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Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the site of the first ever Legalistic Christian Blogging Festival. Their website describes it this way.
A blogging gripe party with a greater purpose: to bring people together from the world-over to nit-pick and criticize their brothers in Christ. This is the kind of entertainment event the world needs more of in a most urgent way. Fresh, energetic criticisms to lift away the cares of the times and remind us that there is so much fun to be had as we bash those who dare to go out into the world and love the lost, rather than just tell them they’re going to hell. “Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord”, and since we are the Lord’s hands and feet on earth, we will seek it for him.
Yes, the world needs legalistic Christian Bloggers in a “most urgent way”. As we stand knee deep in the blood of 46 milion aborted American children, and as the foundations of our nation shudder and heave, Christians need a nit-pick, nit-pick, nit-picking revolution. Friends, the true church of Jesus Christ is not interested in blogging at this late hour. This is no time for podcasting. This is a time for repentance and contrition and prayer.
(For those of you who don’t pick up the satire, follow this link. I can hear Michal’s ghost laughing at the company she’s keeping.)
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Before you email me, please understand that I DON’T believe what is written above – it is satire (demonstrating the absurd through absurdity).
This is a mirror-image post of Ingrid’s criticism of a Christian Dance Festival.
Chris,
“the true church of Jesus Christ is not interested in blogging at this late hour.” Pardon me Chris, but aren’t you blogging to tell us you’re not interested in blogging?
Ken,
Please re-read my comment above and the last one on the post in question. I am engaging in satire – showing that “blogging” can be criticized just as much as “dancing” if you use the what else could those people be doing? methodology so prevalent on Slice.
Satire. I will assume you understand what satire is and that you just missed it.
Since direct requests to have you & Ingrid scale back your incindiary methods seem to fall on deaf ears, I thought that perhaps demonstrating for you what this appears like might work.
You stated “Since direct requests…” And who might have been making these “direct requests?”
For starters, how about the multiple requests from Scott, from John and from myself at Verum Serum in this thread…
Besides the main article in that thread, look in these places, as well:
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=529#comment-2808
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=529#comment-2791
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=529#comment-2712
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=529#comment-2707
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=529#comment-2667
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=529#comment-2662
Just to save you time, I will stipulate that I didn’t use a spell-checker, and there may be misspellings in Scott or John’s posts, as well. That’s not the point.
Like many others, I am one who stumbled on the Slice Blog. I am continually amazed at the attacks that they launched against other believers. I just want you to know that you have a lot of supporters including myself.
Throughout the New Testament, there is talk about Joy. Indeed, joy is listed as the 2nd fruit of the Spirit. Have you ever encountered a joyless Christian. I think we have on that other blog. Keep up the good work.
Rich
Rich,
You think wrong. There is no more joyous thing in this world than to be in service for our Great King. You do know He’s at war, right?
Rich,
You are totally right, and Ken has just proved your point.
Grace and peace, brother.
Chris
Ken,
Yes, He’s at war.
Even so, we have been given a model of work and rest, 6 and 1, whereby we celebrate and remind ourself of why it is we fight.
[...] Source: Fishing the Abyss [...]
[...] What is ironic to me with Ken’s posts was that where he finally became agitated with me and “shunned†me was when I mirrored his own words back at him, like here and here, and Ingrid’s words back at her here. What does that say about the style of invective he uses with people he does not know? [...]
So…..Chris………………..
………you’re saying it’s not a time for blogging or pod-casting…….
…..But it IS a time for satire, right???
…….and a time for criticism……….
……and a time for demonstrating the absurd through absurdity……..
…….and a time for misspelings………..
(Did you catch the satirical irony of misspelling “misspeling”?? Hmm? Did ya, huh? Did ya???)
Oh, you’re a witty one, Chris!! Oh, yes you are!! Oh, yes you are!! You little spongecake, you!!!!
The preceding satire was brought to you by berf……..
Have a slice day!!!!!
Uhm, OK berf, whatever (a year later)…
Just to put some context around this post, since Ingrid shut down Slice 1.0 and pulled all articles. This article is a word-for-word copy of Ingrid’s condemnation of a Christian dance festival with the only changes being a few nouns for demonstration…
Saying
Anything
To
Incite
Rebellion
Everywhere