(urth) TWK: The Aelf dilemma

[Chris]

I suggest you take a step back and reflect on this for a second. You threw 
out a one-liner to a mailing list which was either meant to make a point 
(the one that Dan'l criticized) or else contentless. It does not make a lot 
of sense to throw out a contentless one-liner to "interject" some levity in 
the discussion when you know that it's going to offend a sizable portion of 
readers with any religious inclinations at all. It's like going to a mixed 
gathering with people you don't know and breaking the ice by saying "How 
many single mothers does it take to change a light bulb?" - any even 
remotely observant person will know that this is not likely to lighten the 
mood, even if there happen to be no single mothers at the table.

In a way I think Dan'l was being generous by assuming that you actually 
*meant* something.

Stiltskin said:
>Dan'l, you're the arrogant one around here.  You don't
>know me from Adam, yet "in your superiority" presume
>to diagnose my soul from a flippant remark of nine
>words in which I conveyed no disrespect for anybody's
>position or beliefs, just attempted to interject some
>levity into the discussion.  And then, on top of it,
>you arrogate to yourself the right to judge me and
>attempt to smear me as a racist -- once again failing
>to realize that you are only holding the mirror up to
>yourself.
>
>
>
>--- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 12/5/05, stilskin <acronus at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >>Worship isn't primarily a matter of seeking
> > > > >> supernatural reward.
> > > >
> > > > >It's a matter of seeking to avoid supernatural
> > > > >punishment.
> > > >
> > > > Don't parade your arrogance.
> > >
> > > I fail to see any arrogance in my statement, Dan'l
> >
> > That is a sign of the arrogance I'm speaking of.
> >
> > I mean the arrogance of assuming that you can make
> > broad
> > statements like that about worship, as if all
> > worshippers worship
> > for the same (rather craven) reason and you, in your
> > superiority,
> > have diagnosed it. It really isn't all that
> > different from seeing a
> > black guy walk into a restaurant and assuming he's
> > going to
> > order chicken and watermelon. It is bigoted, and
> > bigory is
> > always arrogant.
> >
> > --Dan'l
> >
> > --
> > I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who
> > fear him.
> >                         -- St Teresa of Avila
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