Dr. Shades wrote:With some trepidation, perhaps I'll add one more: If the Mormons can't have their critics be either of the above, they might settle for a bible-thumping evangelical whose scriptural arguments can be easily shot down. That way, they can defeat them in debate but still get to claim victim status.
Hi Shades,
Do you think that's the case for all evangelicals? Is that the case for Sandra Tanner?
Nope, not at all (to either of those questions). Let me rephrase: "[T]hey might settle for a bible-thumping evangelical whose scriptural arguments can be easily shot down as opposed to one whose arguments CANNOT be easily shot down.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Looked for the hoot but got the boot!!! How come??? Out-in-da-cold, Roger
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"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
From my limited experience with this board, I'd say good examples here are (once again, by no means a complete list) Beastie, harmony, and Dr. Shades
Herr Doktor, (or do I have the wrong doktor?)
I'm flattered. However, I must point out that I was viewed as a nasty piece of work on MAD, a liar as well as a plagiarist, not to mention an incompetent boob.
Oh, and I pretended to be an expert, to boot.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
“All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it...Propositions arrived at by purely logical means are completely empty as regards reality." - Albert Einstein
From my limited experience with this board, I'd say good examples here are (once again, by no means a complete list) Beastie, harmony, and Dr. Shades
Herr Doktor, (or do I have the wrong doktor?)
I'm flattered. However, I must point out that I was viewed as a nasty piece of work on MAD, a liar as well as a plagiarist, not to mention an incompetent boob.
Oh, and I pretended to be an expert, to boot.
Well... I'm a heathen (I also giggled when I read "boob"), so perhaps the flattery isn't justified(?)
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski
Well... I'm a heathen (I also giggled when I read "boob"), so perhaps the flattery isn't justified(?)
Well, then, I'll just take it from one boob to another. ;)
by the way, if you want a real giggle, my grandfather's knickname was boob. I'm not kidding. It's what everyone called him. I don't think they were calling him a "boob", I'm not even sure if "boob" meant "boob" back then, but I've never recovered from having a grandfather named boob. The Boy Named Sue phenomenon.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
What did I learn? Well, going by the criteria professed by the believing Mormons there, I don't know why Fawn Brodie is so villified.
Also, memo to Don Bradley: I'm already married.
LOL!
I overlooked this earlier, Blix. I see from 'your picture' that you have all the physical qualities of my "ideal critic," plus a couple more!! And your posting is obviously intelligent, etc. Damn!
Having been a good missionary, I'm not giving up. Who else do you know with these qualities? Got any "referrals" for me, Sista Blixa? ;)
Doctor Steuss wrote:To me, the “ideal critic” (not just of my religious views, but of my literary, musical, and/or other views as well) is someone who knows their junk, genuinely want to know my views as much as I want to know theirs, and makes me think… it’s not the tallest order to fulfill, but that’s what I like. A few examples (not by any means a complete list) from MA&D would be Rhinomelon, CaliforniaKid, CKSalmon, Don Bradley, The Dude, and Tarski.
