Can Men and Women Be Platonic Friends?

Well... here's something we agree on, whether or not you blocked me. I have vlogs on YouTube about this. We are in a state of emergency. We're facing a rising fascist movement from the so-called "progressives", and the church is asleep. The enemy never sleeps, so we shouldn't either. Paul warned us about this. Thomas Jefferson told us to be eternally vigilant. But, you're right: we're too distracted, too comfortable. Our success has bred its own seeds for downfall.

All I can say is pray, pray and pray some more for America. There are seeds of hope, the recent SCOTUS decision being one of them. But, our enemy never sleeps, and his people are filled with a sinful rage that is not easily quenched. We must see to it that we are salty salt and bright light, or our great country will collapse into rotting darkness.

I'm not usually a fan of the ignore button, but...

Yeah, Live4Him3, I think it's time for you to put this one on ignore.

Heed the lesson of the cookies.

SosofCaleb has been banned! I think he took things too far with his attacks on Live4him3

Does that surprise you?
It doesn't surprise me.

Not quite! I just didn't realise that administration was watching and let things get that far before stepping in. Or maybe someone reported his display of indecency.

Don't sweat it.

It's just another typical day in the woods of ChristianChat for me, and it didn't even ruffle my fur.

The things he said about me were almost like the sweet words you'd find inside of a Hallmark card when compared to some of the "fan mail" that I receive here on almost a daily basis.

I wish him nothing but the best.

Proud of you for remaining true to your roots as a gentleman. God bless you!

Just so nobody thinks that I'm living in la-la-land, I'm well aware that I'm NOT always "gentle" here.

I think (I might be mistaken) that I shared this following analogy my first time through here, but it bears repeating.

When I was younger and still living at home with my Mom (my parents separated when I was twelve), my mother would ask me to dig up her garden on the side of our house each Spring.

If the ground was soft and pliable, then I only needed to grab the spade out of our garage in order to "gently" overturn the soil so seeds might be planted.

If, however, the ground was hard and chapped, then I needed to grab the pitchfork out of our garage in order to roughly overturn the soil so seeds could be planted.

In other words, it was the condition of the soil which determined how much "force" I needed to exert, but the end goal or desire was always to leave the ground in such a condition that it might be able to receive seeds.

And so it goes to this day, spiritually speaking.

Whether anybody here believes me or not (I really couldn't care less), I'm not the least bit into strife and contention, yet I find myself involved in the same from time to time, or I need to be more "forceful" than I would like to be from time to time.

Anyhow, I truly wish Caleb nothing but the best.

So much for entertainment.

*Lynx wanders back to his video games and waits patiently for the next troll to pop up.

May God bless you SonsOfCaleb. I know you have a bright future whatever happens. You have many good things to look forward to. Remember what I said: don’t fret!

You will be missed. We occasionally receive a bright star that shines so brightly that many are blinded by the light. All too often they leave us, leaving it all a bit darker than before.

i reported his post re: Live4. He can use the time off to work on his anger. I enjoyed his thread topics but he self sabotaged what could have been an opportunity to share. Like someone very wise on this site said about does it glorify God? That post didnt.

Well done for taking he initiative to help resolve a situation that was rapidly turning into a toxic environment for all of us.
Thanks and God bless you!

Agreed Ms Jackie.

Well spoken.

Interesting topic. There is no reason why a man and woman can't be platonic friends, provided neither is married, or if married their respective spouses do not object to such friendship. Being friends in Christ is Spiritual in nature, and transcends gender.

Yes they can be, although a lot of the time that best friend relationship is shared between both a man and a women one of four things happens. One feels something for the other whilst the other doesn’t, and they don’t say anything about it. One has feelings for the other whilst the other doesn’t share these feelings and the friendship ends. They both have feelings and so nothing. Or they both have feelings and the relationship is no longer platonic.

Feelings...woah woah woah feelings....

What do you mean? It’s true

girls and boys can be friends right? Just not men and women.