Why was the King blind to the fact of his nakedness? Answer: his pride was so massively inflated that he was blind to reality, even to the extent that when he saw looks of shock, dismay and disgust on the faces of some on-lookers he immediately attributed them to either complete adoration of his shining magnificence or to jealousy.
From the very first, your posts have reflected pride and blindness. Thus you cannot see the continuous stream of self-contradiction flowing through your keyboard. For instance, you admit your ignorance here:
“You are right that I have no idea who you’re talking about; to me it’s all gibberish.”
Then your pride demands that you save face since from the first you’ve been positioning yourself as the repository of what is worth knowing or not, so you immediately reduce what you cannot understand to insignificance, rantings, railings, falsehood and even foulness:
“So, Ms irish, all your non-specific ranting and railings against people I never heard of, or intellectual movements which might effect various churches only tangentially, if at all, seem to me misplaced & inappropriate, if not outright false....So find another target to loose your foul words on.”
Pride is an ugly thing BroJoeK. It forces its’ ‘owner’ to confess his ignorance and bring shame upon him or herself.
From the first your pride has loudly advertised its offense with the essay “Falling Stars, Damnable Heresy, and the Spirit of Evolution.” The essay is an exposition of God’s Revelation to man beginning with Moses who received
knowledge of creation ex nihilo from the Angel in the desert.
But as the King was a repository of magnificence, and you are the repository of “truth” your pride is offended due to your acceptance of “trendy set ups,” that is, natural science and evolutionary concepts that come from the mind of fallen men (in rebellion against the God of Revelation) with certain key aspects received by way of mystical encounters (i.e. Wallace, Nietzsche, Teilhard).
Once again, pride demands that you save face by
contradicting yourself:
“In our small church we do our level best to meet the expectations of traditional Christian religion.
We go by what the Bible says. So, we don’t get involved in whatever the latest “trendy set” might be up to...”
Now if it was true that your church—and you— goes by what God’s Revelation to man says then your pride would not be so offended by “Falling Stars...” that you have repeatedly tried to undermine the veracity of the author and joined with other offended posters in having the essay removed to the religion forum.
“...you are not acting like my FRiend”
A true friend would try to prevent the King from holding himself up to public ridicule. True friends do not massage our pride by telling us what we want to hear. They take no pleasure in seeing others fall.
Let's see... yes, there it is.
The first definition of "pride" in my dictionary is: spirited irish.
Now let's see again... yes, there it is. Arrogance = spirited irish.
What about "false accusations"? Yes again: spirited irish.
What about, "posts blithering nonsense"? = spirited irish.
"Has no good intentions"? = spirited irish.
spirited irish: "...you cannot see the continuous stream of self-contradiction flowing through your keyboard."
That falls under "false accusations", already defined.
spirited irish: "Then your pride demands that you save face since from the first you’ve been positioning yourself as the repository of what is worth knowing or not, so you immediately reduce what you cannot understand to insignificance, rantings, railings, falsehood and even foulness:"
Now let me tell you the truth of this matter: what you call "pride" is simply me returning your insults to sender.
If "pride" is your issue, then there is none more prideful than spirited irish in posting an unending stream of falsehoods and insults.
spirited irish: "Now if it was true that your church—and you— goes by what God’s Revelation to man says then your pride would not be so offended by “Falling Stars...” that you have repeatedly tried to undermine the veracity of the author and joined with other offended posters in having the essay removed to the religion forum."
Well, thank you!
tacticalogic, at last the truth comes out!
They can't stomach spirited irish on the religion forum -- she's been banished! Or should I say shunned!
Isn't that wonderful?
Thank you, Free Republic.
Now I think my work here is done, we've coaxed out a small truth, I doubt if we'll ever get more, and besides it's Thanksgiving, so I'm going to visit family.
Oh, and by the way, dear Ms irish, I certainly had nothing to do -- had no knowledge of -- getting you shunned from the FR religion forum.
But thanks so much for telling us the truth.
It has had tacticalogic, myself and others wondering for a long time.
Have a great Thanksgiving, all!
:-)