tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post9090432447563432112..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: The N...nth CommandmentUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-79085492491278044502008-10-21T11:35:00.000-04:002008-10-21T11:35:00.000-04:00Oh, and by the way, John, my attack could not poss...Oh, and by the way, John, my attack could not possibly have been "ad hominem" when at the time I did not know who the homo was. <BR/><BR/>(Pewster, please let this one go through -- it's only fair that I be able to answer John, whoever the heck he is . . .)rational creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890085616362871931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-9307532946336372862008-10-21T11:29:00.000-04:002008-10-21T11:29:00.000-04:00Well, Anonymous, I don't know if the Pewster (not ...Well, Anonymous, I don't know if the Pewster (not the "Pewter," Robert, although I did enjoy coming up with various metallurgical systems of allusions on which that could be based), but I know who he is now, too. I have told the Pewster (via this blog) that I know -- although I did not tell him who he is, because, of course, he already knows. And, of course, he did not publish it, because I'm being moderated.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, whoopee, I'm in on the big secret now. And, sure enough, the Pewster turns out to be someone I like, someone whose wife I like, someone in whose home I've had dinner, someone who sometimes sits in on the Sunday school class I attend.<BR/><BR/>I still don't like it that he does this from the shadows. <BR/><BR/>But aside from a couple of fairly bland messages that the Pewster nonetheless quashed, I have, as it happens, let the Pewster be. I have said what I needed to say.<BR/><BR/>Diane Rudulph (not "Rudolph")rational creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890085616362871931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-71993484650802053262008-10-21T08:40:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:40:00.000-04:00Hi-de-ho there neighbors - fyi, Fr. Charlie knows ...Hi-de-ho there neighbors - fyi, Fr. Charlie knows the Pewster's identity, as do numerous vestry members. They decided to let the Pewster's free speech carry on without comment, lest there be a public lynching. It's said that public lynchings are bad for churches. So let the Pewster be....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-47761136047075919022008-10-15T14:11:00.000-04:002008-10-15T14:11:00.000-04:00Cato - just lack of interest!C2GCato - just lack of interest!<BR/><BR/>C2GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-86498039580768250552008-10-11T19:48:00.000-04:002008-10-11T19:48:00.000-04:00Pewter, if you perform the "Liar, Liar" song and d...Pewter, if you perform the "Liar, Liar" song and dance at coffee hour, you get all the cheese doodles.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking there is some level of Hell that Dante left out, where someone has to watch that bit for eternity....Robert Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16875615499302768374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-90941140649509181982008-10-11T09:18:00.000-04:002008-10-11T09:18:00.000-04:00Prayer at work.Prayer at work.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-52449991607413820292008-10-11T08:58:00.000-04:002008-10-11T08:58:00.000-04:00The noise level has certainly dropped since enabli...The noise level has certainly dropped since enabling of comment moderation. How should one interpret that?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-58601667544648024172008-10-09T21:50:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:50:00.000-04:00Thanks be to God.Thanks be to God.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223872923349972693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-1746792271702340712008-10-09T16:23:00.000-04:002008-10-09T16:23:00.000-04:00Comment Moderation has been enabled.Comment Moderation has been enabled.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-46873156859368075522008-10-09T14:16:00.000-04:002008-10-09T14:16:00.000-04:00Decorum? From a person without the courage and cou...Decorum? From a person without the courage and courtesy to sign his name? From someone determined to sow seeds of discord in the church I love?<BR/><BR/>Right.<BR/><BR/>I received an email from a dear friend, who pointed out that I should pray for you. That is very hard for me, but I have progressed to the point of praying for the ability to pray for you.<BR/><BR/>Diane Rudulphrational creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890085616362871931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-59901511856688400842008-10-09T11:55:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:55:00.000-04:00I am issuing a call for decorum in the comment sec...I am issuing a call for decorum in the comment section. <BR/><BR/>Psalm 131 v. 2<BR/><BR/>"But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me."<BR/><BR/>I would rather not institute "Comment Moderation" again.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-82676465493715258692008-10-09T11:34:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:34:00.000-04:00Dear John,If your real name is John.... I counted ...Dear John,<BR/>If your real name is John.... I counted the number of men I know named John - ran out of fingers and toes!........ so lets look in the morror why don't we?<BR/><BR/>C2GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-34338681707487085172008-10-08T21:25:00.000-04:002008-10-08T21:25:00.000-04:00Anonymous/C2G:I note for the record that you are p...Anonymous/C2G:<BR/><BR/>I note for the record that you are practicing that very thing which Ms Rudolph decries (and with which you claim to agree), namely, posting without signing your name. That leaves your pithy comments somewhere between disingenuous and hypocritical.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223872923349972693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-18464772110168698342008-10-07T19:54:00.000-04:002008-10-07T19:54:00.000-04:00r. sherman, I agree with you completely.r. sherman, <BR/><BR/>I agree with you completely.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-85562522880853358262008-10-07T13:26:00.000-04:002008-10-07T13:26:00.000-04:00John,I agree with Ms. Rudolph and not you. Howeve...John,<BR/><BR/>I agree with Ms. Rudolph and not you. However, I have an advantage - I know who the pewster is - which in many ways makes it even more troubling - because every time I am around the pewster I have to wonder if my actions and words or the actions and words of my family will become fodder for this blog. But not to worry - you see God also knows who the Pewster is. In that we may all take comfort.<BR/><BR/>C2GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-40058773720554028482008-10-06T23:38:00.000-04:002008-10-06T23:38:00.000-04:00It appears that Ms Rudolph is off her meds. Such ...It appears that Ms Rudolph is off her meds. Such ad hominem attacks do not add to the discourse.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223872923349972693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-39091566138641776002008-10-06T08:35:00.000-04:002008-10-06T08:35:00.000-04:00The truth as we see it is that which is viewed thr...<I>The truth as we see it is that which is viewed through our unique lenses, presented to our unique individual brain wiring and chemistry, and interpreted through the filters of past experiences and preconceptions.</I><BR/><BR/>If I may offer a differing view, while I agree the above statement applies to how we view a specific set of facts, truth, i.e. the facts themselves, exist independently from our interpretation. Alas, in our postmodern society, we are told that the facts themselves are dependent upon our own internal analysis. The moment that proposition was accepted as a guiding principle is the moment the Ninth Commandment became superfluous for most people.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I wanted to post a friendly aside to Ms. Rudulph, from an outside Baptist regular visitor here, but thought better of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-32522998603002943312008-10-05T21:33:00.000-04:002008-10-05T21:33:00.000-04:00This comment is directed at you, the person behind...This comment is directed at you, the person behind these blogs, and not at any particular blog.<BR/><BR/>Here is my problem with what you are saying and doing: You do not have the courage to identify yourself. <BR/><BR/>Because of that, I am left wondering, each time I'm at the church:<BR/><BR/>Is this person, whom I like, the underground pewster?<BR/><BR/>Is the person from whom I received the sacrament today the some person who is posting anonymously about my church?<BR/><BR/>Are you the person next to me in Sunday School class?<BR/><BR/>Are you the father of one of the kids in this church with whom I work, and whom I dearly love?<BR/><BR/>Did I exchange the Peace with you today?<BR/><BR/>You see, I despise you. If you are my friend, frankly, you do not deserve my friendship. I think you are a coward. I think you are no gentleman. I think you are dishonorable. I think people should have the courage of their convictions. I do not care for cowards, and I prize civility and honor.<BR/><BR/>And it is utterly unfair of you to make me wonder if the person looking me in the eye with apparent frankness is you. Your tactic protects you at the cost of everyone else in the church.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why you feel you need to be secretive. You have a right to your opinions. I do not despise you for thinking whatever you wish to think, whether I agree with you or not.<BR/><BR/>But it is not fair of you to leave me and others wondering if the person standing next to us at coffee hour is the coward who expresses his opinions freely but secretly, the person who cares so little for our congregation that he has to sow seeds of doubt in our minds about our fellow parishioners.<BR/><BR/>Diane Rudulphrational creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890085616362871931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-8601851269702454912008-10-05T18:06:00.000-04:002008-10-05T18:06:00.000-04:00Was that video truly necessary?;)Was that video truly necessary?<BR/><BR/>;)mousestalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640977915382623244noreply@blogger.com