[Vision2020] Re: Eric E. one more clarification

[Eric Engerbretson]

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I am guessing I had better clarify one more thing I said... I used one 
word of hyperbole that some may not have
realized was hyperbole.

When I said "I wish I could coerce everyone in the Palouse to use the 
Bible as their owners manual for life.", I meant
"coerce" as hyperbole.  The context of the paragraph was "taking over 
the Palouse" which is funny because it implies armed force.  So.. I 
threw in the word "coerce", as a tongue-in-cheek reference to "taking 
over the Palouse".

Of course, I didn't mean I wish I could physically force everyone to 
follow the Bible, against their will!  I wouldn't want to do that even 
if it were possible, which of course it isn't.  I meant I wish I could 
"coerce" everyone with logic and good arguments to see the truths I'm 
referring to.  As does anybody who speaks their opinion on anything.

Again, I didn't mean to "force" anyone to do or think anything. I meant 
"win them over" and I thought using "coerce" would be poetic and funny. 
Guess not.

So I apologize to anyone who took that wrong. I like to use hyperbole 
and dry humor when I am talking with people face to face, because they 
can see the twinkle in my eye and my slight grin as I release the 
words, and they think it's funny. But I forget that when I write, no 
one can see my face, no one can see that I'm a nice guy, and some 
people take it wrongly.

And no, Melynda, if the Palouse were saturated with Bible-followers you 
or no one else would be run out of town on a rail, because we would all 
have had our hearts turned toward God and we would all have received 
His forgiveness and restitution. Before God's law every one of us 
deserves to be "run out of town on a rail", but He has offered us 
forgiveness and restitution, and the choice to accept them or not.

That is what I wish I could "coerce" the Palouse into-- God's 
forgiveness, and restitution, and the resulting love that would 
permeate all of our interactions with others.

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I am guessing I had better clarify one more thing I said... I used one
word of hyperbole that some may not have

realized was hyperbole.


When I said "I wish I could coerce everyone in the Palouse to use the
Bible as their owners manual for life.", I meant 

"coerce" as hyperbole.  The context of the paragraph was "taking over
the Palouse" which is funny because it implies armed force.  So.. I
threw in the word "coerce", as a tongue-in-cheek reference to "taking
over the Palouse".


Of course, I didn't mean I wish I could <italic>physically
force</italic> everyone to follow the Bible, against their will!  I
wouldn't want to do that even if it were possible, which of course it
isn't.  I meant I wish I could "coerce" everyone with logic and good
arguments to see the truths I'm referring to.  As does anybody who
speaks their opinion on anything.


Again, I didn't mean to "force" anyone to do or think anything. I
meant "win them over" and I thought using "coerce" would be poetic and
funny. Guess not.


So I apologize to anyone who took that wrong. I like to use hyperbole
and dry humor when I am talking with people face to face, because they
can see the twinkle in my eye and my slight grin as I release the
words, and they think it's funny. But I forget that when I write, no
one can see my face, no one can see that I'm a nice guy, and some
people take it wrongly.


And no, Melynda, if the Palouse were saturated with Bible-followers
you or no one else would be run out of town on a rail, because we
would all have had our hearts turned toward God and we would all have
received His forgiveness and restitution. Before God's law every one
of us deserves to be "run out of town on a rail", but He has offered
us forgiveness and restitution, and the choice to accept them or not.


That is what I wish I could "coerce" the Palouse into-- God's
forgiveness, and restitution, and the resulting love that would
permeate all of our interactions with others.


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