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Originally Posted by Nell
Her repentance or lack thereof is not a doctrine for me. I believe she did repent because of what followed. I believe he didn't because of what followed. That's it. So we're on the same page. However, eventually I also believe Adam repented.
How do you know that the seed of the woman would crush her head of the serpent was not a blessing to woman? How do we know that the promise to Abraham wasn't a kind of blessing to men? I'm mostly not serious about this last question, just to carry on your point. It is not recorded. So I have no strong opinion either way. In the overall picture of this topic, this is not a major point. it's not an issue to me. It's just what I think.
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You can think what you want. And even believe that it is true. But when you put it into a discussion like this, you imply that it is fact that can be relied upon.
Even you admit that it is not. So don't say it without qualifier. It says you do have an opinion and that you think it is as strong as if actually written there. You didn't say it. But you didn't soft-sell it either. You just said as if a fact.
Damaging to the impact of the message. And if I keep seeing a lot of it, you need to understand that no matter how strongly I might want to agree, it is just as sour to me when those kinds of things are done as what you are righting against is to you.
You are trying to persuade. Persuasion is not a matter of passion, but of truth and evidence. What you cannot support may not be truth. May be. But may not be.