FEEL FREE to pick apart whatever post I post.
I like vigorous dialouge, most of the time.
I think the allegations about our language, era, culture, nuances etc. are more advanced from 2000 years ago is utter nonsense. Just because we have the largest vocabulary in recorded history is not necessarily a mark of refinement.
The Greeks, Romans and Hebrews had plenty robustness in their languages to express a very full range of nuance and refinement.
People are people. David, Solomon, Christ, Paul, Gamalial et al did not lack for subtlety, nuance nor refinement.
I do consider the audience when selecting my means of expression.
I know from LOTS of personal as well as 100’s of hours of interventionist, group therapy, workshops, teaching, & counseling sessions the range of personalities and dynamics that respond—however delayed—to starkly startling, vividly memorable words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs.
How DARE I ROB folks of such an opportunity to FINALLY have their consciousness, understanding, hearts, minds, spirits GRABBED BY THE THROAT by some vivid, memorable, haunting turn of phrase sufficiently to FINALLY wake-up?
There’s plenty of soft, gentle, winsome, rabbit fur coated pontifications hereon. That’s not per se my brief to write only in those ways.
VATICAN DAFFYNITION and other such terms are usually born out of extreme frustration at being able to
DESCRIBE AT ALL MEANINGFULLY WHAT PRODDYS SEE DEMONSTRATED HEREON RELENTLESSLY.
I don’t have a better term for the slippery, weasel word laden, double standard flaunted, duplicitous drivel straight from the ALICE IN WONDERLAND SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND REALITY MANGLING that RC’s fling about with such relentless abandon hereon—with such straight, long-faced haughtiness.
If y’all don’t like being called on such duplicity and double standard laden pontifications—KNOCK IT OFF!
If y’all don’t like being called on such slippery daffynitions—QUIT USING THEM!
I don’t know of a SINGLE PRODDY HEREON who’s the LEAST bit DISRESPECTFUL TOWARD THE AUTHENTIC MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS. Not a single one. LIES TO THE CONTRARY DON’T MAKE IT SO—AS Y’ALL SO OFTEN ASSERT.
Some of us are merciless toward the idolatrous, blasphemous, heretical hogwash proffered relentlessly in her name. AS WELL ANY RESPECTABLE CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE!
If I had a better way to describe such, I’d use it. That’s as accurate, vividly memorable, instructive a set of terms as I’ve come up with.
CHRIST RELENTLESSLY CALLED A SPADE A SPADE. The better preachers and English teachers I’ve ever had did the same. I’m not at all ashamed of doing so.
Of course, HOPEFULLY, the majority of RC’s even hereon, are aghast and hostile toward the outrageous behavior of a sizeable chunk yet minority of priests.
NEVERTHELESS, WHEN CLUELESS IDIOTS on the RC side are relentlessly flinging absurdities or even truths about Proddy sins and errors way over the line beyond reason or usefulness—a reminder of the beams in Vatican eyes is MOST FITTING. Spiteful, vengeful, obtuseness from willfully blind RC’s is not likely to be met any more kindly by me.
Such folks typically WILL NOT REMOTELY DEAL WITH the facts and truths and evidence Proddys post. THEIR VIRTUALLY ONLY claim to fame is to KILL THE MESSENGER.
Wellllllllllllllllllll whooop T Doo!
I don’t mind rubbing their own Vatican mushed bug juice in their faces at all. Maybe they’ll eventually learn something or at least decide they dont’ like the taste.
BTW there may be one Proddy that has some lingering hate toward some RC’s. I don’t know. I do NOT.
I hate the blasphemies, idolatries, horrific gross heresies and hypocrisies.
One CAN do so WITHOUT hating the persons involved. It may be difficult to impossible for RC’s as they seem to so compulsively demonstrate. It’s not that difficult for the Proddys I know hereon.
INSTITUTIONS, STRUCTURES IDEAS, DOGMA, RITUALS, !!!!TRADITIONS!!!! etc. are constructs. They are not per se, people. They are certainly not individuals.
THE INCAPACITY TO DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND THE INSTITUTION, STRUCTURES, IDEAS, DOGMA, RITUALS ETC.
IS A SCREAMINGLY HORRIFICALLY VIVID STINKY, PRICKLY EVIDENCE OF IDOLATRY, BLASPHEMY.
BULLY FOR YOU TO WONDERFUL FOR YOU FOR YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES TO THE CONTRARY.
I HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY, I DON’T WRITE FOR THOSE FOR WHOM MY ASSERTIONS ARE NOT TRUE.
I write for those FOR WHOM MY ASSERTIONS ARE TRUE TO MOSTLY TRUE.
IF THE SHOE DOESN’T FIT—BY ALL MEANS, DON’T WEAR IT.
CLEARLY FROM THE RESPONSES OF THE PIERCED PORKERS or yelping dogs in the pack, BY GOD’S GRACE, I’VE STRUCK HOME MORE THAN A LITTLE MORE THAN A BIT OF THE TIME.
IF folks fail to get the words of wisdom embedded even in the headlines or following thereafter . . . they are welcome to, encouraged to use their page down keys liberally and rapidly.
Folks should consider themselves accountable before God to my poor humble words ONLY WHEN HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES ON THEM TO BE SO.
I know from experience, that He does that quite often MOST successfully weeks to years later. That’s fine with me. Whatever He does is fine with me.
You become so exercised at the Truth of Jesus instead of sublimating this sinful PRIDE to the divine will of God. These sins will testify against you on the day of judgment. /p>
In this one post alone there are 30 times when the words “I”, “me” and/or “my” are used.
This is one of innumerable types of your posts where this occurs.
“I must decrease, He must increase”
Earlier on in this thread you told us that it is a Scriptural truth that we must account for every word from our mouth or our fingers. (I don’t have time to look for the EXACT words of that post, but this is very close)
I have asked you if you believed that this “Scriptural truth” also applies to all that you have posted.