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Don't threaten my immortal soul, Ron Besser. It is not in your jurisdiction. And don't tell me to shut up.
Don't threaten my immortal soul, Ron Besser. It is not in your jurisdiction. And don't tell me to shut up.
'''Craig Bergland posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:23 PM'''
OK. Time out. Everybody go sit in the corner until we can be civilized, please.
This is very ugly and hurtful, please stop.
'''Rob posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:28 PM'''
Truth can be painful.
'''John Kimble posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:37 PM'''
AND the beat goes on!!
'''Steffani posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:41 PM'''
...or just maybe the more familiar version surfacing?
'''Gerdean posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:41 PM'''
This is The Correcting Time.
You can't fix it if you don't know what it is.
[[48:7|48:7.18 16]]. You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you '''feelingly''' experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity.
It is not our job to cut off the useless branches on our peers, only on ourselves. But when someone's brambles start choking the life out of neighboring vines, it needs to be brought out into the light so we can count the cost of our association.
'''Steffani posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:41 PM'''
From whence cometh the arbiter of what is considered uncivilized, ugly, and/or hurtful?
What value has honesty, integrity, and a willingness to speak one's truth clearly have in your "corner" of 'reality checking'?
'''Steffani posted to tml Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:02 PM'''
Surely Gerdean, if RON BESSER channels Michael of Nebadon saying we're in for nasty weather, AND all the previous wisdom based universal rules of conduct have been suddenly suspended, we can decide on the basis of his previous prognostications...NONE of which have ever come to pass, whether this newest bit of purportedly morontia gleaned scuttlebutt is likely to be so...and/or a manipulative ploy...or not?
'''Rob posted to tml Tue, May 8, 2013 at 3:35 PM'''
One of the great benefits of Ron's exhaustion of appeals to authority is the realization that it is not the presumed authority or celebrity of any teaching that defines its value. We have long since entered an era where the only criteria for such evaluations is the positive effect upon the lives of those who might embrace such teaching. As we know, these positive effects are referred to simply as the fruits of spirit.
