Don't let them take away your peace. Remember, it's what comes out of a man's mouth that defiles him. It's what you let yourself think and say that dims the lamp of the Lord and makes the way seem dark and murky. Evil is not new. If your words are angry, your thoughts are angry. If your thoughts are angry, you're angry. If you're angry, you're afraid. If you're afraid, you lack faith and love. Out of the same mouth proceeds both blessings and cursings.
Brethren, this ought not to be.
Follow Christ's example. You can do it.
Who is talking about hate? You are the only one who is. Any "feeling" is an obstacle to life-saving action, which requires clarity of thought. The "plan" will not save my congregation from a madman killer who bursts into church with the intent of shooting people. Q was talking about political and social action, not emergency response. I hope you are not in a situation where it is life and death, and you funk out on the spot.
Yeah. I'm talking about hate. I don't care if nobody else is. I know when hate is driving my words and I think I have a pretty good idea when it's driving the words and actions of others as well. I understand the need for strategy and preparedness, and educating the masses, the power of memes, etc. But I also see a lot of people here complaining about "normies" and how little success they feel they're having in getting them to see the light and I submit if that's their goal, they try their best to love their enemies and to seek the Holy Spirit to guide their words to bypass their egos and thus, have more success. I'm not sure why you'd get defensive about this post, but I don't think we're in much disagreement here.
Since I was speaking ONLY in connection with self-defense against incipient murderers, I don't understand your interjection of the need for charity toward other people generally. I take that as self evident. I have explicitly denounced "hate" as being deleterious to any effectual self defense. If you want to talk about a more generous attitude of anons toward "normies," that is fine---but it is OFF TOPIC so far as I am concerned. Please take "yes" for an answer and let it rest.
I wrote this post. I think I'll decide what is off-topic. If your topic was not addressing mine, take a hike.
*edit - I just saw your username. You know you don't have to keep replying to my posts, right?
Then you don't understand your own topic. You made a big deal out of the inversion of 999 to be related to 666. I have pointed out it is no big deal...not even a deal. You don't want to address that at all. It was your topic, not mine. I see you have abandoned any defense of this inversion. Mission accomplished.