Here, JR demonstrates his game rather nicely: he ticks off several charges, but proffers no demonstrations or evidence. Then, having tossed out the undemonstrated charges, JR quickly moves on to one of his favorite pastimes, i.e. huffily declaiming (“your own words condemn you”) and larding the declamation with epitheticals.

Taking another tack, JR then addresses “fellow readers” with honeyed words, inquiring if they are as “bored” and “disgusted” as JR is.

And then in the third paragraph … well, readers can consider the paragraph and judge as they will.

Might as well toss the fourth paragraph into that consideration too.

Although the third paragraph does reveal the basic method in the madness here: did you see how JR manages to slyly insert that commercial for himself as “innocent” … ?

‘Dan’ then tries to fortify his preferred position by noting that “the prophets” mentioned Hell rather often.

This bit, of course, requires that a) ‘Dan’ be considered to be one of “the prophets” and that b) one politely ignores Paul’s primary concern, i.e. that Christians should be concerned first for the integrity and nurturance of Christian “good” in their own lives, rather than distract themselves by arrogating to themselves the far-too-seductive role of official thunderbolt-hurlers.

“Let he who is without sin …”, as Jesus superbly stymied those who were quite happy throwing rocks, ostensibly in God’s name. Although perhaps this saying of Jesus doesn’t register with ‘Dan’ since ‘Dan’ considers himself to be (aside from the “occasional mistakes”) rather beyond sin himself.

Paul’s entire point – to repeat – is that it is not up to Christians to take upon themselves an obsessive concern with  God’s vengeance and wrath – God, as Paul has said, will manage His own vengeance and wrath as He sees fit.

Does ‘Dan’ find that point of Paul’s uncongenial to ‘Dan’s preferred modus operandi? Let him take it up with Paul.

Indeed, ‘Dan’ gives his own scam away when he says that “God wanted us to know His vengeance and wrath”. But God will demonstrate His vengeance and wrath as He sees fit and He doesn’t require ‘Dan’ or anyone else to be doing that job for Him.

But ‘Dan’ had rather fancied himself to be speshully-deputized to sorta do that bit for God. And – really – it’s just so much fun to be able to hurl thunderbolts and claim that in doing so you are merely doing the Lord’s work.

Paul sagely saw into human nature, and saw just how tempting such a pastime could be. And he sought to nip it in the bud.

Readers may review my comment of the 24th at 323PM, wherein I work with Paul’s text (the pericope chosen by ‘Dan’).

What will ‘Dan’ do?

After strewing some snark around, he completely ignores what Paul clearly said (and I quoted); ‘Dan’ does so – of course – because the pericope he himself selected clearly doesn’t suit his agenda (although how he hadn’t realized that to begin-with is anybody’s guess).

Instead, ‘Dan’ will try to make it seem as if it is only my own thought – and not what Paul has written – that contradicts the preferred ‘Dan’-verse agenda.

And from that parlous presumption he then riffs on, larding in assorted bits, including the humdinger that I am “a catholic non-Christian” (thus declareth ‘Dan’, the Mouth and Mind of his bathroom mirror).

Thus to JR’s of the 25th at 1034AM:

In a nice demonstration of what passes for analysis with him, JR merely takes some major points of religious belief and declares each of them to be “a magic belief”. No demonstration or explication; you can just take his word for it.

This may seem a rather thin and even deficient manner of establishing a claim or assertion, but it worked for him nicely enough in his own Stampede case so perhaps he thinks it will work again.

Believing in a blood sacrifice of that God to that God is a magic belief.

Believing in a life after death is a magic belief.

Believing n a hell is a magic belief.

And believing that no one notices you're lying all the time is your biggest magic belief of all.

Well fellow readers are you as bored and disgusted with he'eth who dareth not speakth his own name as ameth I?

  Forsooth yonder lies the palace of the King, P's Goddy Father. In such a palace P will live forever in bliss while I and Dan and everyone who is not P will dwell in lesser marbled halls than he. Why some of us will even burn for eternity, according to your silly fancies, while this fraudulent baboon will have a seat near the sacred throne for doing what? Smearing shit on innocent people?. Is shit smearing what all religion boils down to?

Do you really think your imaginary diety supports behavior like P's?  And if you do, could you give one example where either of your Gods (per or fil) G the Dad or G the son ever supported any behavior comparable to P's behavior here?