If I say “Eschew”, please don’t say “God bless you”
There are plenty of people here, I estimate, who would think I completely support this article. I am here to disown it. It is poorly-written, confrontational, unhelpful, rude, offensive, supercilious, bitter, and useless. You are not helping, Polly Toynbee.
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December 23rd, 2008 at 19h59
I can see how a quote like,
“There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”, would leave you cold.
Supercilious indeed.
December 23rd, 2008 at 20h34
I’m having trouble getting my head around this.
1. You’re a christian and a pastor.
2. You’re my father.
3. I think of you, for better or worse, every time I write a post about religion, thinking (as I’ve written before) how I would feel if Niall ended up so far opposed to me:
I was sure I had mentioned that “probably is no god; enjoy yourself” line on mcgees.org before, but I cannot find it. Maybe I didn’t. C’est dommage. But that’s obviously not what I’m talking about (and it wasn’t her line to begin with): it’s her unnecessary venom.
Do you disagree? Really? This is an olive branch. I’m being moderate.
Yeah, can’t get my head around it. Maybe you just revel in the confrontation.
Let me know…
December 24th, 2008 at 21h38
I would hope that even if I’m a Christian and a pastor I would continue to have some intellectual integrity. I can see the idiots in the midst of (and outside of) the fold. And I would agree about her unecessary venom.
PS….Merry Christmas!