Dewey's post

[Horace]

@Jolly said in Dewey's post:

Notice that it was done in a medium where he controls any feedback and has deleted thoughts he does not agree with. I think that also says something.

Yes he has a talent for living in a reality of his own choosing, and ignoring the rest. He surrounds himself with people who buy into his narcissistic posing (appropriate words, Improv) and it all becomes real to him.

[George K]

@Horace said in Dewey's post:

living in a reality of his own choosing,

We all do that. We seek to be where we are comfortable. For that reason (and others, to be sure) I don't go next door. It's normal behavior to find where you're comfortable.

[Horace]

@George-K said in Dewey's post:

@Horace said in Dewey's post:

living in a reality of his own choosing,

We all do that. We seek to be where we are comfortable. For that reason (and others, to be sure) I don't go next door. It's normal behavior to find where you're comfortable.

Of course it is. But not all of us believe our own narratives to the same extent. Some of us are more capable of self reflection and fault acknowledgment than others.

[Copper]

@89th said in Dewey's post:

I am sad I missed what Copper wrote

I didn't save it, but it was only 3 lines, something like this:

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What a rotten post.

Most people got along ok with Larry.

Those that did not were active participants in the brawl.

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That's about it.

[89th]

@Copper Well summarized. Your brevity is something I should try sometime.

[Horace]

Imagine if Dewey had gone public at the time with his fantasies of calling in a swat team to get back at Larry. We would have understood the context and laughed at it. It would have been shameful and pathetic to threaten legal action, which is why at the time, Dewey kept it to fantasy. Then in this grave-crapping post, he drags it out as a piece of rhetorical flair to impress on the gullible masses how severe the situation really was.

A primary theme of the left is, as always, to make everybody else responsible for their own emotional over-reactions. The hatred from those mediocrities on Facebook and over the fence should be reserved for maybe parents who abused you. Not internet warriors you chose to do battle with.

[Improviso]

@Horace said in Dewey's post:

Then in this grave-crapping post, he drags it out as a piece of rhetorical flair to impress on the gullible masses how severe the situation really was.

Love the sinner. Hate the sin.

I suppose that would be too much to ask a "man of the cloth", huh?

[Horace]

@Improviso said in Dewey's post:

@Horace said in Dewey's post:

Then in this grave-crapping post, he drags it out as a piece of rhetorical flair to impress on the gullible masses how severe the situation really was.

Love the sinner. Hate the sin.

I suppose that would be too much to ask a "man of the cloth", huh?

I'm very sure people in his position should not make claims about the religious beliefs of others, immediately after they die or otherwise.

When people fail tests of character, they often do so publicly and proudly. It's a variation on the theme that character is shown by your actions when you think nobody is watching. People feel nobody is watching, as long as they're a good soldier in a war of good vs evil.

[Jolly]

Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

[Jolly]

The Matthew 7 version...

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

[Doctor Phibes]

I don’t agree with all the shit being thrown at Dewey. I didn’t agree with him posting what he did when he did, but he had his reasons.

This situation isn’t as simple as him being the bad guy.

[Renauda]

@Jolly

Don’t you start a god damned Back to the Bible Hour over this.

I doubt if anyone actually cares how adept you are at regurgitating chapter and verse.

Unless of course you want to come across as annoying about it as the narcissistic pastor whose inappropriate bullshit gave rise to this thread.

[Jolly]

Read 'em and weep, my friend. A little Bible should neither scare nor hurt you.

If you're talking religion, use not opinion, but source material.

[Renauda]

@Jolly said in Dewey's post:

A little Bible should neither scare nor hurt you.

You can be assured a little or a lot does me neither.

[Doctor Phibes]

This should scare you. DON'T FUCKING CALL ME BALDY!

2 Kings 2:23-24

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ they said. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.”

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

Sod off, Baldy Baldrick!

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey's post:

This should scare you. DON'T FUCKING CALL ME BALDY!

2 Kings 2:23-24

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ they said. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.”

I know the story. If you wish, I can break down the situation and probably why this was done. Hopefully, I'll get it right.

Want an early Sunday School lesson?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in Dewey's post:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey's post:

This should scare you. DON'T FUCKING CALL ME BALDY!

2 Kings 2:23-24

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ they said. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.”

I know the story. If you wish, I can break down the situation and probably why this was done. Hopefully, I'll get it right.

Want an early Sunday School lesson?

Sorry, I don't think the Bible is so simplistic a text that its stories can be distilled down into "this is what this one means." In fact I'd go so far as to say viewing the Bible in those terms is precisely why there's a crisis of belief in Western society.

It's not that we've become Godless heathens—we've always been that, nothing's changed there. What has changed, is that churches stopped doing what they used to do, which was attempt to explain the whole of the Bible. It was open-mindedness, not rigidity, that helped Christianity flourish through the centuries. No surprise at all that once they started down a path of linear messaging, some people stopped listening.

But since this is a crap-on-Dewey thread I'll leave us all the option to return to that.

[Jolly]

Nah, I'll post an answer to your thought...I agree the Bible has to be taken as a whole, but where we have gotten ourselves into trouble, is when we ignore the specific teachings. I know Catholics or others can be cafeteria in their beliefs, but what's in there is in there for a reason.

In this specific instance, it's OT and we do live in an Age of Grace, but there are still lessons we can learn. You have to back up a bit to learn why the prophet was where he was at and what he was doing, to understand why the bears attacked the children.

That lesson revolves around the Wrath of God and Judgement of those who mock His Word. Folks nowadays concentrate too much on the Love of God, while ignoring the fact that Jesus spoke more on Hell than on Heaven. Heaven is real. Hell is real. And so is the Judgement. People forget that God is Alpha and Omega, the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.

So, when I do read something from the OT, I keep in mind it is the same God. And while you're right about the bird's eye view, remember the smaller illustrations help make it up.

[Horace]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Dewey's post:

But since this is a crap-on-Dewey thread I'll leave us all the option to return to that

It’s a thread to discuss his post about Larry. That’s why I titled it Dewey’s post.