Originally Posted by Tom
... I love talking theology; and it has sometimes got me in trouble.

HaHa, me too. I get in trouble when I:

spout off a bunch of stuff to appear knowledgeable and wise when I really have no idea what I'm talking about, or

my juvenile need to "win" an argument overcomes the deeper and greater need to seek and obey the truth,

-AND-

when my opponent claims that "doctrine doesn't matter" and "can't you just luuuuuuuv Jeeeeeesus?" It sets me off like a bomb. Or

when my opponent has a hidden agenda and I get distracted from the argument and take aim at that hidden agenda instead, lol. Or

The implications of an argument undermine the sovereignty, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, limitlessness, eternality, or love of my God. Semi-Pelagian arguments, for example, that reduce the Almighty to a frustrated deity that can only hope that someone on Earth will "let him have his way," just tick me off to the point where reason gets buried under offense: "You don't talk about my Father that way!"

It's all good,
Robin