appologies...?

Question

appologies for my previous rant about fundamental Christians
I know not all are like the ones I was going on about

it just hurt a little to be called Satans helper
which is odd considering I don't believe in Satan
but it was the thought of people thinking these things about me

but I wont give in , they wont make me give in
I had my little cry and some coffee

how do you all stay strong when things are said about you ?
what gets you by ?

eek forgive spelling mistakes .... not thinking

yes it is me fireball
new account

Answer 1

One of my favorite Credo's is "What you think of me is none of my business". I run that by myself before hopping on to play.

Answer 2

Okay, I am not a 'fundamentalist Christian' (there is no 'class' called 'fundamental' in Christianity, by the way ... it's 'fundamentalist' which means a Christian who 'believes' everything in the Bible 'literally' ... that it 'happened' in EXACTLY the way it is 'told' in the Bible.
Unfortunately, there are some 'fundamentalist Christians' who make life just as 'difficult' for us 'more liberal' Christians because they think that 'their belief' is the ONLY RIGHT BELIEF. I am also a Catholic, and there are some people out there who don't think that one can be a Catholic and a Christian (even some Catholics don't realize they're Christians, even though we 'worship God through Jesus Christ' at Mass). How do I 'stay strong' when things are 'said about me'? I just 'shrug it off' and think that they are 'sorely misinformed' and need to 'study religion' a lot more, and a lot more deeply. If you are 'sure you are right' in your own beliefs, and they 'work for you' then that's all that is really 'necessary' ... and if you are 'good' you'll go straight to Heaven in the end, and if you are 'bad' or 'evil' you'll do 'some time' in Purgatory/Hell but you'll still go to Heaven in the end ... so, I'll see you there! It doesn't matter if you are a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Buddhist, or a member of a Native American Church. It doesn't matter if you 'believe' in God at all ... and I am really 'looking forward to Heaven' but not 'too soon,' please, because answering questions like yours and giving some 'goodness' to someone who got 'badness' from a question is just really FUN!

Answer 3

aww pangel dont be sad :( I dont know what is wrong with those people; their meaness is completely undeserved. Just remember that their attacks amount to nothing. There have been times that I've been so hurt and frustrated by the comments that I thought I would never come back here. But why should we let it bother us? you know what is in your heart and no matter what someone says that should be all that matters. And I agree with Annsan, if you forgive them in your heart, it will not bother you anymore. I have done that before. The more humble and forgiving person is the winner, not the one who attacks

Answer 4

People that call you satans little helper are just wankers.

Something you should know Pangel, you know it's not true. Remember you are the only one who can let someone hurt you this way. I don't cry because then I've lost control of me. If it works for you then by all means do it.

I know that anything anyone here could say, means nothing to me. Though I have grown to like of few folks here even they couldn't hurt me. Plus I dealt with that same kind of crap for 24 years while I was married. I knows it's nothing but words and it doesn't make them true.

Answer 5

Realise that you cant please all of the people all of the time but only some of the people some of the time.

Being human we will never agree with everyone or them with us,
I have learnt that we cant change others but we can change
ourselves, and how we react to situations and other people.

I find a phone call to a close friend helps or a a face to face if I am very upset, talking is a great healer and puts everything in perspective. and off we go happy and positive ..... until the next time.

Answer 6

Well, being a fundamentalist Christian,I am willingly stepping into the line of fire by participating in this forum and should expect unfounded and often times mean spirited attacks.....(though I have been personally more fortunate than others)..When I am in defense of the Gospel or sharing my faith in Jesus Christ,I have to remember the words of Jesus..."IF the world hated me,it will hate you also" and the servant is not greater than his master"...Also, most often, it is our(all who participate in this forum) beliefs that are being attacked,not our person(this is not always the case,however).

On the outside world I am considered a very nice laid back,loving and witty,funny guy... I could elicite this belief about myself on this forum as well,but would rather willing, suffer shame for the sake of my Savior,Jesus....

I guess I made this about me...don't know if I even answered the question.

Answer 7

Pangel girl, the only thing to do is stay strong in yourself, and in the love of your friends and your family. You know there's no such thing as Satan. You know you're a positive influence in this world. Plenty of the rest of us know it too, including, oddly enough - but cooly - some fundamentalist Christians here. It's important to remember that when a doctrine becomes rigid, it narrows the focus into a perception of "the truth", and this is then used to view and judge the rest of the world. this is why you get some people, bless 'em, saying "you're nice but you're being deceived."

Rather annoyingly for my own inflated sense of ego, I have yet to have people say particularly nasty things about me - most people just ignore the hell out of me. If people do say nasty things, I tend to weigh them as objectively as I can, learn from what I find is valid in their complaint, and throw the rest right out the window and move on. Always, crucially, put the criticism in context of who it comes from and what they believe about other things - that will normally give you a good snese of how seriously to take any criticism levelled against you.

Meanwhile, loads of us think you ROCK!

Answer 8

me, I guess I just think differently. when I get insulted, I realize how much better I am than the person (not even morally) who insulted me, and then my ego swells. luckily, anything that can inflate can usually deflate. it goes back down when all the steam is let out

and coffee doesn't help me. I prefer just to rant and rave like a madman

Answer 9

Don't sweat the small stuff from small minded folks.
F-them if they can't take a joke or Joke them if they can't take a F.
I deserve the nasty things said about me. I just don't care whats said about me that's how I get by
sticks and stones
words will never hurt you and you know what they don't hurt
if you don't care

Answer 10

It is their mouth, or in this case, keyboard. They can type/say whatever they want, but their words have no meaning unless you give them meaning. Insulting someone is a two way afair, you must first accept the insult in order for it to affect you...

Answer 11

I neither read your rant nor what those nasty people said about you, but I just want to say, nobody suffered dog's abuse more than the Lord Jesus Christ himself. And he took it. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And when the abuse and the pain was at its unbearable height, he cried out, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

The power of forgiveness is awesome. If you can find it in your heart to forgive those people who insulted you, you will rise above them and please God. Peace and blessings to you.