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...and they are disastrous. The Pope has lost standing across the board. Two weeks ago, the head of government of a single European country would never have dared address him as an errant subject, in this manner: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvQo60XrwHi87AruP4MsDnZME46QD9647P501 . The Pope's prestige has been shot down. Which, of course, is exactly what all the enemies of the Church in Brussels, London, Washington DC and other places were praying for.
Feb. 5th, 2009
Delayed resolution for this year:
Feb. 5th, 2009 06:40 pm- stop trying to talk sense about public health to Americans. They are ignorant, opinionated, and obsessional.
--- johncwright wrote:
> Fabio, since I like and respect you, I did not wish to ban and de-friend you without a word of explanation.
>
> At first I thought I would merely swallow your bile and forgive you, as I have done so very many times before. But while this might be good for my spiritual health (since pride is a vice, and I can always use the humility), it might not be good for your (since ire is also a vice).
>
> Your conversation was monotonous, irrational, and verging toward schizophrenic. This left me to assume you are suffering some psychological or spiritual difficulty in your life, and are lashing out at me for some emotional reason. This is not good for you either.
>
> Also, while Christ requires that I forgive your insults, He does not require that I deliberately expose myself to them. Let us remove the opportunity of temptation.
>
> So both for your sake and mine, I suggest we have no more to do with each other, except, perhaps, that we remember each other in our prayers.
>
> God bless you, sir.
I regret not having had the time to answer your previous message. I am extremely busy in my private life, and my attention has been distracted by the death of Trine Michelsen. However, this message suggests that disagreeing with you on national health - a matter on which I know more than you do - is a sin to be atoned. I suggest you rethink your categories. BTW, the person I commented on in my last short post was not you. And his arguments were even worse. I also suggest you lose the pious-sounding passive-aggressive mannerisms; they are neither becoming nor convincing.
Sincerely,
Fabio Paolo Edoardo Vigilio Barbieri
> Fabio, since I like and respect you, I did not wish to ban and de-friend you without a word of explanation.
>
> At first I thought I would merely swallow your bile and forgive you, as I have done so very many times before. But while this might be good for my spiritual health (since pride is a vice, and I can always use the humility), it might not be good for your (since ire is also a vice).
>
> Your conversation was monotonous, irrational, and verging toward schizophrenic. This left me to assume you are suffering some psychological or spiritual difficulty in your life, and are lashing out at me for some emotional reason. This is not good for you either.
>
> Also, while Christ requires that I forgive your insults, He does not require that I deliberately expose myself to them. Let us remove the opportunity of temptation.
>
> So both for your sake and mine, I suggest we have no more to do with each other, except, perhaps, that we remember each other in our prayers.
>
> God bless you, sir.
I regret not having had the time to answer your previous message. I am extremely busy in my private life, and my attention has been distracted by the death of Trine Michelsen. However, this message suggests that disagreeing with you on national health - a matter on which I know more than you do - is a sin to be atoned. I suggest you rethink your categories. BTW, the person I commented on in my last short post was not you. And his arguments were even worse. I also suggest you lose the pious-sounding passive-aggressive mannerisms; they are neither becoming nor convincing.
Sincerely,
Fabio Paolo Edoardo Vigilio Barbieri