Comments on: Bryan Fischer doubles down on Christianity as a state religion

By: Eddy

Eddy — Wed, 30 May 2018 20:22:32 +0000

patronizing: displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner
Might be just me but I didn’t see the suggestion to breathe as ‘offfensively condescending’. As David clarified, he had left his last comment a day prior to receiving two from Timothy in an hour’s time. The second comment “No? Nothing?” was Timothy’s petulance at David not responding to HIS post within an hour after he had taken a day to respond to David’s.
In that context, “Breath” was akin to “Hold your horses!”, “Gimme a break!” with the reminder “it’s a blogsite not an online chat…I may not be online when you comment and might not be in an hour either…give me reasonable time to see and read your comment before implying sarcastically that I have nothing to say”.
It wasn’t ‘offensively condescending’ at all especially when you consider the sarcasm that it was in response to.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:14:54 +0000

David,
I still have not heard from you.
So I am still uncertain whether comparisons to Bahati and Sempa are objectively needless, polarizing and hopelessly generalizing blunt acts of aggression or whether this is a subjective classification.
I am also uncertain whether an apology was proffered.
Do feel free to contact me at timothydkinla@yahoo.com if you continue to believe that the venue in which you insulted me is not the proper venue in which to apologize. Assuming, of course, that you apologized.
Timothy

By: Throbert McGee

Throbert McGee — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:14:54 +0000

Timothy, the Bible is fairy stories

Indubitably — but I think Timothy’s position is that the fairytales in the Bible are not just any old fairytales — they are fairytales told to us by God Himself.
And to any believer who is offended by the fairytale comparison and objects “Well, why would God make up a bunch of lies?”, I would respond with the old Russian proverb:
Skazka — lozh,
Da v nei namiok,
Dobrym molodtsam urok!
Which literally translates more or less as:
“The fairytale is a lie,
Yet in it is a hint —
For kindhearted A+ students, a lesson!”
And a bit loosely, for the sake of rhyme:
“Fairytales are a mountain of lies…
…but with hinted-at lessons for the good and wise!”

By: Jayhuck

Jayhuck — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:14:54 +0000

Just as a matter of curiosity, when you personally compared me with Bahati and Sempa recently in an entire unprovoked attack, was that a needless, polarizing and hopelessly generalizing blunt act of aggression?

LOL

By: Debbie Thurman

Debbie Thurman — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:14:54 +0000

FWIW, I took a Latin course on Roman satire (mainly Horace and Juvenal) in college. I recall reading in the original language references to historical events and people that were mentioned in the New Testament, including Jesus. I found that fascinating.