jpholding
January 2nd 2006, 11:47 AM
I'm going to start posting category nominations for the 2005 Platinum Screwballs. The first category is Mailbag Screwball, which is for anyone who wrote me emails but didn't end up here on TWeb too at some point.
I chose a few that seemed to me the most succinct in capturing screwiness. Please vote in the poll for who should win. I'll close it in 20 days.
Here are the 6 candidates:
Screaming Acharya Fan
I LEFT THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF GUYS LIKE YOU
WHO ARE YOU TO BESMERCH A WOMAN WHO HAS THE GUTS TO TELL THE TRUTH OF AND ABOUT TGHAT WHICH YOU SO ZEALOUSLY PROPOUND FROM YOU PULPITS. YOUR HANDS ARE NOT ALL THAT CLEAN MANY OF YOU IF NOT ALL HAVE BEEN JUDGED AS CHILD MOLESTERS WOMEN ABUSER SO DON'T PLAY GOD.
THIS WOMAN ONLY USES THE INFORMATION THAT IS ALREADY IN PRINT AND ASKS THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ASKING SURE I BELEIVE THAT JESUS CHIRST DIED ON GTHE CROOS BUT I ALSO BELEIVE IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ACCADEMIC AND HISTORICAL WHOS WORDS YOU PEOPLE HAVEN'T YET LEARNED TO OBEY. OBEY YOU SAY WE ARE NOT UNDER LAW BUT HAY UNDER GRACE WELL GO BREAK THE LAW AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WE ARE UNDER THE GRACE TO DONOT JUST TO BELEIVE AND SPOUT AND RUN DOWN PEOPLE THAT WE AND I BET YOU HAVEN'T EVEN READ. YOU HATE WITCH CRAFT BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THAT YOU REALLY KNOW ANYTHING AB OUT WICCA WHY BECAUSER YOU AFRE TOO HOLY TO GO AND FVIND OUT WHAT A WITC H REALLY DOSE AND WHAT SHE OR HE REALLY BELEIVES. YOU GUYS ARE NOTHING BUT NARROW MINDED BIGGOTS
Pompous Acharya Fan
Your article, childishly entitled "S is for Stench" turned my stomach with it's arrogance, ignorance and complete lack of any kind of intelligent refutation of any of the works of the eloquent thinker Acharya S. I'm sorry, but you made a pathetic attempt to discredit S, but failed to refute any of her work, sparsely quoting her brilliant book the Christ Conspiracy, misrepresenting her (there was a cause and effect question put forth, Sabatino and Holding made the mistake of not mentioning S's quotation of Hitler as professing to be a christian and using it as a justification of his persecution of the jews). It was a cowardly, shameless, subjective/opinion based, insult fest at the expense of a well read scholar. There were no facts presented, and their was no mention of the facts presented by the Christ Conspiracy. I was astounded, though I don't know why, by the cowardly and ignorant counter-attack/misfire by you.
You should be ashamed of yourselves. Isn't it bad enough that you believe in myths and teach that they are reliable, literal accounts of historical fact? If that wasn't bad enough you had to try and discredit a well read scholar who made dangerous facts to your religion accessible to the lay man. You should be ashamed of yourselves, it's ignorant, spiteful, pagan and irresponsible.
Please accept that the veracity of your religion is in question and the longer things go on, and the longer and harder people scrutinize it, the less and less reliable and trustworthy it becomes. It is dwindling and hopefully, with the help of Acharya S and others like her, all people will see your religion for the myth that is and shameless ignorance like this will finally be laid to rest.
Harpur in a Haystck
I am impressed by your relentless pursuit of detail. You are a prolific writer...employing language to argue fine points of language, logic and history.
After reading your microscopic critique of critiques, I left your site feeling like I was focussed on finding broken needles in a haystack...then remembered that the great mystery of life was in the opposite direction...an expansive wonder to be enjoyed.
For example, I do not have the authority to critique Tom Harpur's sources, however, after reading his book, I felt connected to my soul. My Christ is in me, not out there administerd by a church hierarchy or set of doctrines.
Responding to the essence of his writings strikes me as more about truth. Whether Christ was a man or a psychological concept is irrelevant to me. What is important is the understanding that is revealed.
Dan Barker Just Needs a Hug
I don't even know where to start.
With faith, why does the existence of atheists and such bother you so much.
Why can't you be secure enough in your faith to not cast dispersions [sic] about someone you don't even know? Or someone that might be hurting.
As a Christian, I was ashamed that your sight [sic] even exists.
Shame on you
Harpur Fanatic Without the Law of Non-contradiction
What you wrote is not a critique. A critique reviews alternate
viewpoints in an semi-unbiased fashion and balances out from other
viewpoints other than your own and the one being assessed. You have an
obvious agenda and are just as narrowminded as Mr. Harpur. You're
ideology stems from your experience and social backgroud as does Mr.
Harpur's and does mine. You are no more right than anyone else.
Doctor Doom-dumb
There is a time for everything. Now is your time. From this day forward you can expect that your life will fall apart and your faith will be destoyed. Such is the fate of those who build their house on sand. But that is not your crime, only your weakness. The offense: vilifying truth in exchange for lies. Do not be deceived: you will reap what you sow. Since you are planting the seeds of ridicule and falsehood, you will shortly be exposed to the very same. Groveling before your false 'god' will not help you. Note this day upon your calender. You have no idea what you are dealing with.
You are an idiot.
Have you returned the money you stole yet?
I chose a few that seemed to me the most succinct in capturing screwiness. Please vote in the poll for who should win. I'll close it in 20 days.
Here are the 6 candidates:
Screaming Acharya Fan
I LEFT THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF GUYS LIKE YOU
WHO ARE YOU TO BESMERCH A WOMAN WHO HAS THE GUTS TO TELL THE TRUTH OF AND ABOUT TGHAT WHICH YOU SO ZEALOUSLY PROPOUND FROM YOU PULPITS. YOUR HANDS ARE NOT ALL THAT CLEAN MANY OF YOU IF NOT ALL HAVE BEEN JUDGED AS CHILD MOLESTERS WOMEN ABUSER SO DON'T PLAY GOD.
THIS WOMAN ONLY USES THE INFORMATION THAT IS ALREADY IN PRINT AND ASKS THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ASKING SURE I BELEIVE THAT JESUS CHIRST DIED ON GTHE CROOS BUT I ALSO BELEIVE IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ACCADEMIC AND HISTORICAL WHOS WORDS YOU PEOPLE HAVEN'T YET LEARNED TO OBEY. OBEY YOU SAY WE ARE NOT UNDER LAW BUT HAY UNDER GRACE WELL GO BREAK THE LAW AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WE ARE UNDER THE GRACE TO DONOT JUST TO BELEIVE AND SPOUT AND RUN DOWN PEOPLE THAT WE AND I BET YOU HAVEN'T EVEN READ. YOU HATE WITCH CRAFT BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THAT YOU REALLY KNOW ANYTHING AB OUT WICCA WHY BECAUSER YOU AFRE TOO HOLY TO GO AND FVIND OUT WHAT A WITC H REALLY DOSE AND WHAT SHE OR HE REALLY BELEIVES. YOU GUYS ARE NOTHING BUT NARROW MINDED BIGGOTS
Pompous Acharya Fan
Your article, childishly entitled "S is for Stench" turned my stomach with it's arrogance, ignorance and complete lack of any kind of intelligent refutation of any of the works of the eloquent thinker Acharya S. I'm sorry, but you made a pathetic attempt to discredit S, but failed to refute any of her work, sparsely quoting her brilliant book the Christ Conspiracy, misrepresenting her (there was a cause and effect question put forth, Sabatino and Holding made the mistake of not mentioning S's quotation of Hitler as professing to be a christian and using it as a justification of his persecution of the jews). It was a cowardly, shameless, subjective/opinion based, insult fest at the expense of a well read scholar. There were no facts presented, and their was no mention of the facts presented by the Christ Conspiracy. I was astounded, though I don't know why, by the cowardly and ignorant counter-attack/misfire by you.
You should be ashamed of yourselves. Isn't it bad enough that you believe in myths and teach that they are reliable, literal accounts of historical fact? If that wasn't bad enough you had to try and discredit a well read scholar who made dangerous facts to your religion accessible to the lay man. You should be ashamed of yourselves, it's ignorant, spiteful, pagan and irresponsible.
Please accept that the veracity of your religion is in question and the longer things go on, and the longer and harder people scrutinize it, the less and less reliable and trustworthy it becomes. It is dwindling and hopefully, with the help of Acharya S and others like her, all people will see your religion for the myth that is and shameless ignorance like this will finally be laid to rest.
Harpur in a Haystck
I am impressed by your relentless pursuit of detail. You are a prolific writer...employing language to argue fine points of language, logic and history.
After reading your microscopic critique of critiques, I left your site feeling like I was focussed on finding broken needles in a haystack...then remembered that the great mystery of life was in the opposite direction...an expansive wonder to be enjoyed.
For example, I do not have the authority to critique Tom Harpur's sources, however, after reading his book, I felt connected to my soul. My Christ is in me, not out there administerd by a church hierarchy or set of doctrines.
Responding to the essence of his writings strikes me as more about truth. Whether Christ was a man or a psychological concept is irrelevant to me. What is important is the understanding that is revealed.
Dan Barker Just Needs a Hug
I don't even know where to start.
With faith, why does the existence of atheists and such bother you so much.
Why can't you be secure enough in your faith to not cast dispersions [sic] about someone you don't even know? Or someone that might be hurting.
As a Christian, I was ashamed that your sight [sic] even exists.
Shame on you
Harpur Fanatic Without the Law of Non-contradiction
What you wrote is not a critique. A critique reviews alternate
viewpoints in an semi-unbiased fashion and balances out from other
viewpoints other than your own and the one being assessed. You have an
obvious agenda and are just as narrowminded as Mr. Harpur. You're
ideology stems from your experience and social backgroud as does Mr.
Harpur's and does mine. You are no more right than anyone else.
Doctor Doom-dumb
There is a time for everything. Now is your time. From this day forward you can expect that your life will fall apart and your faith will be destoyed. Such is the fate of those who build their house on sand. But that is not your crime, only your weakness. The offense: vilifying truth in exchange for lies. Do not be deceived: you will reap what you sow. Since you are planting the seeds of ridicule and falsehood, you will shortly be exposed to the very same. Groveling before your false 'god' will not help you. Note this day upon your calender. You have no idea what you are dealing with.
You are an idiot.
Have you returned the money you stole yet?