miseryloveselders - I thought wingcommander was being mean because he admitted to not even reading Shelby's thread but attacked her and others mental state. I like a debate as much as anyone but it deeply saddens me when certain posters just come on to bully.
Posting guidelines were also broken.
If supporting your friends is selfrighteous then I'm guilty. This thread started off with ....For those of the Household Of God and Israel ....... so ones would know who Shelby was talking to. Maybe some are harder than I am because I don't like hurtful/hateful comments. If you don't agree then don't agree, but what's wrong in keeping things civil. I'm not the only one who feels that way either. Trouble is some do not like their bad behaviour pointed out and get quite upset about it. I will defend people I know if I feel they are being treated badly, and more so if they are being attacked for thinking and having the same beliefs I hold.
Thankfully my husband is out of the Borg and although neither of us felt that the elders were ever knights on white horses (now that did make me smile) we always held and treated them with respect. Unfortunately on occassions they didn't always show the same respect to us. My husband read the comments made and thats why he told me to come off the computer, he really, really couldn't believe how harsh those comments were. The reason we left was because we woke up to the lies. We also came to realise that the GB were slowly smothering Christ out of the picture, something we were/are very uncomfortable with. There were other reasons why we left, mostly to do with the disfellowshipping of the bethelites from Mill Hill, but again that is another story and I have already posted on that subject elsewhere.
Sorry for being mean to you, I should not have called you out on being an elder.
When I put peace to you I did /do mean it. I wouldn't mess about with that at all.
Hey NobleLodge, your alright in my book. I sincerely apologize if I came off harsh. Somedays I look at some of my own posts and threads and feel a measure of guilt. A poster came on here some months ago and questioned if it was possible to delete his history on this board, and I understand where he was coming from. I don't know if thats my upbringing tugging at my heart, or genuine feelings. I do know that I was easily offended by your post and I apologize. I was wrong. As a man I feel its a sign of weakness to show your emotions. Which is why I find WingCommander's posts humorous. He's belligerent, and rude. Downright nasty. You can't help but laugh at those individuals. Its like walking downtown and your face to face with the bag lady cussing up a storm at random passerbyers. If you allow that to get to you, than you're just as nuts as she is. Thats why I laugh at WingCommander's posts. Not that I look down on him, but F-bombs are comical. It was hilarious when Richard Pryor dropped an F-bomb and ignorant, and just as funny when WingCommander does it. I'm happy that you and your hubby are both out, and both conscious as to why. Good for you two, I'm happy for you. By the way, you didn't have to apologize to me, I'm just as screwed up as anybody else out here and full of flaws. The day I die, the world will be better off. You're alight Noble, stay who you are and don't apologize for it.