Hi, your violin/turntable vid seems to be dead. Please fix it so I can watch it again:)

Touche on the Petra there, lol.

Ok, your initial thought in your sift talk post...I agree with, totally. You were impertinent though in introducing yourself to the community that way. You came across like one of the many clueless Christians I've grown up with, lived with, dealt with, worked with...you name it, all my life.
You didn't take the time to get to know anyone, although you may have lurked first. You came with a mission to be "the christian" here. It's a turn off, and frankly you look pretentious. That avatar of yours is a plain give away.

Why do you typical Christians blow it OVER AND OVER AND OVER again!! I'm so sick and tired of the average Christian today. You're all a broken record. You see the climate around here? The conservative Christian voices in this forum are mostly silent, and for a reason. Read again your sifttalk post and you'll see mine is the first comment of support. Am I anti christian, NO... In fact I'm the opposite. What I am though is anti- corny,outdated,pretentious,kneejerk reaction indoctrination form of Christianity which defines the sterotype you so unfairly represent. You just quote the Bible and never EVER question a damn thing. It's lazy...it's embarrassing..and worst of all it's dangerous.

I at one time was studying to be in the ministry, yeah I know it's hard to believe. I won't bore you w/ my life story, but at best now I guess I have to call myself agnostic. You know, given another circumstance/introduction, we could have actually enjoyed some thoughtful discussions on the subject.

But you just HAD to introduce yourself first on the blog and giving away what a clueless stereotype you are. You looked like a fundie tool showing up w/ a soap box to demand everyone eat up your evangelist agenda w/ a spoon! Don't you realize it's not that easy? If you're going to cause more damage than good for Christianity then don't bother.

I'm hard on professing Christians for a reason, SP. Because you need it. Persecution? Don't flatter yourself. You're not earning any crowns here. What you should be doing is deciding you have to do better... MUCH better. No one respects Christianity much these days. The generation behind you screwed things up for you royally. Re-evaluate yourself and do your damn soul searching and homework. Just saying "because the Bible says so" doesn't cut it anymore either. Consider it a personal challenge



Please do something about that "I'm a christian dork/in your face" avatar of yours? You look like a man about to burn down the compound.
Oh, and I voted for your ocarina sift.




In reply to your comment:
“"Climb off the high horse, Silent Poet. Your tact since your joining here has been far from genuine. If you won't be truthful about your motivations to us then at least try starting to be to yourself."

I really think you should take me at my word on this one. You seem to be judging me and my motivation simply because I am a professing Christian. I see no other reason for the blatant accusations. If you know of any reasons, please point them out to me.


"If you're going to behave like most Jesus fish wearing, Scofield carrying, closet Petra fans and then turn around and pretend you relate to the rest of world then you need to stand back and evaluate. You damage your cause more than inspiring others to be like you."
But here is the thing, you already assume that I will. It seems that no matter what kind of person I really am, to you I am just another Bible thumping Christian out here to do nothing but glorify myself. It seems to me that you already have your mind made up about me despite my actions and who I really am. Who are you to say that you know me? Do not assume that just because I have a cross on my avatar that I am exactly what your image of a stereotypical Christian is. If anything is damaging "my cause" is people ignoring or dismissing who I am and what I say because in their minds they already know what I am going to say, what I am going to do. All because I am professing Christian.
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"Perhaps we should make this a private conversation where I'll feel freer to help you see what you really represent to the secular community."

Ok.


"I'm rarely critical of folks here or their viewpoints. The asses around here I find just as endearing as the sweethearts. Sorry, you just happen to be one of those people that grates me. I'm not the only one that feels this way either. Can't you see why?"

No, I can not see why. I have asked others to show me as well. I have yet to be shown what exactly I have done to deserve this ridicule. Aparrently, being a professing Christian and claiming that one can still relate to others on the internet appears to be a big no-no. Other than that, I have no clue what I have done. I have been open and honest here on this site. I don't tell anybody anything that I didn't have to wrestle with myself. I haven't been overly biased. I can apreciate opinions other than my own. I only downvote videos when I see either that they are lacking quality or the way that the point of the video is made is underhanded or deceitful. Otherwise, I upvote them or simply leave them alone. I have tried to clear up any misconceptions of the Bible. Now it would seem that I have to clear up any misconceptions of what a Christian is as well. But I can't make people listen. Not if they already have thier minds closed to the matter.

Oh, and just FYI: I don't listen to Petra. I had to google for the wiki to figure out what the crap you were talking about. Same for Scofielf.”

invite sent

You're welcome, didn't want your first Bravo submission to be a bust

In reply to your comment:
“Thanks for the save.”

I have made a final response to your posts on the thread about the Christian activists.

Invite sent, just visit Bravo to click Accept. Welcome!

In reply to your comment:
“May I have an invite to the Bravo colllective? I tend to like the sounds of a classical instrument, but not neccesarily classical music. However, I still feel that those in the Bravo collective may enjoy what I can contribute. Comment me back and tell me what you think.”

Thanks for the two suggestions - didn't end up having to add them to the playlist, though, as they made it out of the queue alive on the first shot. Feel free to submit other suffering vids.

Please include in all further comments, that are not part of a stream, the little click box, that rendereth yer ravings, "For My Eyes Only"....everyone is reading your comments to me, and I do not appreciate it any longer....Thanks, bro.

man get a grip
Hmm...I wonder what Jesus said about this sort of thing...

he said whatever you think he said......now, less-God-boy and nore, welcome to the world you have to be in and not of.....no more need for this paragraph-spewing brain, enough of my own......you write, like I suppose you talk or think....are you Bi-Polar??? Please, I am curios?? You sound it....there are always some so-called reps of the most high likke you, all oyu need is to poish yer social skills a bit, you'll find a plcae heree if you do that...then maybe you'll get a crown, or, amazingly, show God's love in not such a freakish way...

This is MY opinion ans MY observation
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Do yourself a favor and get a published point. Taking that "P" off your name will at least lend the appearance that you actually care about the site instead of just registering to complain. If you do care and plan to participate..then thanks for the enthusiasm. The thought has been a topic of interest as of late.