Sometimes we are forced into doing things.

Hahahaha…if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

Being the subject of one of your attacks is rather like being savaged by a dead sheep.

It gets very boring, and very pointless, very quickly.

See, that’s what I’m talking about. I did not attack you. You just didn’t like what I said and jumped into the role of innocent victim. This is exactly what so many people do when confronted with sin and God’s requirement of repentance. They accuse the big bad Christian of being mean. All I tried to do was get you to investigate the fact that the scientific method could be used to draw a conclusion about people who converted from Islam to Christianity. What is the point of presenting views if you’re not willing to validate your views. When challenged to support your ideas, you claim you are being attacked. My goodness…

Thank you for proving my point.

I’d hate to go through life always feeling like a victim.

Cheer up, my friend. Some of you victims have it good.

Oh trust me, I am not a victim.

Go lie down in a darkened room and get some rest. It will make you feel better. You can trust me on this.

I came across an interesting explanation of the fundamental difference between science and religion:

Science has questions that may never be answered:  religion has answers that may never be questioned.

Neat, eh?

Yeah, real neat. That's one reason why true Christianity isn't a religion. The root of Christianity is a relationship with Jesus Christ. It's a close, personal relationship. I have many questions that are still unanswered about several things I read in the Bible. However, I have several answers to questions mankind is searching for: Where did we come from?; what is the meaning of life?; where are we going? And unlike science, the answers to these questions never change. They are settled.

Jesus, Himself, condemned strict religion. It was the religious crowd who hated Him most and had Him murdered. Religion kills. Many people would consider me a religious person because I am in the ministry. But I don't think of myself as religious. Honestly, I hold a pretty low opinion of myself. I know my faults and failures more than anyone else. I'm just amazed that God would love me despite of all of my faults. The love that God has for me is my motivation for telling others about Christ. If Jesus loves me enough to save me, He can save anyone. I don't push religion...I promote and try to glorify Jesus Christ.

I am willing to make a substantial wager that should the person who murdered four Miuslims in Albuquerque be apprehended, he or she will not be an atheist nor an agnostic. Sometimes to be a "good" person nowadays, you have to be able to eschew all religions.

I'd put money on a liberal, leftist Democrat. Hopefully, he/she/they will be in custody soon. We shall see.

You should not let your bigotry influence matters of a financial kind: that can lead to early bankruptcy.

It's not bigotry, it's facts. The overwhelming number of murders and mass shootings are committed by Democrats and other Bolsheviks.

I suppose we could now invoke the wisdom of the ancient scribes.

"Oh, Ancient Scribe, why are conservative evangelicals such bigots?"

"God Did It!"

You know I'm right. That's why you ignore the facts and resort to sarcasm. Just wait. We'll see who killed those men.

If you search the web you will find that claims that Democrats are the main source of mass murderers to be false. One of the hallmarks of the bigot it to refuse to admit to being wrong, despite all the evidence to hand.

I did not mean for sarcasm to enter my post. It was a simple example of every answer religion gives to any question at all. For example "Did man evolve?" "No - God did it"

And pointing out that the explanation lacks depth is seen as an invitation to be called a closed-minded nay-sayer.

To the best of my knowledge, not a single mass shooter was a born again believer, a conservative or NRA member. That only leaves unGodly, socialist liberals. If I'm wrong show me.

Happy to oblige: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/evil-within-us-evangelicals-and-mass-murder-atlanta

And you do need to take note of the principle that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Lack of reported cases is merely a lack of reports, not proof that there are no cases.

As I said...religion kills. Long was religious, but it's obvious he wasn't saved. He had religion, but he did not have a relationship with Christ. You will not meet a person in the scriptures who accepted Jesus and did not experience a change.

According to CNN, Long was kicked out of his home because of his sexual addictions. He had spent time in a rehab facility for sexual addiction. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature where old habits and sins are passed away. A Christian would not have killed those women, but would have tried to win them to the Lord.

So you have not shown where a born again believer murdered anyone. You have supported my position that an unGodly man shot those women.

The old "no true Scotsman" ploy. And a failure to shoot down does not prove that there is nothing to shoot down: only that not every single attribute of a killer gets reported in the press. Absence of proof is never enough to prove absence itself.

I don’t know if he was from Scotland or not. His actions indicate he was not saved. Look at the Columbine shooters….nonbelievers. The Virginia Tech shooter….nonbeliever. The Colorado theatre shooter…nonbeliever. The Stoneman-Douglas shooter…nonbeliever. The Las Vegas shooter….nonbeliever. The overwhelming majority of mass shooters are nonbelievers. And most nonbelievers are liberal socialists.

I know you use the term "liberal socialist" as an epithet to describe the lowest of the low. so did a little research to understand the nature of the beast that you hate so much. I came across this:

Examples of Social Liberal Values: Equal pay for equal work, anti-slavery, women’s right to choose, LGBT rights, gender equality, healthcare as a right, pro-safety-net, anti-economic inequality, pro-globalism, fair-trade, taxation, pro-union, workers’ rights. They champion Universal Human Rights.

Yeo, they are on board with just about every position you vehemently oppose. That does not make them murdering vermin, per se, but it does explain your hatred of their philosophy.

And, as an aside, the No True Scotsman fallacy is not about Scottish people, but a trick of rhetoric that allows one to change definitions in order to preserve an opinion instead of admitting one was wrong.

So when you cannot defend the truth that the mass shooters I referred to were unGodly, you shift the focus to the liberal socialists and try to paint them as hard working Americans in the pursuit of happiness. That's not the truth. The liberal socialists running amuck in America are those represented by Antifa, the BLM movement, and militant LGBTQXYZ. The majority of those thugs do not work, but they want what others have worked for. I have no problem with equal pay as long as the person doing the job is doing it satisfactory. They want to force me to accept their heathen lifestyles and I absolutely refuse to do so. If people want good healthcare, they need to get a job that provides good healthcare, or buy it themselves. Unions are just fronts for organized crime and laziness. Union members who cannot get fired are a burden to companies. I have seen that firsthand. I believe women have the right to choose what to do with their bodies. They do not however have the right to murder the person growing in her. They can choose any type of birth control they want and they can choose not to sleep around. They have plenty of choices. Pro-globalism? Absolutely not. Pro-America; America first. If socialists care so much about other countries, they are free to relocate there and help them from their shores. If liberals do not like the fact that others are wealthy and they are not, they should get a good education that leads to a good job that pays a lot. Socialists, however, would rather cry about others wealth and get the government to redistribute their wealth. If you love socialism so much why are you in America? Wouldn't you feel much better about yourself if you were with Brittney Griner? She hated America so much she went to Russia. Wonder what she thinks about America now?

Your piece makes sense if you are pro fascism, anti black lives and hate non-heterosexuals Otherwise it is just hate speech.

Griner went to Russia to play basketball. Is it your position that Tiger Woods goes to Europe because he also hates America?