie about your opinion or not have the conversation at all so I simply don't have the conversation most of the time. She will not accept a disagreement, she will become very angry.
And I don't think I ever found the situation funny or ever laughed about it.edit on 23-11-2012 by Symbiot because: (no reason given)