[Vision2020] Metzler tries to reverse the diarrhoea diaries

[Paul Rumelhart]

Not that I care one whit about whatever theological points Mike Metzler 
is bringing up that you object to, but if you are going to lambast 
someone for not responsibly corroborating something you could at least 
provide some evidence that this is the case.  Even a simple example 
would help.

Paul

Taro Tanaka wrote:

>As a "tragedy of errors," Mike Metzler's Pooh Stink just goes from bad to 
>worse. He claims he wants to be responsible in his "exposes" of evil in the 
>church, yet he has carried plenty of stuff over the months that cannot, in 
>the nature of the case, be responsibly corroborated. Basically, he has just 
>been trusting his infallible nose. His Pope is his nose: Pater Nostril. Now 
>even Metzler's anesthetized olfactory system is setting off alarms at some 
>of the stuff that he has been passing along of late and he is belatedly 
>backpedaling and issuing caveats to his readers. That's all good and well, 
>as far as it goes, but what about all the other stuff that has been passed 
>on simply because it passed his sniff test? The fact of the matter is, 
>Metzler has no way of reliably gauging whether or not he is sinning against 
>his Christian brothers and sisters with MUCH of what he passes on. It's just 
>his best guess. Just blast away with the old shotgun and hope that most of 
>the pellets hit the bad guys and not innocent people. And if that's not how 
>it works out, well, at least your intentions were in the right place . . . 
>right? But then there's that old saw about the road to hell being paved with 
>good intentions.
>
>.. . . That's responsible reporting? Responsible stewardship of words? 
>Obeying the ninth commandment? Horseshoes, hand grenades, and hearsay . . . 
>is it enough to be "mostly right" or "right most of the time" when your 
>ministry is essentially muckraking? It is easy enough to spew forth a lot of 
>crap, but it is very hard to suck it all back in once you have released it 
>into cyberspace.
>
>Mr. Metzler, none of this would have been a problem if you were simply 
>addressing your words to God in prayer: He can sort out truth from fiction, 
>even when you can't. But before you publish things online, you had better 
>know the difference and be able to prove it. Anything less falls short of 
>what our Lord demands. I hope you learn and profit from this experience. 
>Otherwise you may have to answer for a lot of "collateral damage" in the day 
>of judgment.
>
>-- Princess Sushitushi
>
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