I've been told I'm bad at following Jesus for voting no on 8 by a guy who made a comic with his toys giving one another sexual favors...?

 

Yup. Made that particular one about 3 years ago. People grow and change. I wouldn't do it again today. Still funny though.

 

And for the record, I never said you're a "bad Jesus follower". So don't put words in my mouth, and don't mix words. What I said was, that as a follower of Jesus, we are called to uphold his teachings, and that I thought your rather incredible intellect was outweighing your rather deep faith on this issue.

Don't put words in my mouth.

 

Okay, sorry. You didn't say I was bad at following Jesus, you just said I wasn't upholding his teachings or standing up for what is right, am putting my intellect before my faith, and am clearly voting the way Jesus would not want me to. Other than that I guess I'm good at following Jesus? Didn't mean to put words into your mouth.

Whatever you say about your intention, strong words like the ones you have used do communicate that I am doing a bad job of following Jesus. You paint such a black and white picture.

Using your same standards, there's also not much legitimacy in saying you made it 3 years ago and have changed if you're still going to link to it and show it and talk about how you're proud of it.

My point is simply this - you shouldn't use such strong language in evaluating the status of others, but especially if you're going to pick and choose where we need to 'uphold what is right' and follow 'wwjd.' Condemning me for my vote on 8, saying I'm not upholding what's right and holding up God's standard for marriage, and then re-posting links to comic you made where the characters are committing one or more sexual acts on one another don't seem to jive. Would Jesus post that comic?

I happen to think it's kind of funny too. But I think the way you word your disagreements with people like me on political grounds could use some adjustment, based on things like this. It looks like you're picking and choosing where you want to apply "WWJD" and condemning others(or just saying they're putting X in front of their faith, they're not upholding God's standards, etc.) who don't pick the same spots you do and think WWJD means the same thing. It stinks of something that starts with an H.

 

Oh, thank JESUS, BABY JESUS, GOD and ALLAH for people like Jackson. Ricky needs this kind of light shed on his life from "inside sources" because it just skips off the surface coming from anywhere else.

Atta boy, Jackson. Atta freakin' boy!!

 

Awww, look at the anonymous commenter take the side of a guy that would gladly give me the shirt off of his back.

If you want to read the entire conversation I had with Jackson about what his *perception* of me calling him a bad follower of Jesus, go here. https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3843262&postID=3376522874610128708

If you take the time to read through the 46 comments, you might learn something.

However, I am going to remain true to who I am, true to the word of God, and true to standing up for what I KNOW God says and Jesus preaches about.

Even if that means from time to time I'm going to have cowardly people who are obviously confused themselves, get on here and praise Allah that I was "put in my place".

Sticks and stones.

 

by the way, "anonymous commenter", how sad it is for you to have that be comment you left me. out of ALL of the other things i've blogged about on this website, you chose to respond to something someone else said, in order to make yourself feel better.

instead of being happy for me for any number of things ive written about in the last 6 months, you decided to make your mark by insulting me and "putting me in my place".

how sad for you, and how shallow your life must be that one of the highlights of your day was this.

you're sad.

 

Jeeze loise, settle down guys.
To "anonymous" specifically: I know Jax and Ricky pretty well and know they both love and respect eachother... it just so happens that Ricky is really good at pissing off people (he is my narch-nemesis). But I have no doubt that this one little arguement will be tempered by years of friendship. I agree that Ricky (and Jackson and me too) need our friends to give them perspective on our life and problems but I don't think we should celebrate it when one good friend loses his temper and speaks harshly.
But that's my opinion... people usually ignore my opinion and continue with their hostility. It is certainly more entertaining than actually trying to live in peace.