[Vision2020] Correction (plus a fresh, if pointless, rant)

[Donovan Arnold]

"Sorry.   I've been possessed again by the spirit of
Foghorn Leghorn. It happens all the time."--Joan Opyr

I hear Foghorn Leghorn is now a Senator from
Tennessee. Guess where I get my news from nowadays?

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is not true and
accurate news, but I know it is not real, unlike the
viewers of FOX, CNN and CBS that think their news is
true and accurate.

Donovan J Arnold


 

--- Joan Opyr <joanopyr at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Just noticed that I misspelled Galatians in the post
> below.  Before 
> Heirloom or Studly hop on me for my glaring
> ignorance, that was a typo, 
> son.  A typo.  Keep your eye on the ball, son.  Eye
> on the ball.  Eye. 
> Ball.  Eyeball.  That's a joke, son.  A funny.  A
> ha-ha.  Get it?
> 
> Sorry.   I've been possessed again by the spirit of
> Foghorn Leghorn.  
> It happens all the time.
> 
> Posting to you from Portland, Oregon, I am,
> 
> Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
> www.auntie-establishment.com
> 
> PS: I'm enjoying Portland, though I have to admit
> that, in my opinion, 
> there are far too many men here wearing
> brightly-colored Ikea rubber 
> clogs.  I have a thing against men in clogs.  It's
> not rational; it's 
> not reasonable; it's none of my business.  I just
> think they look 
> dorky.  Shoes with laces, boys, shoes with laces! 
> Get 'em on, damn it! 
>   Get 'em on!
> 
> On Aug 4, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Joan Opyr wrote:
> 
> > Nick writes:
> >
> > "This column has appeared in the on-line magazine
> New West and will 
> > appear in the Sandpoint Reader very soon.  My
> interaction with Pastor 
> > Lillback has been a model of civil interchange. 
> Perhaps the good 
> > pastor can teach Pastor Wilson a few manners
> during his stay in 
> > Moscow.  Since the eloquent dressing down that he
> received from an 
> > anonymous Christian, I've noticed that Wilson has
> reduced his name 
> > calling dramatically. (I'm now just an enemy
> rather than a banshee.)  
> > But he has a long way to go to meet the challenge
> of his kind 
> > Christian critic."
> >
> > I'm pleased to report that Nick has become a
> regular contributor to 
> > New West's Northern Idaho node.  He's written a
> review and analysis of 
> > Michael Hayes' documentary "My Town," and his
> latest piece is a model 
> > of truly appropriate (and constructive)
> theological discourse.  As New 
> > West's Northern Idaho Editor, I am delighted to
> have him on board.  He 
> > has greatly enriched the site with his knowledge
> and carefully 
> > reasoned arguments.
> >
> > About models of civil exchange -- on my drive to
> Portland yesterday, I 
> > happened to catch a Pastor Rogers preaching on the
> lower end of the FM 
> > dial.  His sermon was taken from Paul, 11
> Corinthians and Galations.  
> > A few things he had to say interested me greatly
> -- and, being a 
> > closet fan of Baptist preaching style, I really
> couldn't help 
> > listening.  Pastor Rogers is a master of the form.
>  Every sentence 
> > ends with an exclamatory "ah," as in "Jesus-ah!" 
> Rogers preached 
> > about the "real Jesus" and a "false Jesus,"
> declaring that Paul in II 
> > Corinthians warned us of a false Jesus to be found
> in false gospels 
> > and false ministers.
> >
> > (For some reason, Rogers specifically castigated
> the Jehovah's 
> > Witnesses and the Mormons as worshipping a false
> Jesus.  I can see why 
> > a Baptist (or proto-Baptist) preacher might
> disapprove of the Mormons 
> > -- Southern Baptists, at least, consider the
> Mormons polytheists.  
> > This has to do with that telestial versus
> celestial kingdom business.  
> > Also, The Book of Mormon, "another testament of
> Jesus Christ," is an 
> > insurmountable problem for the Baptists.  It
> freaks them out like 
> > nothing else short of Wicca, Catholicism, and
> lesbians wearing jeans, 
> > flannel, and Danner steel-toed workboots.  Gay
> men, on the other hand, 
> > are A-okay with most Southern Baptist women:
> someone has to decorate 
> > their homes and tease their hair.
> >
> > I must admit that I am puzzled as to why would
> Rogers slam the 
> > Jehovah's Witnesses.  My understanding is that the
> JWs are a sort of 
> > primitive Primitive Baptists -- very strict, very
> literalist, not a 
> > lot of fun at surprise birthday parties.  If
> anyone can enlighten me 
> > about this, please do so offlist.  Keely?  Scott?)
> >
> > Okay, where was I?  Ah yes, Pastor Rogers and II
> Corinthians.  He 
> > quoted Verse 4: Am I therefore the enemy because I
> tell you the truth? 
> >  There has been a lot of talk coming from Christ
> Church and the Christ 
> > Church-affliated blogs lately about Doug Wilson's
> "enemies" and the 
> > "battle to come."  Doug launched an astonishing
> attack on the members 
> > of his own congregation (http://dougwils.com) last
> week that beat all 
> > I have ever seen.  He accused members of the
> church of being traitors 
> > and turn-coats, weaklings and cowards.  He
> castigated them for not 
> > supporting him in his battles; for daring to have
> opinions and ideas 
> > of their own; and for not being what Rose would
> call "lock-step 
> > toadies" to his particular (and frequently
> peculiar) interpretation of 
> > the Bible.  He talked about enemies existing both
> within and without 
> > the church, but his focus was on those within.
> >
> > "Am I therefore your enemy because I tell you the
> truth?"
> >
> > I recently re-read "Labour of Love" (which is
> available on Tom 
> > Hansen's website,
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse) and was 
> > struck by the difference in tone between its
> gentle but firm Christian 
> > remonstrance and Doug's flailing about, his
> girding up his loins for 
> > battle, his turning up rocks, searching behind
> trees, and looking 
> > under the bed for heathen enemy boogeymen.  I
> doubt Pastor Rogers and 
> > I would enjoy one another's company.  He's
> anti-choice; he's anti-gay; 
> > and he probably has hair taller than the Empire
> State Building, with 
> > Fay Wray and King Kong shellacked to the side, but
> yesterday he said, 
> > "When looking for the devil, fail not to look in
> the pulpit."
> >
> > Doug is welcome to attack me.  So, too, are his
> minions -- my dear 
> > blogstalkers, who give Brother Carl and I a good
> fifteen minutes of 
> > free radio material every Sunday -- but when a
> shepherd begins to 
> > assault his flock, I begin to worry.  I begin to
> worry a lot.  I fear 
> > for those who cannot escape the onslaught for
> whatever reason, social, 
> > spiritual, or financial.  Power corrupts, and
> absolute power corrupts 
> > absolutely.  Doug recently announced that his son,
> Nathan, was his 
> > best and wisest advisor.  Nathan is a foolish and
> sheltered 26 
> > year-old.  He edits Doug's magazine, Credenda
> Agenda, a nightmare 
> > publication of hateful bigotry, willful ignorance,
> and distasteful, 
> > snotty, immature arrogance.  He acquired a few
> years of nearly-real 
> > life experience at the margins of the wider world
> by attending a 
> > couple of small, sheltered liberal arts colleges,
> but he came home and 
> > entered his father's employ.  On the whole, he
> knows about as much of 
> > the world as a novice in a nunnery.  Nate's father
> is his be-all, 
> > end-all, his boss and his minister, his teacher
> and his guide, and yet 
> > Nate is now the man to whom Doug turns for his
> best 
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