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I Got a Q...

mikeforjesusmikeforjesus
edited December 1969 in Personal Issues
The normal thing I think to do when you walk by stangers on the street I think is to smile at them so they dont get offended and think you hate them and think your better than them and therefore put them down... dont u agree? lets be serious...

but if you know they are talking immoral things do u still smile... I do.. but do u think that reinforces their evil behaviour?
The LORD certainly hates sin... and He is very upset from it.. so He may not smile it seems to me... but the smile I do is meant just to the person that I walk by in the name of peace.. usually people who swear , talk perversity and all that I think have low self- esteem.

Comments

  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    all wat i can say is "judge not that you will not be judged" !
  • mikeforjesusmikeforjesus
    But even if I do personally judge thats not the issue here. This q applies even to one who doesnt judge... should they in love not smile at them so they dont think u like this sinful talk and continue it?
  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    i don't really hv an idea!
  • mikeforjesusmikeforjesus
    its ok lol we will wait till another helps us if you wanna know too.

  • Marianne87Marianne87
    there is that verse that says be simple las doves but wise as serpents...(i didn't look it up so if anyone know the exact verse tht will be great)...anyway...it just means that you can be peaeful and wise at the same time...u can't be smiling to them when u know what they are saying is wrong...as u said...it will just reinforce their evil behaviour and they will think that u like what they are saying...so they will just going to keep on doing it nonstop
  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    so what do we do then, you mean that we r not supposed 2 smile rit? but u didn't tell wat r we supposed to do?
  • mikeforjesusmikeforjesus
    so should I walk by them in an upset way?
    without even saying hi? I tend to smile when I say hi anyway when im anxious I think so it will be harder to say hi without a smile maybe though not impossible.
  • Marianne87Marianne87
    i guess go and talk to them would be the answer...but don't smile...it will just mean u agree with them
  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    can YOU do that?
  • Marianne87Marianne87
    [quote author=mikeforjesus link=board=10;threadid=2563;start=0#msg39804 date=1128263796]
    so should I walk by them in an upset way?
    without even saying hi? I tend to smile when I say hi anyway when im anxious I think so it will be harder to say hi without a smile maybe though not impossible.



    i don't necessarly think it will be in an upset way...but like have that peace and wisdom in u...talk to them peacefully and discourage their talks...but don't smile and just go with their flow and their talks...

    probably didn't help...but tht's just my opnion
  • mikeforjesusmikeforjesus
    no im just walking past them , Im not going to stay with them.. Im on my way home and they sat somewhere along the path talking to each other... in Australia its normal to say hi and just continue walking I think.
  • rf_zacharirf_zachari
    I agree with Mike...


    RFZ
  • jojo204
    edited January 2014
    in my opinion if your not saying "hi" for the glory of God, then why say hi at all...just walk pass them with your head to the floor minding your own business..dont talk to strangers...just pray for them in your mind coz we all need prayers-if u dont pray, then dont worry because Jesus told us not to worry and  because saint Mary and the Saints are interceding for the whole world..
    seebak fe halak (mind your own business). focus on your salvation "Mark 8:36-38 (KJV): For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
  • the_leastthe_least
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  • Unknown
    Saying "hi" is like saying "salam" in Arabic which means "peace".... what is wrong with that?

    If those people have low self esteem as you mentioned, then saying "hi" to them is a good thing. Off course they know you are different and you are still accepting them as people. They won't think that you like their behavior because you aren't joining them or praising them.

    I believe if one day, one of them wants to have a different life, he might come to you because he knows that you are accepting him and not rejecting. In fact, you might be a good example for them and you will be the light among them.

    We, as Coptic worldwide, need to differentiate between accepting people with all different values or with no values at all, and accepting bad behavior. There is a difference between sin and sinner. God loved the sinner and came on earth especially for them, but hated the sin.

    Smiling and saying "hi" is accepting the sinner. Smiling, commenting, joining, and admiring the behavior is accepting the sin.

    God bless
  • mnc_hnnmnc_hnn
    its completely up to you whether you wanna smile as you pass people by or not. i dont think it will encourage certain behaviour from them or give a message of approval. i think you are paying too much detail to a minor thing because these people dont really care, but if you stand out and they notice that you're different because you're good, they'd be curious on how you get to be like that and it might be good for them. but you shouldn't trouble yourself about this too much
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