Those who gotta get in the last word!

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What about those people online and off who just gotta get in the last word? Do they even know what kind of people they are who can't put aside their pride?
 

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is that your last word on it ;) ? :dance:
 

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Yes I grow weary of circular threads
 

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What about those people online and off who just gotta get in the last word? Do they even know what kind of people they are who can't put aside their pride?

Offline...I let them have the last word and walk away. They aren't worth my time or energy.

Online...I wait til the thread gets ridiculous with repetitive garbage, excessive tangents, etc...when nothing new comes to the thread it's usually time for me to leave anyway so the one who needs to have the last word is still there, people see how silly they look anyway. But they get the last word ;)
 

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What about those people online and off who just gotta get in the last word? Do they even know what kind of people they are who can't put aside their pride?

If we are talking about internet fora such as this, the last word isn't really all that important. At least not in my mind. It's the quality of an argument being made that sticks to the casual observers. That can happen pages before the last word is ever typed.

As an aside, typically the more ad-hominem attacks there are the weaker the person's overall position, as the reliance on them shows the person is relying on prejudice, bias and emotion rather than reason and intellectual honesty.
 

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As an aside, typically the more ad-hominem attacks there are the weaker the person's overall position, as the reliance on them shows the person is relying on prejudice, bias and emotion rather than reason and intellectual honesty.

I have noticed that as well. Besides that, when they go off on tangents it also means that they have no other new information to back up their claims. I tend to not follow tangents unless they're super exciting!
 

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seems like a lot of people want the last word ... should they have it or not? :)
 

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Those who vie for control of any forum commonly orchestrate to have the last word.
 

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This forum is dedicated to God. He is in control.

I don't argue the purpose at all, but as for who is given control, I have my doubts.
 

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Narrowing it down below God we have Romanos who built the site as the person who is in control. He is gracious enough to provide a place for fellowship and discussion and I would prefer that people treat others as they would treat God...as if they were speaking directly to Him. That would curb a lot of problems.
 

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Narrowing it down below God we have Romanos who built the site as the person who is in control. He is gracious enough to provide a place for fellowship and discussion and I would prefer that people treat others as they would treat God...as if they were speaking directly to Him. That would curb a lot of problems.

I quite agree.
 

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I am observing the last word in the Infant Baptism thread with a slightly wry smile on my face.
 

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I am observing the last word in the Infant Baptism thread with a slightly wry smile on my face.
I can see it now. Wry is not attractive.
 

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Narrowing it down below God we have Romanos who built the site as the person who is in control. He is gracious enough to provide a place for fellowship and discussion and I would prefer that people treat others as they would treat God...as if they were speaking directly to Him. That would curb a lot of problems.

i believe the directive is .. treat others as you would be treated yourself ..

for me that is with uncompromising truth. i desire to be spoken to in terms of the truth of the word of God because his word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path HIS word is Life ..his word became flesh .. and so i do unto others as i would have done unto me .


i do try and get in the last word too often ,i admit that openly .denying certain traits is simply being dishonest.. no point doing that when God searches out the heart and knows all there is to know .
as i often say .. -confession is mostly admitting to god what he already knows .. it is entwined in repentance because we have to admit we are going the wrong way (the way he knows about )and turn to go HiS way .
 
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