Posted on 03/26/2011 12:59:03 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
I’m curious . . .
Would
“That post came across as
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to me.”
been kosher enough, or not?
>> You don’t suppose that if so many ex-Catholics who lived in different areas of the country and never knew each other can relate the same accounts of what goes on in the Catholic church, that there just might be some truth to it? <<
HAHAHAHA!!!
You guys cc each other on literally thousands of posts a week; Alex Murphy and Gamecock apparently spend HOURS a DAY scouring teh news for MSM news stories which cast Catholicism in a bad light. You guys proof-test the entire internet looking for out-of-context quotes to post as evidence for your assertions. And then you expect me to be impressed that “Catholics who lived in different areas of the country and never knew each other” have similar stories???
You have to be joking! What portion of their lives do Gamecock, AM and Dr. Eck spend on FR getting their stories together?
>> If you and other Catholics choose to not believe what really goes in in Catholic churches around the country, <<
Well, we know what goes on in Catholic churches plenty because we actually go to them, unlike your swarm who pull up quotes from the obscurest of sources, while remaining entirely ignorant of the sources. (Gamecock is the funniest when he tries to make Augustine out to be a Calvinist!) And yes, we see a lot that does piss us off, and we post about it on Free Republic, and we strategize how to stop it. But you don’t read those threads because your swarm doesn’t ping you to them.
But what’s hysterical is this:
All these Calvinists here act like we Catholics are so remiss in cleaning up the Catholic Church (even while that’s our primary fixation). And so what are the largest CALVINIST churches: Presbyterian Church USA, a church which actually ENDORSES homosexual relationships, including those between teens and adults. YEah, while you’re ranting and raving about how evil the Catholic church is for mishandling teen-adult homosexual relationships, the PCUSA is blessing them.
Of course, next to the United Church of Christ (the second largest Calvinist denomination) they seem downright first-century. The UCC is ashamed to even call itself Christian.
Let’s see, then there are all these Calvinists who are so proud to call the Church of England “reformed” when discussing how important the C of E was to the founding fathers... but they seem to have nothing to do with it as it presses ahead and promotes homosexuality, abortion, anti-semitism, and so forth.
So while you pcik on us Catholics for fighting (increasingly successfully) to reform (in the REAL meaning of the word) the Catholic Church, you guys must be meeting in denominations that could convene in a broom closet. But no, THIS generation’s Calvinist schism will succeed in repelling liberalism, where the greats like John Edwards failed. How exactly?
Sometimes the thought crosses my mind that the religious threads here serve dual purposes....the second purpose being to keep some of the more aggressive, nasty and whacko posters in cyber-space happily ensconced in one, out-of-the-way, special-category place.
Leni
That would have been fine since it would be speaking of the statement and not the poster, personally.
THX THX
You’re acting like an “observation of fact” means something can’t be personal. And your acting like your statement was actually a fact, not a faulty opinion.
Anyways, I do make an attempt to correct mistakes, admit them, and apologize to others when necessary. Just on this thread, I have admitted a mistake, corrected a mistake, or apologized to another at least five times. Here they are with links:
1) In 204, I apologized to HossB86 for criticizing his posting style/tone, and he later graciously forgave me:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=204#204
2) In 422, I admitted I misspoke when saying “God” instead of “Jesus” in the context of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=422#422
3) In 515, I admitted to being confused and accidentally calling Gamecock an OPC member:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=515#515
4) In 1051, I admitted that I read Dr. E’s post 1000 to quickly, leading me to make a mistake in agreeing with her post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=1051#1051
5) In 1098, I corrected a mistake in post 1096:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=1098#1098
See, it’s not impossible to admit to a mistake and attempt to rectify it. Some people should try doing so.
“What portion of their lives do Gamecock, AM and Dr. Eck spend on FR getting their stories together?”
That’s assuming they’re four different people :)
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
Wasn’t the “Smoky Backroom” created for threads that end up like this one?
LOL!! Sure you do - you know it all. You know the judge, all PA officials and why they do things. You might want to focus more on your hat tricks because your mind reading ability is sorely lacking. Or focus on writing understandable posts. You, now, have enough to keep you busy. BTW, you don’t dismiss me - I come as go as I please. “Who the Son sets free, is free indeed”.
When a thread is beyond hope, I usually lock it for "childish behavior."
And I avoid both because trying to get a thread pulled, locked or moved is also sometimes a debate tactic.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
I can’t imagine how the habits could get any worse.
:)
Personally, I think they’ve become an embarrassment to the site and wish that when they reach this level they could be moved someplace less visible.
Thanks, but the thread was already replete with examples.
“The is your mistake - not metmom’s.”
No, it’s metmom’s.
“Being careless can’t be someone else’s fault.”
Metmom’s carelessness was her fault, if it actually was carelessness.
“Here’s how you posted it...
And that last one is the kicker — Mediatrix? Really? Where in scripture did God say this? So..... “
NO where is there any indication it was someone else’s words.”
You dishonestly quote me out of context and then claim that there was no indication that it was someone else’s words when I did use quotation marks to indicate they were someone else’s words. At any rate, if there was any confusion, metmom could have easily referred back to the previous post where she would again have seen that those were Hoss’s words. At any rate, I have asked metmom three times already to apologize for her mistake, and now it will be the fourth. Metmom, I will accept an apology if you admit your mistake, apologize, and ping all the others who you pinged to your false statement to your apology.
“You owe metmom an apology for taunting her for your own mistake or sloppiness in posting.”
You owe me an apology for saying this is my mistake, for saying that I was the one being careless, for dishonestly quoting me out of context, and for claiming that there was no indication that it was someone else’s words.
Here is the link to 944, where metmom made the false statement that she has not yet retracted, despite given multiple opportunities:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=944#944
And here is the post metmom falsely used as evidence:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2695139/posts?page=944#944
It’s extremely foolish to think you can get away with dishonestly quoting me out of context and lying about my post when I have the links right here and everyone can see them.
I understand that I may have been out of line with that one.
My bad.
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