On Socialism

[glorydaz]

Oh, so, Genesis 3:17-19 and 2 Thessalonians 3:10 are addressed to the Jews, are they? Because those are the verses I had quoted that Artie was complaining about...



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No need to get snippy, old buddy.

Artie was complaining about why you bothered to add the snippet with his name, and then you gave him a warning for something that had NOTHING to do with provoking. I included a comment on your using scripture that was specifically for the Jews.

Very efficient of me, wouldn't you say? To address two wrongs at the same time?


I don't think I can take the time to read Bob's article just now.

I may end up being red before this post is done. :idunno:

 

[glorydaz]

Hey, you were not being "provoked" by me JR so if this is how you're gonna handle your new power as a mod then just crack on and give me a full blown infraction instead of a warning. If you didn't want a reaction you shouldn't have invited one by mentioning me in a post to someone else. You could have left me completely out of it.

lain:

Excellent point, Artie. :e4e:

There is a dilemma created when we don't know when a poster is just another poster, and when a poster decides to switch to his mod hat mid stream. There is no way we can manage to carry on any conversation without knowing that. :idunno:


Just an observation. Merely an observation. :chew:

 

[glorydaz]

What, have I been reported for provoking? :shocked:

It bemuses me that things addressed to people of the time are automatically assumed to be relevant to everywhere and any given time by some people.

Especially when verses are taken out of context.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-11 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.​

Which, I think, speaks to what you were saying about the poor among us. There are legitimate reasons for people not working. Mercy always trumps the law.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Excellent point, Artie. :e4e:

There is a dilemma created when we don't know when a poster is just another poster, and when a poster decides to switch to his mod hat mid stream. There is no way we can manage to carry on any conversation without knowing that. :idunno:


Just an observation. Merely an observation. :chew:

An astute one and one I entirely agree with considering. IMO it's provocative to "quote" someone while answering somebody else and then accuse the other of being provocative for asking for a direct response instead etc. This is getting pathetic, especially when it comes to someone who can ban if they're not happy about being undermined. This place is gonna become a desert before long if this keeps up.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Especially when verses are taken out of context.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-11 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.​

Which, I think, speaks to what you were saying about the poor among us. There are legitimate reasons for people not working. Mercy always trumps the law.

It certainly does.

 

[glorydaz]

An astute one and one I entirely agree with considering. IMO it's provocative to "quote" someone while answering somebody else and then accuse the other of being provocative for asking for a direct response instead etc. This is getting pathetic, especially when it comes to someone who can ban if they're not happy about being undermined. This place is gonna become a desert before long if this keeps up.

Ah, TOL will pull through if we keep speaking our mind.

If we can't, who wants to be here?

 

[glorydaz]

An astute one and one I entirely agree with considering. IMO it's provocative to "quote" someone while answering somebody else and then accuse the other of being provocative for asking for a direct response instead etc. This is getting pathetic, especially when it comes to someone who can ban if they're not happy about being undermined. This place is gonna become a desert before long if this keeps up.

When I first became a Lifeguard, I was kicking kids out of the pool right and left. Then I realized they were just being kids, and meant no harm when they "splashed the lifeguard".

 

[Arthur Brain]

Ah, TOL will pull through if we keep speaking our mind.

If we can't, who wants to be here?

If people can't it'll just turn into a sludge of other forums that ban anything that offends the "status quo". This place was never like that even back in the day when it was rather more brutal than it is now. It's mellowed and the recent thread about TOL direction reflects that I think. Trolling, nope, debate, yes.

 

[Kit the Coyote]

If people can't it'll just turn into a sludge of other forums that ban anything that offends the "status quo". This place was never like that even back in the day when it was rather more brutal than it is now. It's mellowed and the recent thread about TOL direction reflects that I think. Trolling, nope, debate, yes.

*laughs* I have been to news boards where you slapped with a perm ban for any post that failed to reflect the echo chamber of the comment section. I remember just asking 'Why?' to some comment and getting booted.

 

[glorydaz]

*laughs* I have been to news boards where you slapped with a perm ban for any post that failed to reflect the echo chamber of the comment section. I remember just asking 'Why?' to some comment and getting booted.

They could have just said, "Because I said so." :chuckle:

 

[Arthur Brain]

*laughs* I have been to news boards where you slapped with a perm ban for any post that failed to reflect the echo chamber of the comment section. I remember just asking 'Why?' to some comment and getting booted.

Same here. I was once linked to a Calvinist board years ago (can't remember the name) and because I questioned the doctrine I was given a warning by forum admin and when I questioned why I wasn't allowed to question I was given the boot...

Was fun...

 

[Sherman]

​This thread has devolved into a fist fight. Shutting it down.