Brian Book did not suggest in any way that government 'be in the business of instituting religious creed' as you wrote in your reply to him. If you are open to self-reflection, I recommend that you reread Brian Book's comment and then read your reply to him. Your response implied that he suggested a church-state partnership, which was not the case.
Brian Book did not suggest in any way that government 'be in the business of instituting religious creed' as you wrote in your reply to him. If you are open to self-reflection, I recommend that you reread Brian Book's comment and then read your reply to him. Your response implied that he suggested a church-state partnership, which was not the case.
No of course Brian Book did not suggest the church state partnership which you seem to have pulled from thin air. Nor did I suggest he did. In fact, I was contrasting Brian Brook's devout and ethical stance honoring both Christ and the Constitution, with those government officials like Bill Barr, Amy Coney Barrett, et al who do want to use their government positions to institute their own interpretation of Christianity.
You did not differentiate as you now claim. I was not alone in comprehending your response as stated. Another liked my response to you, so, at least the two of us are in agreement. This is not the first time that I experienced and read you initiating and responding with hard, aggressive and misdirected attacks. One wise subscriber recently suggested that you take a 'cold shower'. What is this about? It keeps company with you lin, as far as I know, a focused, hard working person determined to do good. Overdetermined, occurred to me as a possibility. This trait of yours as I see it, is foreboding and mean. While I cannot think of a bridge, your learning and lucidity are appreciated as well. Salud.
What's with the Cat-Fight trying to be disguised by your clumsy patronizing fractiousness.
Play nice, Eh!?
This is a community of intelligent loquacious friends that seek improved knowledge about American democracy and the threat to its existence.
tRump and his minions are not American but, instead are treasonous pigs who do not deserve to live in these United States of America.
We are ALL committed to doing all we can to rid America of every evil minded bigoted R by conducting free and fair elections based upon advocacy to improve a law or legislation.
Fern, if you are so consumed with the negative labeling of the good people supporting this news letter, then, perhaps you will find a better outlet for pontificating your disrespect for us on a maggot, whooops, maga hate spewing link.
It is often difficult to suss out from your writing exactly what you do mean, lin. While occasionally something comes through that people connect with, by and large you generate rambling discourses that sound intellectual but are not: they are distractions. This is not a debate forum, but you seem determined to make it one. I'm sorry for that, because at its best, this forum offers the opportunity for great growth in awareness and to foster real action in the real world. In other words, real change and not just a blather of words that don't quite fit together. I hope you will join us in that. It's clear that you are intelligent, but also that you seem most interested in pulling other people down rather than creating a common bond. I agree with what Fern said (as of my writing her post is below mine, but this being substack that could change).
This is the old, "He said, she said, yadda yadda yadda" discourse about books written for a profit, (and I don't mean of faith).
In discussions of this type the generalizations categorizing people as either government employees or people practicing a shared love in Church is forgetting "They" are all people who may be both govt employed and members of a faith preaching love is the way.
So to argue about Church vs. State misses the point entirely.
In order to speak to this relationship the discussion must be centered upon people not entities composed of people. Entities either of Church or Government do not pray to our FATHER in Heaven or curse one or the other as unfit for a partnership.
It is obviously the people who compose each entity that seek the love that is a Church or the power that is a government.
It is those people who are either the same or anathema to each others proclivities, and it is what they either strive for or pray for that needs to be the point of any such discussion.
Brian Book did not suggest in any way that government 'be in the business of instituting religious creed' as you wrote in your reply to him. If you are open to self-reflection, I recommend that you reread Brian Book's comment and then read your reply to him. Your response implied that he suggested a church-state partnership, which was not the case.
No of course Brian Book did not suggest the church state partnership which you seem to have pulled from thin air. Nor did I suggest he did. In fact, I was contrasting Brian Brook's devout and ethical stance honoring both Christ and the Constitution, with those government officials like Bill Barr, Amy Coney Barrett, et al who do want to use their government positions to institute their own interpretation of Christianity.
You did not differentiate as you now claim. I was not alone in comprehending your response as stated. Another liked my response to you, so, at least the two of us are in agreement. This is not the first time that I experienced and read you initiating and responding with hard, aggressive and misdirected attacks. One wise subscriber recently suggested that you take a 'cold shower'. What is this about? It keeps company with you lin, as far as I know, a focused, hard working person determined to do good. Overdetermined, occurred to me as a possibility. This trait of yours as I see it, is foreboding and mean. While I cannot think of a bridge, your learning and lucidity are appreciated as well. Salud.
Wow!
Fern!
Hold your horses!
What's with the Cat-Fight trying to be disguised by your clumsy patronizing fractiousness.
Play nice, Eh!?
This is a community of intelligent loquacious friends that seek improved knowledge about American democracy and the threat to its existence.
tRump and his minions are not American but, instead are treasonous pigs who do not deserve to live in these United States of America.
We are ALL committed to doing all we can to rid America of every evil minded bigoted R by conducting free and fair elections based upon advocacy to improve a law or legislation.
Fern, if you are so consumed with the negative labeling of the good people supporting this news letter, then, perhaps you will find a better outlet for pontificating your disrespect for us on a maggot, whooops, maga hate spewing link.
Thanks!
It is often difficult to suss out from your writing exactly what you do mean, lin. While occasionally something comes through that people connect with, by and large you generate rambling discourses that sound intellectual but are not: they are distractions. This is not a debate forum, but you seem determined to make it one. I'm sorry for that, because at its best, this forum offers the opportunity for great growth in awareness and to foster real action in the real world. In other words, real change and not just a blather of words that don't quite fit together. I hope you will join us in that. It's clear that you are intelligent, but also that you seem most interested in pulling other people down rather than creating a common bond. I agree with what Fern said (as of my writing her post is below mine, but this being substack that could change).
This is the old, "He said, she said, yadda yadda yadda" discourse about books written for a profit, (and I don't mean of faith).
In discussions of this type the generalizations categorizing people as either government employees or people practicing a shared love in Church is forgetting "They" are all people who may be both govt employed and members of a faith preaching love is the way.
So to argue about Church vs. State misses the point entirely.
In order to speak to this relationship the discussion must be centered upon people not entities composed of people. Entities either of Church or Government do not pray to our FATHER in Heaven or curse one or the other as unfit for a partnership.
It is obviously the people who compose each entity that seek the love that is a Church or the power that is a government.
It is those people who are either the same or anathema to each others proclivities, and it is what they either strive for or pray for that needs to be the point of any such discussion.