Except to say that it is in bad taste and dishonest for a fellow whom you have given an opportunity to have his views heard accuse me of high handedness. I don’t know what or to whom the question he is talking about is addressed. I am aware, if there are any questions not answered, are those asked by others to him.
For example, he was asked by tildeb to explain how, if he is tending towards agnostic and believing the bible to be myth, why then does he write god and g-d?
I asked, which I haven’t seen any response to, how his being Jewish has any bearing on whether he believes a god exists or not.
He has been asked how does he know that those who take the bible as the inerrant word of a god are wrong since he believes it is a collection of myths and narratives. If these and other questions he was asked have been answered, mea culpa, but if not, it is lame and in bad taste to accuse me of not responding to you. And am certain many more can be found in the thread.
As to moderation, all comments that have more than one link will go to moderation. I had put his comments under moderation and changed that setting when he commented he would not mind writing a response as a guest post. In our last interaction which I mentioned in the thread he couldn’t stop himself from calling me names. It is my blog, and most of those who comment here are my friends. You are not going to either call them or me names and expect that we will not have a problem with it, that would be dreaming.
Consul is a strange chap. I’ve not been able to pin him down to being either this or that, but his tone can be a tad off-putting. E-tantrums are never pretty, though.
Reading through that last thread… You gotta’ love Tildeb, don’t you?
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Tildeb is brilliant. He should post more often.
He has said in the previous thread he is agnostic tending towards theism.
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You allowed him to put up a guest post and then he bashes you on his blog. Well, that’s just not right. Screw him. Mr. “The Bible’s a myth but everything I believe about it is real” doesn’t deserve your hospitality. But I must agree with John, you gotta love Tildeb. Well articulated fellow who’s welcome to dine at my table any time he’s in town.
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I couldn’t really get a read on whether Tildeb appreciated my humping his leg.
Was good for me though.
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I’m sure he enjoyed it. Haven’t met an atheist yet who hasn’t appreciated a little friction on his or her leg from another atheist’s groin from time to time. I know I love it. Chomping on a big fat Leg ‘o Lutheran while having my leg humped is truly one of the greatest pleasures I get outta life. So I wouldn’t take Tildeb’s lack of a response to you as a bad sign in any way. He’s probably just a bit shy. He’ll get over it. Good atheists always do.
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It made me laugh
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I thought Tildeb was brilliant, too – totally appropriate response 🙂
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I haven’t heard from you in a long time, how are you doing?
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Not too bad, thanks – how are you? I’m looking forward to the end of summer break, so I can get back to writing again.
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I am doing great, busy with work, trying to live
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I think he must have.
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Tildeb is usually very brilliant. He seems to me to be the fellow who doesn’t want to misunderstood.
He is a fellow I would want to dine with and have a beer
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It’s funny how he bitches about ending up in moderation, when that happens to me at virtually every Christian blog I comment on. I would estimate about a fifth of my discussions end with eternal moderation or deletion.
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That is a straightforward and consistent idea. The question is how he can maintain his Christianity while believing that his holy book is naught but mythological stories.
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He is Jewish, but how he manages to maintain his religion with such knowledge requires explanation.
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There is far too much hatred, bloodshed, violence, rudeness and abuse in the real world. I expect a somewhat tolerant and civil behavior in the e-world. I guess I was wrong. A nice polite response, my Nairobi brother. Good job!
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Thank you.
He has since apologized so I think this is settled.
Have a pleasant day.
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[…] First I want to apologize. Apparently my comment went into moderation because it had two links. I genuinely thought my comments had been placed in moderation because I had asked someone a […]
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I read your responses, good answers. And yes, Genesis-II Kings was compiled to promote the Davidic line, so things got fiddled around quite a bit.
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Apology accepted
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Looks like it was just a misunderstanding and all fixed now?
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It is settled
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Ah well done! That is good news.
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It is.
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I missed all drama luckily but controversial topics evoke controversial responses !
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i think most times they evoke emotional responses
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In some cases yes but you have some highly analytical followers !!
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Critical and interesting….
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Mostly agreed. 🙂
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