Because I've dealt with this type of sob story before. I've read her blog. It's no different than any other.
Really? And exactly how have you "dealt" with this type of "sob story" before? Have you ever been friends with anyone in this type of situation? Have you ever actually, in real life, "dealt" with anyone in this situation?
Yep.
Or does this "dealing" with this type of sob story simply add up to your reading these stories, looking down on everyone and patting yourself on the back, congratulating the fact that you are so superior?
The scriptures are superior. Her basis for leaving demonstrates severe ignorance or just an evangelical cut and paste to assuage her guilt. I can just about guarentee she won't answer the scriptural reasoning because that really wasn't the reason at all.
bcspace wrote:The scriptures are superior. Her basis for leaving demonstrates severe ignorance or just an evangelical cut and paste to assuage her guilt. I can just about guarentee she won't answer the scriptural reasoning because that really wasn't the reason at all.
There were several reasons I left, BCSpace. What the Isaiah passage seemed like at the time was a confirmation of my query as to whether or not Mormonism was true. It felt like an answer to my prayer, not the sole reason I left.
You are a rude man. I have no obligation to answer any question you may ask nor do I feel the need to justify my actions to you. I will entertain no more of your nonsense.
bcspace wrote: Because I've dealt with this type of sob story before.
No you haven't. You're lying.
I've read her blog.
Why should anyone believe you? You're just trying to make excuses for your own hate-filled and pitiable existence.
(Did I get it right? That's how one goes about demeaning and devaluing another human being's experience, correct? It's a pretty handy tactic, isn't it?)
BC wrote:Why are you avoiding the issue at hand? Was her scriptural justification correct?
Everyone interprets the scriptures differently. It felt like the right interpretation FOR HER.
And that's not the issue at hand. The issue at hand, is that YOU can't seem to fathom that her interpretation of the scriptures could lead her to leave the Church....that there HAD to be some other reason because THERE IS NO WAY this could be the reason.
Well, she is saying that it was. And who are you, or anyone else, to call her a liar?
So, I will ask my question again. Since you seem to think that there is another reason for her leaving the Church, what is that reason?
There were several reasons I left, BCSpace. What the Isaiah passage seemed like at the time was a confirmation of my query as to whether or not Mormonism was true. It felt like an answer to my prayer, not the sole reason I left.
Ah! So there ARE other reasons. The thread title is 'Why I left" so I don't see how it was unreasonable for me to think that this evangelical chestnut was your reason. That you are misleading us is exactly what I expected seeing as how this is just the same old sob story that everyone else tells.
You are a rude man. I have no obligation to answer any question you may ask nor do I feel the need to justify my actions to you. I will entertain no more of your nonsense.
You're just angry because I won't scratch your itching ears. I will continue to hold your feet to the fire on Isaiah. It must feel awful to know that your scriptural justification runs contrary to scripture, unless of course that wasn't your real reason in which case you've been caught in a lie.