[Vision2020] Metzler tries to reverse the diarrhoea diaries

[J Ford]

Ah, but this is Doug Jones...the only thing he NEEDS to do is to please his 
master, Dougie-BOY.  From what I can see from the below, he does and that 
makes DJ's world just peachy - forget the rest of us...the Big Guy is happy.


J  :]





>From: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Metzler tries to reverse the diarrhoea diaries
>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:48:16 -0800
>
>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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