Episcopalians? I thought it was the Pentecostals who speak in tongues.
There is a subset of them who handle rattlesnakes too.
---
Christopher Hitchens
??? What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without
evidence. ???
??? Christopher Hitchens,
On 4/30/2019 11:46 AM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
By the way, Mostafa, you made an erroneous assumption regarding my
Christian Experience.
Growing up as a nominal Christian, I married a very devout Christian
woman. We worked together in a drapery factory. I was around 23 or
24 at the time, and in reflecting back, I'd say that I had become
indifferent to any religion. But my fiancee made it clear that
Christianity was important to her...a large part of her life. Meeting
her "church family", I was impressed by the kind, friendly atmosphere
that existed within that Evangelical Church. I decided to drop any
defenses I had toward God, and "give myself over to Him, totally.
About the same time, I became acquainted with my wife's aunt and
uncle. They belonged to a Full Gospel group of Episcopalians,
baptized in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues and experiencing
Visions. I decided that if it were possible to communicate with God,
this would be the road to take. I totally amerced myself, upsetting
my wife and her more traditional Christian Beliefs and practices. For
almost ten years I gave myself to God. Life was good, although after
five years of marriage I became totally blind. But finally I once
again began questioning the contradictions within Christianity...and
within All religions. But those years as a devout Christian were good
years. It was a positive time of experiencing and learning.
I would caution you, Mostafa, to not assume you know what goes on in
my mind, or what I have experienced. I make no such judgement
regarding you or your beliefs. Are you not able to understand that
our experiences have made it nearly impossible to accept one another's
life style? If Believing in Allah brings meaning to your life, so be
it. But God is not a factor in my life. And yet, I am active in my
community, I continue at the age of 84 to still work in serving blind
people, my life is full and my family brings joy to me.
Cordially,
Carl Jarvis
On 4/29/19, Mostafa <ebob824@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I prefer to initially proceed into my exposure of American democracy
than wheeling in a meaningless vicious cycle with some bunch of
unworthy mortals. I'd just roast and sternly inculpate them later.
I'll do this at the last of my series of comments. CNN writes, "After
a barrage of criticism, the New York Times said Sunday it was deeply
sorry about publishing an anti-Semitic cartoon depicting Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dog on a leash held by a blind
featuring Trump." Hmm, if I drew this portrayal, I would have made the
scene perfectly inverted. I still like it though. Following Trump's
speech to NRA gathering in Indiana, a mass shooting has erupted at a
Californian Tabernacle. Trump has roiled the NRA to react after
accusing New York attorney general of illegally investigating them.
With its substantially financial abundance, the pro gun lobby bribes
even gaffers of oval office. This reverberates the greed ascendancy
over law enforcement. This tangible symbol signifies the scurrilous
disposal of America. The San Diego Synagogue shooting plainly
designates American's unprecedented infatuation with firearms.
Reportedly, one of the Synagogue's attendants had his weapon with him.
Why? This means that Americans in general do not feel safe, despite
where they are. If people are allowed to enter anywhere with their
firearms, and that's includes schools, Churches and Temples, that's of
completely incomparable dementia. According to headlines, he chased
the shooter to his vehicle and attempted to shoot him over. It somehow
seemes to me, that it had been a gun battle. This is concurrently odd
and insane. How has someone thought of entering a house of worship
armed and what for? American people are mentally deranged. As for
Roger, he ultimately admitted, that he doesn't know the specifics
concerning theological issues. I thought he read a book about the
Koran. Roger said and I quote, "I was only making an
assumption. That is the one about the authorship of the Koran." I
changed the spelling of the last term because it better fits how it's
pronounced in Arabic. Now, Roger seemingly lied about reading an
anonymous textbook about the Koran. He confessed, that he based what
he said on mere assumptions. This admission has coercively been
unveiled after I repeatedly, asked Roger the kidder to name the
unidentified textbook which he allegedly said he read. Just as the
Biology degree, the book doesn't exist. I then see Carl recalling his
not so favourable experience with the Christian faith. He thereupon
poses irreligious misconceptions based on that. Furthermore, Roger
mentioned a pastor who became Atheist. Nonetheless, he hid his actual
belief and continued preaching. This proves my theory, that faith in
the west is wholly inactive. Someone doesn't have to quit his
preaching. They mostly do this for living therein. Roger is environed
by some bunch of religiously irreverent folks. Their experience may
broadly vary but they are nesciently. They are stereotypically
skeptical. Roger bases his prejudiced notion about faith on
assumptions. This is an explicit expenditure of circular reasoning, a
logical method which he insistently considered to be fallacious in
terms of following proper premises. Each and every time Roger lies
about something, Allah exposes him. I knew he will rib about this too
and will again, shamelessly lie about not using circular reasoning,
but that's absolutely fine. If I to artistically depict the situation
here, Roger resembles a dog that has its spittle constantly dribbling,
he couldn't stop unless a massive pair of flip-flops is intemperately
thrown into his malodorous mouth. Carl will continue to endorse Roger
for obvious reasons, even he knew Roger is defeated. The latter will
continuingly claim to be victorious, even he knew he is miserably
lying. I' am amply confident with my unassailable temperament. Each
and everyone here knew what's the truth, even if he attempts to evade
its substantiation. These attempts are wholly futile. Lastly, if
someone here one day decided to grow up and be a brave man, and meet
me one to one on Skype, he is warmly welcome. I surely doubt that
someone will ever grow up though. But, just in case, my portal remains
open. I will continue to bombard each and every infidel here until
they flawlessly decease. We shall see then, who would laugh at the
end.