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HA ! HA ! And Amen !

Now normally I don't do off-the-cuff-smart-@zz, but I have heard a variation of this BS so many times that I actually have a canned response prepared. But before I say it, let's examine this interaction. Now, nowhere but in Way-stupidity-brain-land are you ever going to find a statement like this where someone can go from zero to j@ck@zz in 0.5 seconds. This is classic "way brain" going on here. The poor girl probably thought to herself "I'm looking for an opportunity to minister to someone". However, reality is much different. She is calling with the pretense of wishing you a happy birthday, but the real habit is to troll for some response to reprove. This is also classic "Job's miserable comforters" tactics. What is really amazing is that they show up when you're not miserable and try to make you so. It's a "Job's-make-you-miserable-comforter". When I hear a question like this, my radar goes "reeeh reeeh reeeh braying donkey alert" and I go into :B) mode. I usually respond, "Why no, actually I am feeling fan-f-ing-tastic, thank you for asking. But the fact that you brought up being sad mistakenly indicates that your mind must be focused on sadness. Perhaps you are projecting. Is there anything you need to share with me so I can help you out?" Usually that obtains the desired result - them exiting all huffy. To say they actually learn anything from that type of exchange is a stretch. They wouldn't learn if you engraved it on a 2x4 and whacked them between the eyes with it so they had to look at it in the mirror every day. But I have noticed the end result is that after a few verbal exchanges of this nature, they stop pulling that BS on you and move on to try it out on some other person. Now maybe I'm a touch overreactive here, and maybe I'm on a soap-box, but to me it's taking back my life in all the little things that I'm after. And is it wrong that I do a little dance after?

No problem RobertErasmus. I do very much enjoy your sharings. But I do like the doctrinal section here and don't want anyone to be intimidated to say what they think. Of course there are going to be disagreements. The doctrinal section here to me is simply the Body of Christ talking among itself. And its lovely. Its also something we never could have done in TWI because we were all in lockstep to VPs doctrine. I find it very interesting where people's spiritual quests have taken them after TWI and how their view of the Bible has evolved. I think God works with us in different ways. Yes, I know exactly what my view of the Bible is called and trust me, I didn't arrive there overnight, it was more like decades - but I see it in everything I read in the Bible - to me - it is obvious. To others - something else is obvious. As I said, we are the Body of Christ talking among ourselves, and I love it.

lol yeah, that is the best one and usually works too huh? Thanks!