tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post113573122340737375..comments2023-09-11T06:53:12.550-05:00Comments on that is not my blog: Be afraid. Be very afraid…Call Me Ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09335568796074131987noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1169849017644525642007-01-26T17:03:00.000-05:002007-01-26T17:03:00.000-05:00The answers to #1&2 are yes. The #3 apears to fit ...The answers to #1&2 are yes. The #3 apears to fit me in a couple of spots and others I know in other places. Could you be on the same ego trip that those you speak of are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1151833923582465552006-07-02T04:52:00.000-05:002006-07-02T04:52:00.000-05:00Woe to us who don't have time to follow every onli...Woe to us who don't have time to follow every online thread all the way from beginning to end! We may not understand who is on which side, or what is evaluated how.<BR/><BR/>I will therefore not remark directly on "Call Me Ishmael," lest I trip myself up with not understanding what he's getting at. I will say that I dislike R.C. Sproul for his gratuitously snide remarks about Christians who are not Calvinists, as when he claimed that non-Calvinists are so stupid as to imagine that it's really possible that ALL souls might be led to salvation. Nonetheless, I make common cause with Calvinists on many points.<BR/><BR/>Long ago, during the months which led up to my becoming a Christian, I played around with the tiny fragments of Bible knowledge I had so far acquired, and flattered myself that I was already qualified to make profound observations. Later, of course, I learned better. Now I wonder if it might be accurate to say that Emergent Movement leaders are seeking to regress everyone back to the half-axiomed silliness I was fumbling around in back in the spring of 1971.<BR/><BR/>Joseph "Copperfox" Ravitts<BR/>Columbia, MarylandJoseph Ravittshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717836754708519593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1143761993328946622006-03-30T18:39:00.000-05:002006-03-30T18:39:00.000-05:00Yeah, but you still haven't explained what it was ...Yeah, but you still haven't explained what it was you saw on the plaque on the wall. What was it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1142515122778947372006-03-16T08:18:00.000-05:002006-03-16T08:18:00.000-05:00dammit man....if you're in mickey-ville again, ema...dammit man....if you're in mickey-ville again, email me. we'll go...ummm...to an organically-grown, fair-trade coffee place, and curse. <BR/><BR/>or something.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093170309806260127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1140817944946359022006-02-24T16:52:00.000-05:002006-02-24T16:52:00.000-05:00Now I'm not going to be able to sleep. Is the Hoke...Now I'm not going to be able to sleep. Is the Hokey-Pokey what it's all about? I sure hope not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1140374956895100862006-02-19T13:49:00.000-05:002006-02-19T13:49:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous,The nameplate on the plaque simply ...Dear Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>The nameplate on the plaque simply read, “The Truth.” I can’t recall it now without experiencing the same sense of ominous foreboding that overcame me on that dark night.Ron Henzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433743384047640111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1140342956542440972006-02-19T04:55:00.000-05:002006-02-19T04:55:00.000-05:00Pardon my uncool denseness for not getting it, but...Pardon my uncool denseness for not getting it, but what was on the plaque on the wall?? I have not read McLaren's book and don't plan on it...or is the whole point of this that I'm not "really sure" what was on the wall. It's so hard to understand these emerging people I can't even understand satire about them!!<BR/>funny stuff, anywho.<BR/>-bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1140130567102298522006-02-16T17:56:00.000-05:002006-02-16T17:56:00.000-05:00I have only read this one blog, and we probably di...I have only read this one blog, and we probably disagree on quite a bit... but, nonetheless, I will try to be generously orthodox: That was freakin' brilliant.<BR/><BR/>Truly good satire is hard to find. Thank you, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139837914798115502006-02-13T08:38:00.000-05:002006-02-13T08:38:00.000-05:00What is the 'Seal of Incredulity?'What is the 'Seal of Incredulity?'geoff paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751836301814094586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139522005536152122006-02-09T16:53:00.000-05:002006-02-09T16:53:00.000-05:00"Swine apolewgists. Yew only taulk thet way when y..."Swine apolewgists. Yew only taulk thet way when you have receev-ed a bimp on the head. Yes, bimp. That is what ah have beeen saying, yew fewl." <BR/><BR/>Jacques Clouseau aside, very entertaining!Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139498534218298932006-02-09T10:22:00.000-05:002006-02-09T10:22:00.000-05:00Did I just say that? Oh well, here's to the need ...Did I just say that? Oh well, here's to the need to clean up expulsiveness!Deeapaulitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779311373562097618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139498342696041402006-02-09T10:19:00.000-05:002006-02-09T10:19:00.000-05:00In 1924 a student of Freud's named Karl Abraham di...In 1924 a student of Freud's named Karl Abraham distinguished A-Rness from anal expulsiveness. The latter is pretty much what it sounds like, the predisposition to make a mess, while A-R is Meticulousness- a reaction against anal expulsiveness.<BR/>Freud talked about anality in part because he thought toilet training was a major factor in personality development & is jokingly said to have erected an impressive theoretical edifice on the fact that he couldn't get into the bathroom in the morning.<BR/><BR/>I had to look up what anal-retentive meant because I always thought it was just a civilized way of calling someone an 'A-Hole'. I was right, and I was toilet-trained at an early age. Must be why I have such a sparkling personality.Deeapaulitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779311373562097618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139467391900133922006-02-09T01:43:00.000-05:002006-02-09T01:43:00.000-05:00Wow. That was interesting.Wow. That was interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139423404989886202006-02-08T13:30:00.000-05:002006-02-08T13:30:00.000-05:00Actually, Glenda, Larry LaPrise was 83 when he die...Actually, Glenda, Larry LaPrise was 83 when he died, and the 10th anniversary of his death is coming up on April 4, 2006. Thanks for the reminder.Ron Henzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433743384047640111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1139411250745072112006-02-08T10:07:00.000-05:002006-02-08T10:07:00.000-05:00I could'nt let you mention "the Hokey Pokey" witho...I could'nt let you mention "the Hokey Pokey" without informing you of this important event...<BR/>Hokey Pokey <BR/>With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is<BR/>worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went<BR/>unnoticed at the end of May. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey<BR/>Pokey", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family<BR/>was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. Then the trouble<BR/>started....Glenda, saved by gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07960426807428411705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138990758477951972006-02-03T13:19:00.000-05:002006-02-03T13:19:00.000-05:00ish- I hear you about the sick sick people. i gues...ish- I hear you about the sick sick people. i guess they are the easy one's to spot. it's the imaginary ones that are more willy. <BR/>more and more I am begining to think that the hookey pookey IS what it's all about<BR/>i will be checking your blog for some more enlightened and humorous posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138939679111324832006-02-02T23:07:00.000-05:002006-02-02T23:07:00.000-05:00So, how DID you earn the "Wha-choo Talkin' Bout Wi...So, how DID you earn the "Wha-choo Talkin' Bout Willis?" Seal of Inredulity? I'm curious...in a generous sort of way.stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639978861529227572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138913407970276562006-02-02T15:50:00.000-05:002006-02-02T15:50:00.000-05:00I guess my revision wasn't very effective...I mean...I guess my revision wasn't very effective...I meant apoplectic.Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179939273965978544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138913338942660982006-02-02T15:48:00.000-05:002006-02-02T15:48:00.000-05:00Sometimes I am reluctantly forced into listening t...Sometimes I am reluctantly forced into listening to one of those right-winged people who so deftly appropriate the Biblical injunction to "correct gently." I have really never understood why their opponents don't just listen to them. I mean really, if ingorantly (should I say unconsciously?) saying good things occasionally in an spoplectic tirade is the most effective way to convert someone, then everyone should be a ditto-head. I wonder what implications that has for evangelism? Maybe Pat and Jerry do know how to deal with people after all!Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179939273965978544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138878409103434802006-02-02T06:06:00.000-05:002006-02-02T06:06:00.000-05:00seeward: I tend to think of Cary as inhabiting ano...seeward: I tend to think of Cary as inhabiting another dimension, a sort of Twilight Zone that Brian McLaren has conjured up for us, and into which I stepped for a brief moment. Darwin Fish, along with his sidekick Al Soto, & Co., on the other hand, are the kinds of sick, sick people you don't even come across in McLaren’s worst nightmares. Unfortunately, I'm quite familiar with them, along with others of their gene pool.Ron Henzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433743384047640111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138852283101883542006-02-01T22:51:00.000-05:002006-02-01T22:51:00.000-05:00Just stumbled across your blog - This is one of th...Just stumbled across your blog - This is one of the funniest posts I have ever read. <BR/>Does Cary have a cousin such as <A HREF="http://www.atruechurch.org" REL="nofollow">Darwin Fish</A>. I realeze your post was a parody and the kinds of people who BMclaren is refering to aren't in the mainstream, but they do exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138830491200058992006-02-01T16:48:00.000-05:002006-02-01T16:48:00.000-05:00On second thought, I believe that your your first ...On second thought, I believe that your your first concern: 1) “Is ‘anal-retentive’ supposed to be hyphenated?”, is needless concern over trivial differences in interpretation.<BR/><BR/>What difference does it make whether “anal-retention” is hyperflated? It's just a little vague discomfort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138828294298493102006-02-01T16:11:00.000-05:002006-02-01T16:11:00.000-05:00One of my great concerns is that we may have it al...One of my great concerns is that we may have it all wrong. Imagine that if any one of thousands of ancient scribes had misplaced one jot or tittle, then “anal-retentive” might really have been “banal-retentive” or even “anal-retention.” How are we to know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138821044381635492006-02-01T14:10:00.000-05:002006-02-01T14:10:00.000-05:00Ish,I appreciate your response. Indeed, Rodney Ki...Ish,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your response. Indeed, Rodney King did say it best, didn't he? Or was it Jesus? "By this all men will know you are my disciples, if you love one another." <BR/>I appreciate your enlightening, entertaining, and humorous posts. Have a good day, brother!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059854022998778174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676884.post-1138793551201125992006-02-01T06:32:00.000-05:002006-02-01T06:32:00.000-05:00Darin: Brian McLaren wrote, “In Christian theology...Darin: Brian McLaren wrote, “In Christian theology, this anti-emergent thinking is expressed in systematic theologies that claim (overtly, covertly, or unconsciously) to have final orthodoxy nailed down, freeze-dried, and shrink-wrapped forever” (Generous Orthodoxy, 286). I’m still trying to figure out how it’s possible to “claim” something “unconsciously,” (is it like when you mistakenly list something on an insurance claim that you didn’t actually lose or break?) but at least we have McLaren to warn us of this unconscious behavior. The quote that’s usually cited as a companion to this one is found on page 293: “To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on the wall.” So it would seem that if there’s one thing McLaren states with finality, it’s that no one should state anything with finality.Ron Henzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433743384047640111noreply@blogger.com