This entry is going to be very random

[mandarae85]

I just read a note somebody wrote on facebook that said something along the lines of he doesn't believe in a minimum wage and he thinks the gov't should shut off the utilites of poor people in the middle of the winter if they can't pay. He then proceeded to introduce his own version of a "modest proposal" by suggesting we start eating poor people

Comments

[anonymous]

While I obviously didn't have a chance to see this note (must not be a mutual friend,) I would hope/assume that this person doesn't actually espouse these beliefs

[anonymous]

It is ideas such as these that has sank this country into the toilet.....And by the way, if you go downtown anytime soon to "Serve", be sure to repeat to them everything you just put here, and don't be angry with them when they rob and beat you so they can feed their families instead of doing something productive to society to make money (like picking up trash, which you don't need and education for). Just keep in mind, they are a "product of their society" and you should not judge them.

[mandarae85]

I hope you are not a friend of mine because what you wrote is ignorant and lacking in any sort of compassion

[anonymous]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1007/464662.html... )

[anonymous]

Since I don't really have time to rebut every piece of this rubbish, I will only say this for now:

You're completely misunderstanding what she's saying.

You know what would be progress? Having a little understanding.

[lobaharim]

To whomever wrote this

[anonymous]

"Apart from salvation, there is perhaps a way that the concept "God helps those who help themselves" is correct. As an example, if you asked me to help you move a piece of furniture, but then just watched me as I moved the furniture for you, I was not actually helping you. I would be doing the work for you. Many Christians fall into the trap of inactivity. Many Christians ask God for help, but then expect God to do everything Himself. They excuse this by pointing to the fact that God will provide according to His will and in His timing. However, this is not a reason for inactivity. As a specific example, if you are in need of a job, ask the Lord to help you find a job - but then be active in actually looking for a job. While it is in His power to do so, it is highly unlikely that God will cause employers to come looking for you

[lobaharim]

To be frank, that paragraph was the sum of your whole argument. And it is rather ironic that you say that I am attacking you without knowing you, when in fact THAT is exactly what I criticized you for doing originally in what you said. You don't know the person you were attacking- I do and it was wrong, judgmental and waaaaaaaaaay over the line. You ignored most of what I said, I would imagine out of convenience, to hide from my criticism. I stand behind what I said, and to be frank, you need to grow up, quit starting fights with people you don't know on livjournal - anonymously I might add - and then getting babyishly defensive about it when someone calls you on it. Part of being a priest is correcting people on the BS you just pulled. Good day!

[anonymous]

You are a joke. That is why I can honestly say I don't take you too seriously. And you obviously got nothing from my reply. I was commenting on the satirical nature of the fact that you are acting like you are in some way better than me and then you start doing the EXACT same thing to me as I did to this poster. I don't see anything wrong with how I approached this situation but you obviously do. However that doesn't stop you from resorting to the same type of argument when it serves you. And please, don't for a minute think that I am in some way "whining" about it or being "babyish" about it. In fact the opposite is the case. I am laughing at it because you are a hypocrite

[lobaharim]

(and to finish what I was saying, since I ran out of space)

I hope for your sake you wake up, pick up your Bible and do some serious reflection guided by the Holy Spirit and listening in reverent obedience to the voice of the venerable and saintly Fathers, Martyrs and the Saints down through the ages, who have much more to teach us than we do them. For pity's sake, I plead you stop "darkening the Lord's counsel with words without wisdom" in the form of popular cliches and American socio-economic ideals that have nothing to do with the Gospel, but would sooner have their provenience from a fortune cookie.

[anonymous]

Nobody is going to convince anyone here. I think perhaps it would be best to ignore this person until he goes away.

-BZ