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04-16-2007, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
By you saying "had to do some repenting" you must have seen it as sin.
I don't think we should think if we lose the Holy Ghost or not but is it righteous or pleasing to God.
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Dearly beloved TS:
I am highly impressed with your great level of piety.
I would love to follow you and a few others around for a while to see how it is that y'all are able to refrain from ever doing or saying a single thing that never needs to be repented of.
Meanwhile, young boys and some of old boys too, have not yet arrived to such a level of perfection... Now and again, I need to repent. This may come as a surprise to you, but...even YOU need to repent once in a while.
NO! A need to repent is no indication that a sin has been committed. Nor, was my remark of repenting was something that was in regards to God. It was something done in regards to the one to whom I may have given a black eye or demonstrated some other outward expression of disagreement.
You go, Coon. You are a great father!
If you are so determined to curtail the nature of boys who are naturally explorers, adventurers, warriors and the many other traits that leave the female persuasion perplexed and confused, such curtailment will do nothing for them except have the force of emasculation and perverting them.
There is already too much of outward pressure upon our young boys in the name of "godliness" and zero tolerance in schools that are doing nothing but warping and deforming the minds of the male gender at a very young age, leaving him very much confused about who and what he is.
Hail! The cross dressers!
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04-16-2007, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Get er done, Johnny Reb!
My husband told our son that he didn't want him starting any fights, BUT if he had to protect himself he had his permission finish it. 
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I use to fight in School, not because I started them but because I was to Stoopid to back down.
Back in my day we didn't have knives and guns ti deal with though.
Someone pulled a knife on me when I was 17 and it was just God that allowed me to see it before he used it on me.
I would tend to tell my son to walk away.
Not worth it.
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04-16-2007, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ron
I use to fight in School, not because I started them but because I was to Stoopid to back down.
Back in my day we didn't have knives and guns ti deal with though.
Someone pulled a knife on me when I was 17 and it was just God that allowed me to see it before he used it on me.
I would tend to tell my son to walk away.
Not worth it.
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We were at a park watching fireworks when my daughter was around 10 years old. This little Mexican boy pulled a knife on her. She put her hands on her hips and said, "You better put that up right now!" He did.
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04-16-2007, 10:58 AM
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Amazing.
Just amazing.
Some of the folks around here are perfect examples of why so many churches are full of women, but absent any significant number of men.
Next we'll be hearing about how the War of Independence was "unChristian".
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04-16-2007, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
How wou;d this come into play?
Matt 5:39
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek , turn to him the other also.
KJV
1 Thess 5:15
15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
KJV
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TS...
This is a level of piety that a believer must grow into. He cannot be born into such level of maturity. You have to be kidding.
Coon did exactly the right thing. He did not take away the volition of his boys by insisiting on such level of unnatural perfection out of two boys. He gave them room to grow without unnatural demands of maturity that is not there yet.
Notice the wisdom seen in Coon in his instructions to his boys. He inquited of them concerning their understanding of what they were doing. He inquired of them if they understood what the consequences might be if they were called into account of their perceived misdeed. He further inquired into other areas of their understanding before he proceeded to instruct them how to fully explore their whole expanse of BOYHOOD without unnatural pressures of phony perfection. Coon well understood that the boys were not matured into the level of perfection to be fully grown sons of God. GRACIOUS!
Coon is going to guide his boys on into perfection from stage of manly development to stage, from grace to grace. Right now the grace of those boys are learning how to gain the advantage over their opponents in a good natured way that will serve them well in their warfare with the flesh and the devil later on.
So boys, you little coons...fight the good fight...but keep the faith while you are fighting that good fight.
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04-16-2007, 11:00 AM
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Brother Strange, I heard about your doctor's visit, just wanted to say if I knew where I had put your phone number I would have called.
Keepin you in our prayers, brother.
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04-16-2007, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Ron
I use to fight in School, not because I started them but because I was to Stoopid to back down.
Back in my day we didn't have knives and guns ti deal with though.
Someone pulled a knife on me when I was 17 and it was just God that allowed me to see it before he used it on me.
I would tend to tell my son to walk away.
Not worth it.
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Well,
Unlike some of the tougher hombres around here, I am not going to go into detail about things I experienced as a backslidden young man.
(BTW, I am not implicating you in that statement)
I get amused sometimes at how seriously some folks take themselves.
I break out in goose flesh just from the fearsome stuff I read sometimes.
I guess I could tell about Alfredo, the hood from the big city who moved down into our neck of the woods and thought he was sure enough bad medicine, or another dude from Brooklyn with similar delusions.
A few of those found out that things work a little differently when they don't have the gang around to back their play, and they have to stand up on their own hind legs...
Anyway, I have said about all on this I care to.
I think some of the hand-wringing and lofty condemnations are silly, to tell the truth.
But by all means carry on.
The forum is getting more traffic because of the entertainment factor.
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04-16-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Brother Strange
Dearly beloved TS:
I am highly impressed with your great level of piety.
I would love to follow you and a few others around for a while to see how it is that y'all are able to refrain from ever doing or saying a single thing that never needs to be repented of.
Meanwhile, young boys and some of old boys too, have not yet arrived to such a level of perfection... Now and again, I need to repent. This may come as a surprise to you, but...even YOU need to repent once in a while.
NO! A need to repent is no indication that a sin has been committed. Nor, was my remark of repenting was something that was in regards to God. It was something done in regards to the one to whom I may have given a black eye or demonstrated some other outward expression of disagreement.
You go, Coon. You are a great father!
If you are so determined to curtail the nature of boys who are naturally explorers, adventurers, warriors and the many other traits that leave the female persuasion perplexed and confused, such curtailment will do nothing for them except have the force of emasculation and perverting them.
There is already too much of outward pressure upon our young boys in the name of "godliness" and zero tolerance in schools that are doing nothing but warping and deforming the minds of the male gender at a very young age, leaving him very much confused about who and what he is.
Hail! The cross dressers!
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I guess we need to start teaching our sons how to punch with max force to create the biggest impact on a kids eye?  After all I want to be a good father too.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
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04-16-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Felicity
Boys will be boys and boys are going to do this kind of thing regardless of the rules, regardless of what mom or dad say. I guess if they're going to do it they may as well be skillful.
That's what this whole deal is about. Not disrespect for authority of rules.
CS emphasized to them that they knew they were breaking rules and made sure they understood that if they did this that consequences might result. They understood that.
Then he proceeded to teach them the finer art of this particular weaponry production. 
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This "boys will be boys" notion is not scriptural and is not an excuse for sin or as an excuse for having disrespect for school authority. CS did emphasize that they knew they were breaking the rules but then he went on to encourage them in breaking the rules by showing them how to be more effective in doing the thing that was breaking the rules. THAT is the issue here and THAT is disrespect for the "authority of rules." Now, had this not been about something that happened at school, I don't think you and I would be having this exchange.
But let's take your "boys will be boys" thing a little further and see where it goes.
Two "Christian" boys get into a fist fight. You say, "Oh, that's okay because boys will be boys." Never mind that an unsaved boy watching them starts thinking "These Christian boys aren't any different than I am: why should I want to be a Christian?"
A "Christian" boy starts looking at some girl and begins thinking "I'd love to get into bed with her." Your response: "Oh, that's okay because boys will be boys." Never mind that Jesus said that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her (the "I'd love to get into bed with her") is committing adultery with her already in his heart.
Being male is no excuse for wrong behavior.
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04-16-2007, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Chan
This "boys will be boys" notion is not scriptural and is not an excuse for sin or as an excuse for having disrespect for school authority. CS did emphasize that they knew they were breaking the rules but then he went on to encourage them in breaking the rules by showing them how to be more effective in doing the thing that was breaking the rules. THAT is the issue here and THAT is disrespect for the "authority of rules." Now, had this not been about something that happened at school, I don't think you and I would be having this exchange.
But let's take your "boys will be boys" thing a little further and see where it goes.
Two "Christian" boys get into a fist fight. You say, "Oh, that's okay because boys will be boys." Never mind that an unsaved boy watching them starts thinking "These Christian boys aren't any different than I am: why should I want to be a Christian?"
A "Christian" boy starts looking at some girl and begins thinking "I'd love to get into bed with her." Your response: "Oh, that's okay because boys will be boys." Never mind that Jesus said that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her (the "I'd love to get into bed with her") is committing adultery with her already in his heart.
Being male is no excuse for wrong behavior.
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Being a MENSA member doesn't exactly qualify you to pontificate on the subject, Chan.
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