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[...] but not like this. My standard customer seems to be related to one of my previous rants, called The Complaining Christian Can Leave where we tend to get nickel and dimed to death over petty issues. Not this [...]

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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:01:26 +0000

[...] standard customer seems to be related to one of my previous rants, called The Complaining Christian Can Leave where we tend to get nickel and dimed to death over petty issues. Not this [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:47:53 +0000

Scott, just as you are in your business, I’m challenged in mine the same way. We seem to live in day of disrespect for others. Years ago we would never think about talking to people the way we see today. It’s as if, we have license to behave badly when we feel we’re wronged in some way.

As Christians we should be the one’s that forgive, that seek to understand what happened rather than assume the worst of others. I’m also amazed at how mean and hateful those that are Christians can be. It’s like you want to say… “Hey, I’m a Christian too.” Let’s see if we can’t work this out.

I guess what helps me is what Jesus said while being crucified on the Cross… “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” If I can pray this prayer to myself for those that are so ill towards me, it does help me.

All I can say is, I feel your pain man. The goal for us is to stay the course, and behave as we know Christ would, even when spit upon. That’s when our faith is tested. Like you however, I ask the same question… Why are we tested by people that already have the love of Christ in them? It should’nt be that way. The problem I think is that we belong to Christ but we really don’t allow him to guide us and lead us in certain situations. Our old nature kicks in and we run the show… That’s when we get egg on our face and run the risk of missing a perfect opportunity to witness in our faith.

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:23:40 +0000

@mandy, OH GOOD GRIEF… that would be bad. Yeah, I rss’d on a few once, but only when I specifically wanted to see a certain response. Ragamuffin, he gets 100′s of comments per post (for good reason).

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:18:07 +0000

I once clicked the button “email me all replies” on one of Ragamuffin’s posts. It was horrible & awesome at the same time. I felt like a blogstar. My inbox was full all day, but then I had to spend so much time deleting them all. Of course, I had to read a few too.

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:08:46 +0000

@b/ yes, leaving comments, if genuinely interested, does take a little time, as do most things worth doing

Normally, to see replies, you would come back to the said post you were looking at, like right here. You can also RSS on the comments and that works too.

The CommentLuv is a plugin to pull the last blog post, I love it. Just click on the link at the bottom, not sure if they have a typad plugin or not.

By: b/

b/ — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:03:57 +0000

Hey, how do I enable that “last post” thing for other bloggers. That’s awesome.

My problem with responding is that I think too long and end up taking half an hour to write two paragraphs. So I don’t do it because it takes up so much of my day. I almost sent this one three times and kept coming back to add more like these last two sentences. Comedic

b/s last blog post..speaking

By: b/

b/ — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:50 +0000

I’m going to respond to at least three different blogs a day as a general rule from now on, and I’m going to try and make them different blogs.

I don’t enjoy the attitude that you discuss either. I did some wrk for a lady one time and she said that she didn’t generally use Christian companies because they usually rip you off, not finish the work, do a poor job and don’t come back if they need to. We were a Christian company. The irony of it all, she was married to a pastor.

It frustrates me that we are not the most happy and loving people as well. I think much of it comes from three things: not understanding our true relationship with Christ, not truly understanding who He was and what He meant by loving people, and that many people who say they are Believers, may just not be Believers. Head knowledge, not heart knowledge.

How do I know if you have responded to this or not. Do I have to come back here and check?

b/s last blog post..speaking

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:21:47 +0000

@mandy, I think there is a little of that old school involved, yes. I also think it is a pre-disposed attitude that someone is going to “rip me off”.

I think as Believers, we should have an attitude of trust and belief that most are honest and communication… works. This can come back and bite us in the royal back side, and has me, but live and learn I guess.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:03:49 +0000

Don’t you find that it’s mostly “mature” Christians who are like that. Now don’t get all nasty w/ me and start sending hate mail. I mean folks who have been in the church for a long time, like when dinosaurs roamed long. Some feel they have it all figured out and you owe them some sort of respect before they’ve earned it. Or worse, after they’ve lost it.

Ebay is a hard place sometimes. To a buyer at the other end of the keyboard, a seller looks like a big box $ maker, not the guy next door. Which doesn’t mean they have the right to be so disrespectful, but I think they feel like they’re “stinkin’ it to the man”.

Mandys last blog post..John McCain