Thanks for your kind words.
But I don’t see me backsliding at all.
I see me saying . . . to folks who SEEM
obsessively . . . affixed to thin skins, jumping to conclusions and chips on their shoulders to . . . grow up a bit.
And, I’m noting that IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
FOR ME TO RETURN to such a style. But that I don’t think that’s what the whiners would really like.
I see the above post as incredibly gentle and kind. I could have used a verbal 2 X 4 and it was far from that.
I don’t think RC’s or Calvinists or Pentecostals or any other Believer or value orientation do themselves any favors or their orientations any favors when they come across as petty, whining, thin-skinned, brittle with huge chips on their shoulders etc. It may be human . . . but it’s not blessed nor attractive. And usually, nowadays hereon, it’s not warranted.
Disagreeing and saying things with some reasonable forcefulness is not the same as RC bashing or any similar thing. The lack of ability or lack of willingness to make those distinctions is not attractive nor fruitful for collaborative discussion.
It seems to be an RC doctrine of faith or dogma or ritual or some such . . . that whenever a Proty disagrees with any seriousness or forcefulness AT ALL—that the RC respondent MUST, ABSOLUTELY MUST wail, throw dust in the air and fling ashes and blame far and wide about how horrible, unfair, abusive etc. the comment was. When, mostly, it was merely a forceful disagreement and different description or construction on reality.
RC’S ARE MORE FORCEFUL, brittle, demanding, startlingly ALL OR NOTHING descriptive about those who don’t buy into their construction on reality still . . . somewhat routinely. The double standard gets very old and wearying.
In short—quit whining about nothing before someone’s patience runs out and they return to giving something worth whining about.
“RC’S ARE MORE FORCEFUL, brittle, demanding, startlingly ALL OR NOTHING descriptive about those who don’t buy into their construction on reality still . . . somewhat routinely. The double standard gets very old and wearying.”
Could it be that RC’s are simply standing up for the faith? Just a question and a thought at the same time.
That's the funniest thing I've read in days. Thanks for the laugh.