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writerdad
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| Posted 12/15/2001 7:59 PM (GMT -6) |   |
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writerdad
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Date Joined Jun 2001
Total Posts : 448
| Posted 12/15/2001 8:02 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
To all: I dropped off the board about a week ago. After some reconsideration, I decided to come back to the board with the vow that I would not dialogue in any form with Mephi. Our disagreements are real, they are not going to be solved here, so I vowed not to simply leave them alone.
But I have been having internet problems for the past couple of days and, having finally resolved them, I went to the board with the intention to post. I broke my vow(mainly because I was up til two fixing this thing). I do not feel the need to apologize for what I said, but I do feel the need to apologize to all for the fact that I posted. For that I apologize to all. I have since deleted both and I will stay out of Mephi's way as long as he stays out of mine. I do request one thing from him: I do enjoy posting here but, in all honesty, I feel we cannot communicate without tension. So I would simply request that, as much as possible he refrain from posting on my posts. I realize that he has the right to go and do anything on this bulletin board. It is simply a request. Harold
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Wislawa
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Date Joined Jun 2001
Total Posts : 83
| Posted 12/15/2001 9:25 PM (GMT -6) | | (In an authoritative booming Calvinist God like voice) An imperative: thou shalt not misunderstand me (in an open theist god’s [note the lower case ‘g’] wimpering voice: please)
Writerdad, Mephi, it looks like what you need is a scapegoat. And guess what? The antichrist is a wonderful scapegoat. This has Girard written all over it. Ever notice how annoying I am though? I think writerdad has noticed this, you could teach Mephi to notice it too. Look at how much I’ve posted today, geesh, all those posts were really uncalled for. And look at my potty mouth, jeepers, I deserve to be shot. And what an idea! Nothing pulls foes together like a common enemy. If the two of you would gang up on me, and shift all of the guilt which is rightfully mine onto me, and knocked me off somehow, the whole world would live in beautiful Christian peace. The thought of that just makes me sick anyway, being the antichrist and all. So I offer you my services, we all win, I get what I want, everything writerdad has ever done wrong is really, secretly my fault, and everything mephi has ever done wrong is also secretly my fault too, so if you could just recognize this and get rid of me the two of you would be guilt free, happy, and (no kidding) back in the garden.
What do you say? Have we got a deal?
-Wislawa
for love is strong as death,
passion fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
a raging flame [shalhevet-Yah = the very fire of Yah(weh)].
Canticles 8:6
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GregBoyd
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Date Joined Jul 2001
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| Posted 12/16/2001 2:49 AM (GMT -6) | | Writerdad, thanks for responding. I'm glad you "fell off the wagon" and are back on the board. And I feel your pain regarding computer problems. They are of the devil, you know, and the fact that they allow us to dialogue via internet is simply a testimony to God bringing good out of evil. Most people over 40 I know feel this way about them.
Here's an idea. Instead of vowing not to post anything in response to Mephi, or asking Mephi to commit to not anything posting in response to you, why don't you both just commit to not posting anything in response to each other that could possibly be construed as personal attacks? Why not commit to simply address ACADEMIC topics in an ACADEMIC way? In fact, just for the discipline of it (discipline is always a good thing, right?) why not accept this challenge: don't post anything in response to each other that is less than nice? LOOK for the positive, and affirm it.
I DARE YOU
I bet God would like it.
What do you say? Agree Meph? It'll be a great exercise.
Doc
"Three is the magic number, oh yes it is, it's the Magic Number" - De La Soul
Edited by - GregBoyd on 12/16/2001 07:50:13 AM
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Tom
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GregBoyd
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Total Posts : 1818
| Posted 12/16/2001 8:08 PM (GMT -6) | | Triple Dare You
No backs!!!!
Actually, Meph has already accepted on the other thread. Writerpop, can you apologize for any unseemly postings, intentionally or unintentional, put this thing under the blood, and proceed forward with all of us wiser for the experience?
I know you can.
Doc
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