I request that prayer be made that God will soften the stony hearts of the administrators of this forum, who have falsely accused me, failed to prove their accusations, but rather banned me from access to this site, merely because I have faithfully upheld Adventist beliefs against the attacks of others on the historicist method of prophetic interpretation. Pray that the Holy Spirit will guide them away from their support of Jesuit-based, preterist interpretation, and open their minds to reconsidering that historicist interpretation is essential to Adventist belief and spirituality. Pray that they will stop their ostracizing and banning of those who faithfully adhere to the principles of Adventism.
Brother Richard responded to this post, saying that I was untruthful. I shall correct my statement. I was banned, insofar as I know, only from the private forum discussions. However, those were precisely the ones in which I was most active. Brother Richard has repeatedly stated untruthfully that I have called people Jesuits here. What I have done is to say that to oppose historicist interpretation by an appeal to preterist interpretation is to follow the Jesuit practice in its historical opposition to Protestantism and reveals a direct or indirect influence of Roman Catholicism on the part of those who do so. That is not name-calling. That is merely the perception of a historical reality and its contemporary ramifications. The opposition to me on this forum has been so intense, so hurtful and so incredibly ruthless, that it raises the suspicion that I have hit a nerve more closely than was my intention or expectation. I have already inspired such accusatory behaviour towards me, that I no longer wish to participate here, if only for the motive of not being instumental in the loss of salvation for those who have mistreated me, finally by pretending that I was lying when I stated I have been banned from posting.
I went onto the Mod2 forum in good faith and willingly apologized to those who had been hurt by my words. I was met there by accusation after accusation, and no level of abject apology sufficed. Even the one hurt came to my defense, to no avail. There was no response to my appeal of August 15. I posted for two weeks on the few places that were open to me, but only met ostracism. If consciences are satisfied, let them be so. My conscience is clear, but I am aware of being wronged. "If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath aught against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." Matt. 5:23,24. All the while being banned from posting in the discussions where I had been active, I was open to reconciliation on the Mod2 forum, but have been ignored there since before August 15. I made certain that no one had anything against me there, but the rest of you have unresolved insults on record there. I have those things against you, and I have been waiting for a response there since August 15. You refuse to come and be reconciled to one you call "brother" and say you love. Your offering lies abandoned. Perhaps you think I am not important. I am certainly on this forum "one of the least of these" and continue to be treated so.
If you loved me and considered that matters had been finished on Mod2 forum, then why did you continue to ban me from the discussion I had formerly participated in? My original prayer request stands. I pray that God will soften your hearts of stone towards me. Otherwise, I tremble for your salvation, and plead with God not to allow this sin that you have committed against me to remain on your records.
[This message has been edited by Thomas M (edited 09-02-2007).]