>> I wasn’t talking about typos. And correct, it’s a shame that a native speaker, who probably is mono-lingual too, isn’t capable to express himself/herself clearly or, at least, better than an ESL person like me. 

You must have missed the part where I noticed that her post, the one you objected to, was grammatically flawless.

Now go suck on your humble pie, you ignorant and over-confident twat. 

>> As I said, post a god damn quote from my comment that is antisemitic. 

Here: “Oh, I’m an antisemite, I would think, maybe I can shed some light on the subject.”

Do you not think that counts as antisemitic? 

>> keep your foul mouth shut and stop insulting people in an indeed gratuitously way.

You really aren’t in a position to lecture me. And my insults are entirely warranted. 

>> keep your foul mouth shut

And one more thing on this. I didn’t say anything that couldn’t be aired on the BBC. I was deliberately calibrating my language both to your repeated provocation and to this forum.

If you want me to show you foul-mouthed, I could. And every word of it would be earned. Whatever contempt I have expressed to you so far is considerably less than what I actually, and quite defensibly, feel toward you.

But I’m not interested in getting a lecture on civility in discourse from you, who have called one or another forum participant, “low IQ,” gullible,” “cultist.” “scoundrel,” “Satanic,” “a shell of a human,” “a mockery made by Satan”. 

Don’t piss on my leg, then act shocked when I respond with profanity by demanding, “What the f*ck is wrong with you?”

Although the question is not directed toward me, I do find it an interesting one. 

All speculation, of course, as one can’t get into the head of another, and from all indications, in this case, it would certainly not be a positive thing to do. To be honest, just reading his posts makes me feel soiled and in desperate need of a shower.

I’m sure if he responds to this, which I really hope he doesn’t, although to be perfectly honest I couldn’t care less, it’ll be met with the same scorn he unleashes at every possible opportunity.  As that old song of Mason Proffit says, “that don’t bother me at all.”

I can only imagine he’s an internet troll who gets his kicks not on ** you do not have permission to see this link ** but by trying to rile things up. On the About page of his blog, he actually calls himself this. However, it is possible that he’s just being sarcastic.  

I’m sure it won’t be lost on any that he wants us to visit his blog and to like his posts! Truth, it seems, wins out over manners, which he seems never to have been taught or learned over however many years he’s happened to have lived.

It’s not the first time we’ve seen people come confident they are going to prove Bart wrong. And although they’ve been every bit as arrogant, they did, to their credit, show a lot more civility. Wasn’t it just a month or so ago that we had someone who had just started looking into some particular thing and already had shown how Bart was mistaken? No qualifications of any kind as far as I can tell. Just their assertions.  Believe them or else. If not, it is at your peril! 

Bart has a huge following, so dansanta2003 believes he can use this forum alongside his winning personality and charm to attract people to his blog.

I really enjoyed the conversation. It helped that I liked both people in the conversation: Paul, for his willingness to listen and non-judgmental attitude, and Becky for being honest with herself and giving such a moving testimonial.

And there were so many sentiments expressed which I concur. The need to extend grace to oneself as if not one would have a hard time extending it to others.  Becky’s saying that everything she knew was partial and incomplete and how amazed she was that this was a sentiment expressed by one of the authors of the Bible.

I also love the idea of estuaries, which I’d never heard of before; they sound like brilliant places.

I think we all need to find meaning in our lives but do believe it can be found in different ways. I’ve always taken to T.S. Eliot’s line from Ash Wednesday about having to construct something upon which to rejoice.

I don’t expect there are any easy answers as to why someone going through a crisis of faith stays while others find it impossible in good conscience to remain. I suppose a whole vast menagerie of factors play a role.

And not everyone has such a crisis. For me, the crisis wasn’t with Christianity but with a particular form of it. Once I got over that, I was a Christian for years before drifting away from it.  The attempts I made to return came to naught largely as the result of my inability to see Jesus other than the apocalyptic preacher that I think Scriptures show he was.

Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”
God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?”
God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin’ you better run”