...angry little Atheist(sound familiar?)

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From: Phipps, John <Phipps@info.pmeh.uiowa.edu>
To: Errancy List (E-mail) <errancy@infidels.org>
Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: ...angry little Atheist(sound familiar?)



>PHIPPS

>I've put my comments at the top of this post, so as to point out my

>intention from the beginning.  Just watch the brackets I've inserted

>into the pasted material from Jim Carroll... is it me, or does this

>writing style seem eerily familiar?  He's baaack!

>

>Jim, if you're not the person who was posting here under the name MS

>FITT over the last several weeks, then I've got some good news for you

>lucky: I just found your long-lost twin!

>

>My apologies for the cumbersome nature of the post with all the

>brackets, but they seemed the best way to point out the material that

>struck me as quintessentially ms-fittian.

>

>CARROLL

>Thank you for this!  Well[,] put!  Its about time this was [address].

>You would think that in a group of people who clam to be enlightened[.]

>Better manners would prevail.  After looking at some of these [post], I

>really wonder if there is any real intellectual discussion to be found

>here.  The one or two really intelligent postings I have read were never

>debated or even replied [too].  Looks to me as if the group has an

>abundance of angry little Atheist in it.  Who take great delight in

>[betting] up little Christians sheepoles. As irritating as these people

>might be to you.[PHIPPS: notice that the last two statements are only

>sentence fragments, but with capitals at the beginnings, and periods at

>the ends]

>Without [there presents][PHIPPS: you can either laugh or cry!] in this

>forum it serves little purpose then to stroke the egos of other Atheists

>in the group.

>

><snip>

>

>The use of vulgarities and cheep stabs at a person intelligence, posting

>of [privet] emails are really out of place in a public forum. It offers

>nothing to educate, enlighten, or add to the [pleaser] of a discussion

>group.

>

><snip>

>

>One day in a more enlightened world,

>Christianity will be viewed in museums,

>For the dried up [enchant] relic it truly is.

>

><snip>

John,
 I am not this misfit which you seem to want to associate me with.  My name
is Jim Carroll.  There is a member of this discussion group who knows me
quite well.  As a matter of fact, he's my best friend.  We also work at the
same health facility.  He can verify that I am who I am if he chooses to do
so.  If not, then you will just have to spend your time wondering.
 The only response that you seem to have in regard to my post is the fact
that I can't spell or use proper punctuation; something of which I am
painfully aware.  As a matter of fact, it debilitates me to the point that I
refrain from posting as much as I would like to.  I make no great claim to
being an intelligent person.  But I feel I'm intelligent enough to know when
a person is being deliberately rude and unkind to another.
 I was introduced to this group in the hope of expanding my knowledge of
religion to date.  I haven't seen too much of anything that I would consider
enlightening or of great educational value.  It is obvious, though, that
there are many well educated and highly intelligent people in this
discussion group.  Which brings me to my final point:
 Intelligence is wonderful thing, but when it's not tempered with wisdom and
kindness, it becomes condescending contempt.  Your attempt at irony with
regard to my post is a premium example of having intelligence, but lacking
the wisdom to use it wisely.
Jim Carroll

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