tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post3247999504322880147..comments2023-10-24T07:03:42.942-05:00Comments on vtmbottomline: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CIVILITY?Paul Burlesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021178307705707423noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post-53972785472099834732015-01-31T17:41:54.183-06:002015-01-31T17:41:54.183-06:00All,
I've been away from commenting and now w...All,<br /><br />I've been away from commenting and now want to thank all of of you for the comments. I apologize for being rather late in doing so. I trust that won't happen often.Paul Burlesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021178307705707423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post-11404776972465172612015-01-29T11:33:41.109-06:002015-01-29T11:33:41.109-06:00How’s this for a ‘Jethro” story?
How’s this for a...How’s this for a ‘Jethro” story?<br /><br />How’s this for a ‘Jethro” story?<br /><br />A drunk lost control of his car, skidded side-ways hitting my mother who was halfway in the ditch trying to avoid him.<br /><br />(She was in a wheelchair the rest of her life.) <br /><br />Newspaper front page headline: “Woman kills man”<br />Rex Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976501582240117188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post-53563015989897962902015-01-29T11:06:20.658-06:002015-01-29T11:06:20.658-06:00Paul
Good post.
Victorious
If you want to LOL loo...Paul<br />Good post.<br /><br />Victorious<br />If you want to LOL look at Wade Burleson’s post March 28, 2012 of Hitler’s view of women. He makes Jethro look like Leroy.<br />Rex Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976501582240117188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post-68339281097493022512015-01-25T18:28:10.330-06:002015-01-25T18:28:10.330-06:00Nothing will bring out the non-civil comments like...Nothing will bring out the non-civil comments like the subject of women in the church. To say it makes me sad is an understatement. <br /><br />Another type of comment I've encountered in voicing my understanding of scripture that's equally dismissive and condescending is a "LOL" reply. <br /><br />And last but not least is the "next is homosexuality" fear tactic.<br /><br />As one who knows the effects of hearing over and over that the "women issue" is a tertiary one and seeing even the word woman often included in parentheses, I've grieved at the opposition and outright hostility that often comes from my brothers in Christ.<br /> <br />Thanks for another wonderful post that gives me hope. May I learn civility even in the face of my occasional anger and disappointment as well.<br />Victorioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612933331490588145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post-32188880873028879212015-01-23T12:13:20.097-06:002015-01-23T12:13:20.097-06:00Thank you Paul. I believe that in order to have g...Thank you Paul. I believe that in order to have good dialogue on any topic the three essentials of candor, intelligence about the topic, and good will must exist. Otherwise, you have an argument or a one sided lecture. When dealing with scripture, it does not need to be defended, but turned loose like Spurgeon said. However, when I share it or choose to share what I believe it is telling me in application or interpretation, my attitude is what will be remembered and instead of drawing the individual to the Word of God I have them focused on me which totally misses the point. I need to get out of the way as perhaps maybe does the recipient and let truth, total truth, dominate the dialogue. Thanks again.<br /><br />SteveSteve Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28605099.post-5462647423981252282015-01-22T23:08:03.569-06:002015-01-22T23:08:03.569-06:00Paul,
I wholeheartedly echo the prayer of your la...Paul,<br /><br />I wholeheartedly echo the prayer of your last sentence!<br /><br />I'm absolutely positive that a certain son-in-law will never read your blog,or, my comment,as he concurs adamantly with Jethro.<br /><br />He has a habit of telling jokes which degrade women, at which he laughs uproariously, and which, I have no doubt, are for the benefit of his father-in-law.<br /><br />Mind you, he is an elder in a church, but thinks his f-i-l has lost his marbles, and is at least ignorant.<br /><br />At a meal during Christmas period,our nephew of 18 years, made a derogatory crack about women,which I gently admonished, reminding him that his grandmother (my wife), his mother, and his sister, all present, are women, and in God's sight equal in all respects to men.<br /><br />S-i-l exploded in a most unseemly manner.<br /><br />Why am I telling you this? Because it speaks volumes about the measure of Christian womanhood my daughter displays in bearing this monstrous attitude for so many years.<br /><br />Yep! I'm proud of her! <br /><br /><br /><br />Aussie Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199918171163666399noreply@blogger.com