Question: Why do you think “certain people” on this forum talk about me so much? What benefit do you think they derive from that?
Answer: Looking at me is a lot easier than looking at themselves. This is psych 101 stuff.
I have a wonderful dialogue going on with a Christian on this forum and even though we
completely disagree about beliefs. She never said she felt insulted by my beliefs and she knows exactly what they are. She never criticizes me or even my beliefs and I extend her the same respect... I wonder why that is?
Sheesh, maybe it is because she is a Christian:
Matthew 7:1-5 Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
As for certain people on this forum who “think” they have me pegged they are not only highly arrogant but they are also wrong. Oh no, it is not about me as a person. Just look at how many times the words “you” and “your” was used.
The entire post below was referring to me as a person.
Unveiled Artist said:
“Trailer. Actually, this is the heart of your conversation with everyone.
We are not calling you a liar or referring to you as a lier (I hope) just because your belief says a christians faith is outdated.
Thats an insult in and of itself. It has nothing to do with you as a person. It specifically has to do with your religion.
So, if you are angry, insulted, or fustrated or ignore (over) people because they tell you, you insult them they are just expressing their belief, just as you. And probably, just as you, they think you telling them they area lier because of it.
It works both ways.
We each have differing opinions. No one is lying. Catholics claim they love LGBT but want to fix us in the middle of that love. People have very funky ways of defining peace, salvation, and love. But thats just you guys religion.”
Then after talking about ME as a person, we have this...
Unveiled Artist said:
“It has nothing to do with you as a person. You are not lying just we are both, on both sides, perceiving it that way when we feel our opinions are not heard and addressed.
Its basic psychology. Even the word -you are, you this, you that-provokes feelings because it makes you automatically assume we are referring to you as a person.
We are not. Just RF gives us the freedom to challenge your logic and beliefs. It gets hot but only when we take it that way. Others, like myself, are eating a lemon pie, watching the clouds, and wondering what why the heck people think the way they do.
Anyway, whether you read this or not is not my deal. When you do charity or speak peace it has no strings attached. So, I hope this gives you something. It did me so Im smiling. Take it our leave it.”
Clearly, this entire post was about ME as a person just like all the previous posts posted by this poster during the last two days. It just does not stop. NONE of this post or the others were about my beliefs. They were all about ME an how I insulted people for believing what I believe.
I do not care if people challenge my beliefs, but clearly that is not what this post above or the others were about. Do you see anything about my beliefs in this post? No, all we see are the words
you, you, you, repeated over and over again. The question is why people can’t mind their own business and look at their own behavior.
26: O SON OF BEING! How couldst thou forget thine own faults and busy thyself with the faults of others? Whoso doeth this is accursed of Me.”
The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 10
66: O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of Me, defile it not with detraction. If the fire of self overcome you, remember your own faults and not the faults of My creatures, inasmuch as every one of you knoweth his own self better than he knoweth others.
The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 45
No, it is no big deal if I read it. The mission of humiliating me on a public forum has been accomplished, not that I care because people who criticize other people only humiliate themselves.
This is what happens when people lack self-awareness, but I do not CARE if people are aware of what they are doing or not. They are still responsible for their behavior. Probably the worst thing is how they do it with subterfuge, hoping nobody will spot how critical they are, but most people are not that dumb.
Oh, thank God I am a Baha’i and I have some “Guidance” about Justice. That is the only reason I called this behavior out.
2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me, and neglect it not that I may confide in thee. By its aid thou shalt see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and shalt know of thine own knowledge and not through the knowledge of thy neighbor. Ponder this in thy heart; how it behooveth thee to be. Verily justice is My gift to thee and the sign of My loving-kindness. Set it then before thine eyes. The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 3-4
What some people on forums do not like about me is that I am honest. I will not pussyfoot around and lie about what the Baha’i Faith teaches just so people won’t be uncomfortable. If they want to come to a religious forum they are going to read things they do not like or agree with. The most important thing is how they handle that, with grace as most Christians handle it, not with criticism.
