I am swiftly becoming tired of those who decry my faith as shallow, hate-filled, and ignorant by those who display those very traits toward those with whom they disagree. Especially from those who display colossal ignorance themselves in 'rightly dividing' the word of truth-- Ms Green is right in this.
I have resolved myself to be civil even though these others do not care about civility. Sad for them, but I'm not going to be drawn in. I have decided I can both be civil AND earnestly contend for the faith. Jesus gave as good as he got from His detractors, and through it all remained pure; He was angry, yet sinned not. I can't at present do that. I will therefore be civil...
Let the dogs bark and bray in the street. Me? I choose not to be drawn in.
Just because you speak truth to ignorance doesn't mean you are being uncivil.
What we have to do is be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's work and sense when someone is being drawn - that's when we should do our witnessing
Lately I have been enjoying ripping into the occasional idiot.
Civility is somewhat over rated.
When you think about the fact that your opponent believes you to be too dense to understand the nuances of their brilliant points, I think that righteous indignation and sound rebuking of wrong-headed thinking is entirely appropriate...