tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post5748454843562103716..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Things That Parody Themselves #367Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-56593269579042089712007-10-22T09:16:00.000-07:002007-10-22T09:16:00.000-07:00Well... I myself am a Witch, but I work for the UU...Well... I myself am a Witch, but I work for the UU's. I've met some really nice folks and I've meet some really rude and arrogant folks. Egos like you would not believe. And you know what... they are no different than any people anywhere. For the most part, working here, as well as, reading this blog has reminded me why I don't go to church. And it has nothing to with "god."Nichaashihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05106126826905007594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-43068902725655083962007-10-19T12:50:00.000-07:002007-10-19T12:50:00.000-07:00Well it is quite fraudulent false advertising in a...Well it is quite fraudulent false advertising in any case, and top level UUA officials know it. <BR/><BR/>God is not keeping me from going to a Unitarian*Universalist "church", but intolerant and abusive fundamentalist atheist "Humanist" U*Us most certainly are. . . In fact God believing people in general, and Christians in particular, are far from genuinely welcome in many so-called U*U "Welcoming Congregations".Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35577782982791800782007-10-12T10:15:00.000-07:002007-10-12T10:15:00.000-07:00Dear Northword,I very much like your screen name. ...Dear Northword,<BR/><BR/>I very much like your screen name. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for noticing my comments. I feel a few of them have been a little too snarky; I pray I've not offended anyone or dishonored our Lord. I hope a little irony and sarcasm, with a pinch of venting, is permissible. <BR/><BR/>Peace and mirth,<BR/><BR/>Bill GnadeBill Gnadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343608982238562089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-86677547755360102662007-10-12T08:50:00.000-07:002007-10-12T08:50:00.000-07:00Oh oh, looks like someone slipped past the ban her...Oh oh, looks like someone slipped past the ban here. <BR/><BR/>I can feel it coming in the air tonight . . .Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70636209163088502432007-10-12T07:41:00.000-07:002007-10-12T07:41:00.000-07:00wowowowowowow........Bill, have so appreciated al...wowowowowowow........<BR/><BR/>Bill, have so appreciated all of your comments.<BR/><BR/>an ot aside:<BR/>anybody else notice the elephant?<BR/>the many parallels of the <B>left</B> (I do mean <I>left</I>-left) and, well, I dunno...just <I>don't bother'm with facts</I>.northWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938074261657256560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-56080282313953572682007-10-12T06:03:00.000-07:002007-10-12T06:03:00.000-07:00Dear Mike R., and everyone else, Yes, Mike, you ar...Dear Mike R., and everyone else, <BR/><BR/>Yes, Mike, you are too eager. I pray I will not be banned anywhere else (though I did once, no, <I>twice</I>, ban myself from my own blog).<BR/><BR/>I have posted an apology over at the UU site -- sincerely offered -- but I doubt that it will remain public. <BR/><BR/>Peace to you all, and much bliss.<BR/><BR/>Bill GnadeBill Gnadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343608982238562089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-32135218742755222252007-10-12T06:01:00.000-07:002007-10-12T06:01:00.000-07:00I've just gone over and taken a look at the site w...I've just gone over and taken a look at the site where you were banned. It says that the forum is only for "UU's at heart," and all others are banned. By the way, they also completely removed the forum for questioning. What Freedom!<BR/><BR/>"Faith of the Free"? kind of akin to the "People's Republic of China". Just saying you're free doesn't make it so.Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-37589656199136168212007-10-12T05:24:00.000-07:002007-10-12T05:24:00.000-07:00Dear Pyros,After following Ron-The-Unitarian's kin...Dear Pyros,<BR/><BR/>After following Ron-The-Unitarian's kind invitation to explore his fine faith at his "message board" (see "Faith of the Free" above) I now discover that after having posted but two comments, <A HREF="http://faithofthefree.informe.com/what-we-believe-dt735.html" REL="nofollow">I am banned</A>.<BR/><BR/>Such hospitality! <BR/><BR/>It is all rather ironic. I can only conclude that I must have committed the unpardonable sin of saying the right thing. <BR/><BR/>I just thought you'd all like to know. <BR/><BR/>Bill Gnade<BR/><BR/>PS. This marks the first time I've ever been banned from any blog or site. Not even The Daily Kos dealt such a blow to my "free pursuit" of my "own truth."Bill Gnadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343608982238562089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-46783948280219188472007-10-11T20:16:00.000-07:002007-10-11T20:16:00.000-07:00Friel's a groupie. I love it.Friel's a groupie. I love it.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70016351796201232402007-10-11T17:40:00.000-07:002007-10-11T17:40:00.000-07:00Unitarians and JW's, much the same difference, hah...Unitarians and JW's, much the same difference, haha.Sacchielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413897109947551054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-44935217365599099642007-10-11T17:21:00.000-07:002007-10-11T17:21:00.000-07:00Chris: "The "sermon" topic was why you should eat ...<B>Chris:</B> <I>"The "sermon" topic was why you should eat meat, and, since you're eating meat, you ought to buy locally."</I><BR/><BR/>Dude! UU's must be OK if they are proclaimers of the virtues of being carnivorous! I'm going to have to give this more consideration. I had assumed a vegatational view of the proper foods. Hmmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-52357922570142014032007-10-11T17:00:00.000-07:002007-10-11T17:00:00.000-07:00Is God keeping you from going to church? That rem...Is God keeping you from going to church? That reminds me of a joke:<BR/><BR/>You're rowing down the street in your canoe and a wheel falls off. How many flies can fit in a garbage dumpster? Purple, because ice cream doesn't have bones.<BR/><BR/>Now that makes sense...Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241752069576417803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-24375330381753354952007-10-11T15:45:00.000-07:002007-10-11T15:45:00.000-07:00And we get the token English "mean judge" on every...And we get the token English "mean judge" on every reality show. At least you get to watch Hugh Laurie speaking with a pretty convincing American accent.<BR/><BR/>Which gives me an idea...TBN could have Christian reality shows with token "mean Calvinist" judges.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31423893230779214712007-10-11T14:51:00.000-07:002007-10-11T14:51:00.000-07:00Cent,Sounds like a great vacation to me.We get 24,...Cent,<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a great vacation to me.<BR/><BR/>We get 24, Lost, House...and you get Red Dwarf. Is that a fair exchange?Martin Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019053545918223050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88851563415040297722007-10-11T13:21:00.000-07:002007-10-11T13:21:00.000-07:00heheheh........Todd Friel was just now reading the...heheheh........Todd Friel was just now reading the 'choicer' comments in here....(after 'introducing' the topic)<BR/><BR/>this after an awesome plug for TPyro :)northWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938074261657256560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-34121428109208220472007-10-11T13:15:00.000-07:002007-10-11T13:15:00.000-07:00Does anybody have the patience to enter into relat...<I>Does anybody have the patience to enter into relationship with a UU just to talk through life and see whose God is better? </I><BR/><BR/>In keeping with my last post on being honest with oneself, I admit I don't have the patience to do that. <BR/><BR/>Right message, wrong messenger. Any other volunteers?Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82199657364605643252007-10-11T11:11:00.000-07:002007-10-11T11:11:00.000-07:00Dear David, I don't know if I "have the patience,"...Dear David, <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I "have the patience," but I try to. Actually, it takes no more patience than being friends with anyone else. At least, that's what I've found. But the UUs I am friends with don't compete much on this better "God" idea. Neither do I. I don't know if I try to show the <I>superiority</I> of the God I worship; I try to simply share with folks the good news and let them decide if Christ crucified and risen is proof of the Father's loveliness. <BR/><BR/>Peace to you,<BR/><BR/>GnadeBill Gnadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343608982238562089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-34071258786190452222007-10-11T10:36:00.000-07:002007-10-11T10:36:00.000-07:00Does anybody have the patience to enter into relat...Does anybody have the patience to enter into relationship with a UU just to talk through life and see whose God is better?David Regierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766862583586784668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42069634196807855162007-10-11T10:24:00.000-07:002007-10-11T10:24:00.000-07:00Let's take a look at this ad for a second."Maybe y...Let's take a look at this ad for a second.<BR/><BR/><I>"Maybe you're uncomfortable with the idea of God - or at least someone else's idea of God"</I><BR/><BR/>The next line of the ad should have read: <BR/><BR/><I>"Then come gather with a bunch of other people, whose idea of God you'll be uncomfortable with, as well."</I><BR/><BR/>This advert literally shows better than anything I can think of, why it's not possible to be truly open-minded about anything. Everyone has an idea about things, even if they fail to recognize it. <BR/><BR/>For some reason the UU folks have elevated open-mindedness as being the ultimate positive attribute, and their ego doesn't allow them to recognize that they have just as many biases as anyone else; they just are less able to admit it.Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21308321198293495542007-10-11T10:01:00.000-07:002007-10-11T10:01:00.000-07:00I wandered over to Mike's blog, and left a comment...I wandered over to Mike's blog, and left a comment; however, when I tried to publish my post, I got this: Comment moderation has been enabled. "All comments must be approved by the blog author."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if I'll ever see my post?Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534421623031122881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-66648105070083548912007-10-11T09:59:00.000-07:002007-10-11T09:59:00.000-07:00Mike Rucker,If you have so little integrity as to ...Mike Rucker,<BR/><BR/>If you have so little integrity as to continue posting in open defiance of a ban, what could you possibly have to say (or write) that is worth any of my time?threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-78957328520485999142007-10-11T09:34:00.000-07:002007-10-11T09:34:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.spud tooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921322553025339949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-3811022832148272502007-10-11T09:23:00.000-07:002007-10-11T09:23:00.000-07:00Downes:It's truly bizarre what makes it from BBC t...Downes:<BR/><BR/>It's truly bizarre what makes it from BBC to US televison. Phil actually owns all the episodes on DVD, and the next time he's in Tulsa I'm taking a week off to sit in his parent's living room with a stack of pizzas and watch them all in order from start to finish.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-15332963498235977212007-10-11T09:20:00.000-07:002007-10-11T09:20:00.000-07:00Rucker:You're not just banned from posting rule-br...Rucker:<BR/><BR/>You're not just banned from posting rule-breaking comments -- you're banned from posting -any- comments. e-mail Dan or Phil if you think you have something to say which will change that.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42367153162449758652007-10-11T09:14:00.000-07:002007-10-11T09:14:00.000-07:00Dear RON of the Faith of the Free,I am Bill of the...Dear <B>RON of the Faith of the Free</B>,<BR/><BR/>I am Bill of the Faith of the Enslaved; the Encumbered.<BR/><BR/>No doubt some of us have taken cheap shots at UUism. But not every cheap shot here is born of ignorance; some of us are pretty well-informed in these matters. I claim no expertise; I come as no authority. I just come and think.<BR/><BR/>But I would be remiss not to remind you that Christians of all kinds are routinely criticized by our Unitarian-Universalist peers. I have been a rather public victim of Unitarian 'kindness' in the letters-to-the-editor pages of the local paper. And while many UUs have been incredibly kind to me -- I remain fast friends with a whole lot of them -- I cannot say that I have found a Unitarian Church that is not blind to its own bigotries, or to its own cheap shots. <BR/><BR/>I could be wrong about this. Perhaps you can enlighten me at your website, to which I will turn presently.<BR/><BR/>Peace to you,<BR/><BR/>Bill GnadeBill Gnadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343608982238562089noreply@blogger.com