Comments on: Polemecists

By: chris

chris — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:04:32 +0000

Iâ€™m stunned by this thread! How many hours have you guys been on here and for what point? Donâ€™t you have families/ wives and kids who need you ??

Thank you for coming to the defense of my family. Really appreciate your ~~contempt~~ concern.

By: Joe C

Joe C — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:49:12 +0000

w00t Keith!

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:06:10 +0000

Joe C: Quit staring at me! It’s freaking me out! 8^)>
(That’s my emoticon for my glasses, cheerful smile and “Rick Warren look-alike” goatee)

Have a great Lord’s day. Seriously. Really. We may look at each other with “surprised/weirded out/incredulity,” but praise God, He looks at us through the blood of Christ.

By: Tim Reed

Tim Reed — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:57:40 +0000

I was busy trying to not listening to HS bands using our church.

By: rho

rho — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:35:24 +0000

I’m stunned by this thread! How many hours have you guys been on here and for what point? Don’t you have families/ wives and kids who need you ??

By: Tim Reed

Tim Reed — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:50:30 +0000

Yes, but it’ll be #1 for the misspelling.

By: Paula

Paula — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:16:10 +0000

It’s PolemIcist. In case you want someone to be able to find your post with a search engine. Just trying to help…

By: Joe C

Joe C — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:17:09 +0000

@_@ = my facial expression towards you Keith. Two eyes and a mouth. See it? I’m staring at you with an expression of surprised/weirded out/incredulity.

Does that help any?

I like this one too

-.-

It means unimpressed or like a ’sighing’ expression, like squinting and frowning at someone.

Or…-.-;;; the “;;;” means sweating, like nervousness.

That’s your lesson in emoticons in plain text for the evening.

JOe

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:19:19 +0000

I should have thought of that myself, Rev Joe. I just did (email him).

By: nc

nc — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:45:28 +0000

BTW,

Re: Conversation.

I’m sick of people bashing the “conversation”.
People are conversing.
Someone shows up and lobs bombs, insinuations and condescension.
They get a negative reaction.
Connect a reaction TO THEIR behavior to the issues.
And then denigrate “the conversation” as hypocritical.

If you come to “the conversation” to dominate it, get called out for your agenda driven approach–which IS unloving. Period.–and then get rebuked for that. You’re not being persecuted or attacked or rejected from the conversation.

You’re being admonished to “play well with others”.

there’s a big difference.

If you can’t see that…well…then you’re probably part of the problem.

Another thing on conversation:
There are voices that have dominated the discourse for years in evangelicalism.

When other voices get a chance to speak or bring other marginalized voices to speak about the environment, labor laws, immigration, etc. that’s not rejecting you,

that’s you enjoying the opportunity to learn to be quiet and listen, and be humble while you’re challenged because you’ve had the microphone and the bully pulpit for years. (In some cases…emphasis on bully)

Some people “in the conversation” do have a need to play their part…That part: it’s to shutup and listen, get over yourself and have the humility to seriously consider a view other than the validation of middle class social respectability posing as real Christian witness.

phew…

I’m done.