Re: Magic Menstrual Mummies

Might I politely suggest replacing all my Uses of the word "ignorant" with "lacking knowledge or awareness, uneducated"?  Karl, Does that help?

My beliefs are what they are.  I'm not going to change them because others find them arrogant, but only because they are wrong.

Regards,
-Lance

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On May 24, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Karl Swenson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>  "Are you saying that you think you're better than I am?"
>>> 
>>> ***which he clearly does as he is so enlightened.
>> 
>> So what! Aren't we all allowed to choose a path for our lives that we think
>> is best?
>> 
>> ***of course.  I do think however that mutual respect suggests that we might
>> not want to call each other idiots because of the different paths we chose.
> 
> This is what's frustrating. No one has called anyone an idiot! Yet you
> have attached that as a subtext to what someone's said.
> 
> You did the same thing when you asked if I was calling you an
> "unbeliever", thus implying I think you're a bad person, going to
> hell, who knows what else is in your head. Stop it!
> 
>> Why do you feel the need to yell over at people on other paths how arrogant
>> they are?
>> 
>> ***Because arrogance is wrong.
> 
> There are a lot of wrong things out there. But in the interest of
> politeness, I'm asking you to keep your opinion of people's arrogance
> to yourself.
> 
>> Could we just drop the arrogance and "holier-than-thou" accusations?
>> 
>> ***Um, no.  If I feel someone tone is needlessly arrogant, I will say so.
> 
> I'm asking you to stop.
> 
>> If you disagree, feel free to do so, but how dare you tell me to suppress my
>> feelings because they make you all butt hurt or something.
> 
> *I* dare because I host this stupid list on my dollar. How dare *you*
> disrespect me, your host, in this manner?
> 
>> ***And it has, frankly, had the effect of souring me for the Orthodox faith,
>> frankly.  Someone mentioned how evangelicals drive people away.  So,
>> apparently, do Orthodox.
> 
> Another good reason to shut down the list as far as I'm concerned. God
> forgive me.
> 
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