05-13-2004, 05:52 AM
Hey Paul,
I know, along with many others, you have a deep reverence for the Peshitta, and that is totally understandable. Problem is that not everyone will have that sort of appreciation for it. I know what it is to find something that you love so much that you wanna show it to everyone so that they can enjoy it also, but no one is listening or cares around you. The more you try, the more confrontations you deal with in the process. It was like that when Jesus came into my life. To have a different view is not necessarily an agenda.
We are all able to form opinions, we all know this, and we will no matter what. The approach we take with our views and opinons amongst others will have a major impact in how we are outwardly viewed. How professional and mature we are with our counterparts changes more things than heated debate where both sides refuse to recognize the other.
I try to gain whatever I can from people around me. In the process, I feel I'm a better person for doing just that. I may have an open mind, but it won't be so open that my brains fall out, I'm quite careful. I don't view Yuri as the enemy here, he is no different that anyone with their views, but the thing that he has going for him is his approach, totally professional. Again, he doesn't become confrontational, he will just agree to disagree, which is fine. Maybe he should state that more.
I don't mean to undermind you by any means Paul, I like your approach to teaching and showing the little nuances that others are unaware of in the Peshitta, and when you do that, you open up my interest greatly, and I'm sure others also.
Anyways, I don't wanna wax poetic here. No matter what, the things we do are always judged. Social acceptance is a hard thing always.
Quote:It's obvious to those of us, perhaps with a less compassionate heart than you have, what Yuri is up to here. Maybe we're jerks - I don't know. But it sure seems to me there's a hidden agenda.
I know, along with many others, you have a deep reverence for the Peshitta, and that is totally understandable. Problem is that not everyone will have that sort of appreciation for it. I know what it is to find something that you love so much that you wanna show it to everyone so that they can enjoy it also, but no one is listening or cares around you. The more you try, the more confrontations you deal with in the process. It was like that when Jesus came into my life. To have a different view is not necessarily an agenda.
We are all able to form opinions, we all know this, and we will no matter what. The approach we take with our views and opinons amongst others will have a major impact in how we are outwardly viewed. How professional and mature we are with our counterparts changes more things than heated debate where both sides refuse to recognize the other.
I try to gain whatever I can from people around me. In the process, I feel I'm a better person for doing just that. I may have an open mind, but it won't be so open that my brains fall out, I'm quite careful. I don't view Yuri as the enemy here, he is no different that anyone with their views, but the thing that he has going for him is his approach, totally professional. Again, he doesn't become confrontational, he will just agree to disagree, which is fine. Maybe he should state that more.
I don't mean to undermind you by any means Paul, I like your approach to teaching and showing the little nuances that others are unaware of in the Peshitta, and when you do that, you open up my interest greatly, and I'm sure others also.
Anyways, I don't wanna wax poetic here. No matter what, the things we do are always judged. Social acceptance is a hard thing always.