What kind of “fraud” did you say I was? One of the saddest I know. While unsuccessfully attempting to decieve members on this list, you appear to have successfully deceived yourself. Exactly how have I committed “fraud” on this forum? Let me count the ways…
1- when asked for specifics about the belief system of SDA you generalize and blur your responses by off-topic comments
2- you make derogatory comments about Catholic beliefs (e.g., based in pagan practices) and then when asked for specifics to back up such statements, you ignore the posters and their efforts to dialogue with you, and,
3- when you ‘re-enter’ the discussion you provide remarkable excuses for why you have not responded (in your very next sentence you drag your wife into your excuse system…and, surely she deserves better then this!) So rather then simply answering the questions, you play games. To my way of thinking this is a fraud.
I had a choice tonight of either answering to all the ridiculous statements here about Adventists, by all the Catholic “experts” or to go on a date with my wife; my time would not allow both, so guess which I did?
Sometimes, what is called “fraud” and other similar terms of imprecation are just as innocent as a man taking his wife out instead of arguing with a bunch of anti-Adventist malcontents. Considering your expressed low opinion of the members on the list, it is a marvel to me that you continue to engage such ‘malcontents’ . Why, even you must find this unique - unless we are talking about secondary gains.
But, I am out of time for now, Classic! there’s nothing sensible here to reply to anyways, Just dismissing any criticism as irrelevant and continuing on with your ‘dance’! and I am sure you will use this post as yet another excuse for your whimpering and whining about all the “personal failures” of Protestant101. There is no ‘whimpering and whining’ on my part - but, you have certainly laid bare all that I have been telling you from the start. I fully realize that you have, by now, dismissed this, too. But, my prayer is that some of this will come back and remind you that fraud is simply not tolerated or appreciated. I am sure your “message” will be appreciated around the world by many people.
I was quite interested in replying to Patrick about certain aspects of Adventist beliefs; but I guess he has done the same as you accuse me of?
Classic. “I was going to answer, but now I’m not - because I am dismissing your comments, again!” Personally, I just don’t see how you can write these consecutive contradictions and not be awere of just wha you are doing. This is what I really find so very sad.
I have heard over three years now the same tired Catholic responses to certain things; (You may have heard, but you certainly were neither paying attention or listening) and what I tend to do now is to avoid most of what I have already hashed through before in years gone by on this forum. Actually, you have avoided all efforts at honest dialogue. Your decision to remain in the SDA group is strictly yours. Your involvement on this list is strictly yours. But, you know, if you are going to take the time and effort to do these things, it would be in your own best interest to do them right. People like you keep trying to tell me how the Catholic Church doesn’t teach anything bad about Adventists; yet when one looks at forums like this; and what you say to me for “refusing” to answer, that is very hard to fathom.
I can see why you are confused. Where I have a problem is why you want to continue this way. With all of the verbage you poured into this post - not one answer to any question has been provided. You may recall about the ‘other way’ to spell ‘denial’: D.E.K.I.A.L (Don’t Even Know I Am Lying).
I really don’t mind though when you want to call me names and throw out the accusations; (this is where the secondary gains comes in…) it is a good way for me to learn certain things too, (you have yet to demonstrate this…) but I would not want to try saying that I have good news of any kind for Adventists; (the good news you seek comes from honest dialogue … not in ‘dancing around issues’). if I was any one of most of the Catholic members of this forum.
