I Say We Duke It Out!

I do indeed speak much as I write, though voice inflection, facial expression and body language in person-to-person interplay often obviate the need for painstaking verbal precision. I do say what I mean - I'm blunt to the point of abrasive sometimes. And trust me, I have no interest in making you or anyone else feel anything or any way.

An evangelical happened across a person about to suicide by leaping from a tall cliff. In full Christian charity, the evangelical rushed to intervene.

"Wait!" he cried, grabbing hold of the despondent other. "Do you believe in God?", he asked.

"Why, yes, I do", responded the other. "But I have nothing left in life but pain and loneliness, so I go to meet my God. It is my only option; I have nothing, and am all alone."

"Do you belong to a church" asked the evangelical.

"I did once", replied the other, "But fell away. As I told you, There's nothing left for me to live for."

"What church?" asked the evangelical.

"The Reformed Evangelical Church of Whatsits", replied the other.

"Why, that's the church to which I belong!" exclaimed the evangelical. "Reform of 1871, or reform of 1934?"

"Reform of 1934" Said the other.

"Amazing!" cried the evangelical. "Me, too. Eastern Conference or Western Conference?"

"Eastern Conference", came the reply from the other, who was now warming to his would be resucuer.

"Me, too!", the evangelical enthused. "New York Synod or Indianapolis Synod?"

"Indianapolis Synod"

"Oh," said the evangelical, delivering a hearty shove to the other. "In that case, then, die, you heathen scum"

Cool. I wish I had your eloquence.

Here's a take on sincerity:

[url=http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1706610#1706610]timber[/url] wrote:

An evangelical happened across a person about to suicide by leaping from a tall cliff. In full Christian charity, the evangelical rushed to intervene.

"Wait!" he cried, grabbing hold of the despondent other. "Do you believe in God?", he asked.

"Why, yes, I do", responded the other. "But I have nothing left in life but pain and loneliness, so I go to meet my God. It is my only option; I have nothing, and am all alone."

"Do you belong to a church" asked the evangelical.

"I did once", replied the other, "But fell away. As I told you, There's nothing left for me to live for."

"What church?" asked the evangelical.

"The Reformed Evangelical Church of Whatsits", replied the other.

"Why, that's the church to which I belong!" exclaimed the evangelical. "Reform of 1871, or reform of 1934?"

"Reform of 1934" Said the other.

"Amazing!" cried the evangelical. "Me, too. Eastern Conference or Western Conference?"

"Eastern Conference", came the reply from the other, who was now warming to his would be resucuer.

"Me, too!", the evangelical enthused. "New York Synod or Indianapolis Synod?"

"Indianapolis Synod"

"Oh," said the evangelical, delivering a hearty shove to the other. "In that case, then, die, you heathen scum"

Bartikus wrote:

Cool. I wish I had your eloquence.

Thank you. Its a learned skill, not an inate attribute. Experience helps one with eloguence, and eloguence helps one elucidate experience :wink:



Addendum: I wish I typed as well as I speak

Here's a take on sincerity:

[url=http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1706610#1706610]timber[/url] wrote:

An evangelical happened across a person about to suicide by leaping from a tall cliff. In full Christian charity, the evangelical rushed to intervene.

"Wait!" he cried, grabbing hold of the despondent other. "Do you believe in God?", he asked.

"Why, yes, I do", responded the other. "But I have nothing left in life but pain and loneliness, so I go to meet my God. It is my only option; I have nothing, and am all alone."

"Do you belong to a church" asked the evangelical.

"I did once", replied the other, "But fell away. As I told you, There's nothing left for me to live for."

"What church?" asked the evangelical.

"The Reformed Evangelical Church of Whatsits", replied the other.

"Why, that's the church to which I belong!" exclaimed the evangelical. "Reform of 1871, or reform of 1934?"

"Reform of 1934" Said the other.

"Amazing!" cried the evangelical. "Me, too. Eastern Conference or Western Conference?"

"Eastern Conference", came the reply from the other, who was now warming to his would be resucuer.

"Me, too!", the evangelical enthused. "New York Synod or Indianapolis Synod?"

"Indianapolis Synod"

"Oh," said the evangelical, delivering a hearty shove to the other. "In that case, then, die, you heathen scum"

Bartikus wrote:

Cool. I wish I had your eloquence.

Thank you. Its a learned skill, not an inate attribute. Experience helps one with eloguence, and eloguence helps one elucidate experience :wink:



Addendum: I wish I typed as well as I speak

WTH with the double posting! oops

With regard to J_B's post and quote about fundamentalists:


Quote mining on the topic of church-state separation will lead, for example, to ludicrous contentions about the christian devotion of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was nominally a member of the vestry of an Episcopal church. Many of the political leaders of Virginia participated in what was the established church of the Commonwealth before the revolution. Once the revolution commenced, these same men moved quickly to disestablish the Episcopal church. Jefferson wrote scorching condemnations of organized religion, and "re-wrote" the four gospels to remove what he considered interpolation and Pauline heretical impositions. Look up "the Jefferson Bible" online sometime....

Bartikus,

You mean my Smiley WMD?

It's very freeing to just say I'm wrong sometimes. Who cares?

The universe won't implode or anything.

I was wrong just a few hours ago.