I have been wondering why AG irks me so. I have had ding dongs with others on this board but they don't raise my hackles the way she does.
Could be that she has a divine message and I am just closed off to hearing and it is my inner self getting angry with my own ignorance.
But what I think it really is that I find it hard to even begin to relate to someone who thinks they talk to the lord in a direct personal way and thinks they see dragons. It would be like having a conversation with David Icke. You know, he comes across as a really pleasant guy. But he thinks that we are being ruled by a bunch of lizard people. And thinks everyone else is just sticking their heads in the sand for not believing him. It would make small talk hard and everytime he tried to bring it up in the conversation I would be thinking "either your a liar, mentally ill or a charlotan. Two of those make me angry and one makes me sorry for you". Either way, if you don't argue against these people then the darkness they have spreads.
Whilst it may not be darkness for AG and a couple of others, like any faith based view of the world there will be some that get dragged in and it destroys them. I can see it in this case because someone will believe her and not see spirits, not hear the lord's voice, not be able to interpret her metaphors - and think regardless of what AG trys to tell them that they are not good enough. If what she believes is true then she does not need to share it with anyone as the lord will surely find his sheep. So really, she should have answered the OP:
"I believe I hear the Lord. I think that to do this you first have to worship Christ. Although why some people hear his voice and some don't I could not say. That is just one of the many mysteries of faith and you should not take it as meaning that Jesus does not love you less. In my experience I perhaps needed the lord to speak to me because I am not an inherently good person and he needed to firmly put me on the right path (AG admitted to this so no insult intended). Maybe if you are good of heart and doing his will he saves his voice until you are with him in his kingdom in heaven."
Do you see the difference? Now, I and other posters might still disagree, but the whole tone is more humble and less "I have the answer. If you follow this convoluted set of metaphors then god will speak to you. You don't understand, well the mystery is shared to some (ie me) and not others. Spend your days interpreting my words and you will be fine". I somehow think if there was a god he would be slightly less obtruse. Anyway, I digress. People would not be on her back in the same way.
And before we get all up in arms about everyone has a free choice - I wonder how many of the people who converted to JWs on this board would have done so if at the same time they were having a study there was someone sat in the room pointing out the fallacys in what was being said? Which is why so many of us 'jump on' AG when she presents her view of the world. Contrary to what others (or who knows, maybe no one) may think I believe that this is really healthy for the board. Sharpens people's minds and views. If there are a few bloody noses along the way so be it.
So I guess I am already biased against AG in the same way that we are all biased against people one way or another - for their political and economic beliefs for example. This, coupled with her posting style: full stops everywhere implying she is talking slowly so you can all understand, 'peace' and 'dear' which are patronising whether she means it or not (I wish everyone peace without having to say it every five minutes), means that when she says something that sounds nasty she is not given any quarter. But I think she has to accept that. As someone else has said most of us don't know her, we only know her posts as that little yellow blob. And it is the little yellow blob to whom I am directing my posts.