Well, that's why I asked so I wouldn't assume what your intent was.
I responded to your post from a Christian viewpoint. Yes, I thought I detected a bit of a defensive tone in your reply to me in that you were steadfastly separating your beliefs from mine.
So are you saying a christian viewpoint is one where you are hypersensitive to a rejection of your christian belief...anywho...it seems one followed the other here in your statements...christian viewpoint is on guard ready to defend....YES I was and have "separated" my beliefs when it comes to Christianity as is....
However, surely, by now, you and I both know where each of us stand in our respective spiritual beliefs. So, I thought your tone was defensive.
yes..that barrier will stay in place as i work to protect myself from b.s. when i discern it....again...i reason for posting was stated in all the back and forth now....as Brother Clyde would call this..
But, if my "discernment" was off kilter there, I do apologize.
Also, you say you think the title is "misleading. "However, I wasn't intimating that discernment is restricted to Christianity, but the thread is specifying what it is within and to Christianity.
oh you mean for the Christians to talk about the b.s. they discern amongst the non-believers...oh..my bad or be able to talk about stuff using the language of christianity ...you know...the "address"/scripture and verse and the like...
So, how could it be "misleading" when it is posted in a forum set aside for the "Study" of Christianity? Everything I post here pertains to Christianity and its tenets/teachings and "discernment" is one of them.
Denotatively, DISCERN means:
–verb (used with object)
1. to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
2. to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong.
–verb (used without object)
3. to distinguish or discriminate.
http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=denotative&search=search
But, again, this thread is speaking to spiritual discernment in Christianity. So, I just don't see how the topic nor my intent can be seen as "misleading."
M.E. said:is "christian discernment" different than any other type of discernment for you :?:
M.E.