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Thanks Hana. Sorry you are going through something similar.1over137 wrote:Silver, to some extent I know how that feels. There was time my family also probably thought I am brainwashed. Somehow I think such time will come again when I start to visit church (it is on my plan).
I would call it emotional extortion.
Peace, my brother.
I'm sorry you're going through this with your brother Silver, I will keep you both in my prayers. I have a similar situation with my nephew who thinks he's God's gift to atheism. To make matters worse he is super smart, infinitely more so than anyone I know (he has a PHD in physics and acoustical engineering) which pretty much makes him impossible to reason with. All I can say is don't shut your brother out, keep reaching out to him. You never know what God's plan is for him and for you as an instrument to get to him.Silvertusk wrote:Well had another argument with my Brother. I deleted him as a friend from my facebook account because he was posting quite offensive things on it about Christianity. When he learned that this was the reason he went off on one stating that I have broken one more line of communication and that I care more about a man that lived 2000 years ago than I do about my family. Also that he has even less respect for religion now because it has made his little brother disrespectful and that he thought Christians were suppose to be "tolerant" and accused me of being intolerant to his postings.
To be honest I just despaired. I did not reply because I knew that it would result in a full blown argument. I know Jesus said this would happen but it makes me desperately sad that some people seem to hate what we believe in so much. I can imagine that my brother thinks I am being brainwashed against my family but the truth of the matter is that my family have moved away from me and cannot accept what I believe. What about their tolerance?
Makes me sad.
Thanks for that Byblos. My brother sounds like your nephew. He is supersmart and like you said makes him impossible to reason with. I have actually prayed for and will keep praying for a Damascus Road experience to happen to my brother because if he ever did he would be an incredible defender of the faith.Byblos wrote:I'm sorry you're going through this with your brother Silver, I will keep you both in my prayers. I have a similar situation with my nephew who thinks he's God's gift to atheism. To make matters worse he is super smart, infinitely more so than anyone I know (he has a PHD in physics and acoustical engineering) which pretty much makes him impossible to reason with. All I can say is don't shut your brother out, keep reaching out to him. You never know what God's plan is for him and for you as an instrument to get to him.Silvertusk wrote:Well had another argument with my Brother. I deleted him as a friend from my facebook account because he was posting quite offensive things on it about Christianity. When he learned that this was the reason he went off on one stating that I have broken one more line of communication and that I care more about a man that lived 2000 years ago than I do about my family. Also that he has even less respect for religion now because it has made his little brother disrespectful and that he thought Christians were suppose to be "tolerant" and accused me of being intolerant to his postings.
To be honest I just despaired. I did not reply because I knew that it would result in a full blown argument. I know Jesus said this would happen but it makes me desperately sad that some people seem to hate what we believe in so much. I can imagine that my brother thinks I am being brainwashed against my family but the truth of the matter is that my family have moved away from me and cannot accept what I believe. What about their tolerance?
Makes me sad.
