[1rudeboy]

Don't bother, I was speaking colloquially. If you think I was claiming that Churchill intended to get himself fired, then . . . heck, this is pointless.

[philman_36]

I've still have a few minutes before heading out...
...this is pointless
Very well, then. How about we move on to what isn't pointless. You did make a point, didn't you?

What I do disagree with you on is that he is no longer in a position to do/influence anything!
Pastor is a seriously misguided fellow, and should he ever get in a position where his ideas carry any weight, then I'll be the first to move to a bunker in Idaho.
You don't think that his current job is "a position where his ideas carry any weight"?

[philman_36]

Don't bother, I was speaking colloquially.
You sure it wasn't an aphorism?
Aphorism
Specifically, an aphorism is a statement which defines a perspective by illustrating or describing the horizon of that perspective. Instead of standing outside a viewpoint and describing the viewpoint, an aphorism adopts a viewpoint and identifies the things which are only visible from that perspective.