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[DallasApple]

Mighty serious accusations. Ah well. Everyone has an opinion. No hard feelings. Not quite sure where you get such heavy-handed judgments from, but whatever. That be cool.

RA

Again Im not "accusing "you...

You just come across this way..

Forgive me If I've mischaracterised you..

Love

Dallas

 

[doppelganger]

Uhm, well, just a word of advice -- you might want to actually read books before making a statement like that. I have criticized Evangelical Chistians and whole segments of the Evangelical Christian Church in:

1. End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon?

2. American Militias: Rebellion, Racism, and Religion

3. Harry Potter, Narnia, and the Lord of the Rings

4. Rick Warren and the Purpose that Drives Him

Soooo, you know, just FYI.

If you say so. C.S. Lewis is a heretic, too? I'm not planning on buying your book, but is your beef with Narnia that Lewis recasts part of the passion story with different characters? Or is it that you think, like Warnke, that magic is more than just psychological and kids shouldn't read anything dealing with magic?

You are attempting to understand me and my work from two articles? Impossible. Sorry.

No. I'm trying to get a straight answer about why you have a fixation with tearing down Mormons, New Age and other things that you don't seem to understand. And your answers don't add up.

Oh, I criticized him to. I suggest you read Warnke Ministries Hurt by Expose by your's truly.

I read it. Note: that sentence started with the word "Ironically."

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Uhm, well, just a word of advice -- you might want to actually read books before making a statement like that.

:biglaugh:

:biglaugh:

*pees in pants*

 

[DallasApple]

No. I'm trying to get a straight answer about why you have a fixation with tearing down Mormons, New Age and other things that you obviously don't understand.

Me too Dopp....

He answered to me he is "personally fascinated"...And he is a "religious journalist"...

The "personally fascinated" needs to be expounded on before I take that as an answer...

I want to know WHY its fascinating?? What is his goal???

Love

Dallas

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Ha! Dopp, we finally have some substantive reading! After Heidegger and Neitzsche, let's work our way up to some real classy polemic. haha

 

[DallasApple]

Rabanes...

You arent trying to learn anything...(yes my judgment).

Love

Dallas

 

[angellous_evangellous]

"Ironically."

Doood.

I'll buy some flowers for you on Sunday. haha

 

[DallasApple]

Ha! Dopp, we finally have some substantive reading! After Heidegger and Neitzsche, let's work our way up to some real classy polemic. haha

I dont know what the hell you are talking about...But my instinct tells me there is something not good.. the education .... is not out of good intentions..

But of course I can not read anothers heart...

Love

Dallas

 

[angellous_evangellous]

It was brought up in this forum, so basically, here I am -- for a bit. Not too long, I have other things to do. A mild distraction.

Ah, wait until the addiction sets in.

 

[doppelganger]

Doood.

I'll buy some flowers for you on Sunday. haha

It's a deal. Are you interested in the Pagels book? Should I bring it?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I dont know what the hell you are talking about...But my instinct tells me there is something not good.. the education .... is not out of good intentions..

But of course I can not read anothers heart...

Love

Dallas

cough *sarcasm* cough

 

[angellous_evangellous]

It's a deal. Are you interested in the Pagels book? Should I bring it?

The gesture is appreciated, but I have access to it in the library. I live there, man. All I need is the title and I can read it.

 

[DallasApple]

cough *sarcasm* cough

NO Im not being sarcastic!

Love

Dallas

 

[doppelganger]

The gesture is appreciated, but I have access to it in the library. I live there, man. All I need is the title and I can read it.

Okay. I'll buy your coffee then.

 

[DallasApple]

What about me??? I like green tea!!!

Love

Dallas

 

[angellous_evangellous]

NO Im not being sarcastic!

Love

Dallas

I wasn't talking about you. :biglaugh:

 

[DallasApple]

I wasn't talking about you. :biglaugh:

OOPS!!(YOU QUOTED ME)

Love

Dallas

 

[angellous_evangellous]

OOPS!!(YOU QUOTED ME)

Love

Dallas

Yes, I was responding to what you said - something about not knowing what the hell I was talking about. haha

 

[DallasApple]

Yes, I was responding to what you said - something about not knowing what the hell I was talking about. haha

O.K...

Love

Dallas

 

[rabanes]

If you say so.

That's it? You make a comment like "you have a history of writing books and articles attacking a wide array of religious perspectives - with the notable exception of Evangelical Christianity" and I show how that is mistaken, and all you say is "If you say so."

No, "Oh hey, dude, sorry about that?" No, "Well, that's a pleasant surprise"?

Hmmm, okay.

C.S. Lewis is a heretic, too? I'm not planning on buying your book, but is your beef with Narnia that Lewis recasts part of the passion story with different characters?

Please -- and I am seriously saying, please -- talke a look at how you are assuming so much. Who said anything about me criticizing Lewis, let alone calling him a heretic??? Do you not see how many preconceived ideas you have about me? This is where communication breaks down and walls go on.

The fact is that I exalt Lewis as a brilliant genius, and I defend him against the likes of Philip Pullman. I criticize others in that book who would be classed as evangelicals -- namely, on one extreme, people who want to ban/burn Harry Potter books, and at the other extreme, people who say HP is some kind of "Christian" series (which is not a supportable view).

Or is it that you think, like Warnke, that magic is more than just psychological and kids shouldn't read anything dealing with magic?

I can assure you that I think nothing like Warnke.

No. I'm trying to get a straight answer about why you have a fixation with tearing down Mormons, New Age and other things that you don't seem to understand.

There is just so mush wrong with this, I almost don't know where to begin.

And your answers don't add up.

They don't add up because of your preconceived ideas about who/what I am -- as evidenced by your Lewis statement. You already have an image, a role, a slot into which I have been placed. It's not adding up because I am a octagon, not a square.

RA