Posted by Friend [Friend] on November 10, 1999 at 06:30:04 {AAJB0ph6mYrRIg7iiOekOgnjR4Br/g}:
In Reply to: **********Apology posted by AF on November 09, 1999 at 23:40:57:
AF
: ... But I do take umbrage at you holding your own conclusions of that genuineness (or not) above other’s conclusions. In so doing you show horrible disrespect to the maturity of other participants here. There are words for that particular habit.On this I will agree. Of course I hold my conclusions above others' conclusions. Otherwise I would hold their conclusions.
That is, I believe, a dishonest distortion of what I have said. You know I have not maligned your conclusion regarding Greg. The aspect of your disposition causing umbrage is your own disrespect of other views of an issue that is subjective to say the least. And you are still showing it.
I also hope you understand that a good deal of what I've done here is to show by example that JWs don't like in individuals the very characteristics that they laud in the JW organization.
I do not like arrogance regardless of who or what exhibits it. You should note that while I believe you have exhibited arrogance on this thread I can still honestly think of you as a friend. There is something in that for you to learn.
As for your little comparison between my own perspective of your actions versus the Society’s, you dishonestly leave off one tidy little detail. I have explicitly expressed (to you, repeatedly) that I do not agree with every manner in which the Society asserts their conviction. The same is true with you. And I have acted similarly toward both.
Friend