tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post1942474283265778168..comments2023-05-15T08:35:06.642-04:00Comments on it's a blog.: No CommentLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-91951641482015938672008-09-30T20:50:00.000-04:002008-09-30T20:50:00.000-04:00I was trying contrast a friend to myself to a mutu...I was trying contrast a friend to myself to a mutual friend (who hadn't yet met him) and I described myself as being the more charismatic (in terms of personality) than he was and I suddenly thought of a brilliant(?) example: I'm Bill Clinton to my friend's Howard Dean. End of story.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279194571807281842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-20491341664511715212008-09-25T15:18:00.000-04:002008-09-25T15:18:00.000-04:00Oh... and I'm curious. What would possess you to ...Oh... and I'm curious. What would possess you to compare yourself with Bill Clinton?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-74552874340503837242008-09-25T08:08:00.000-04:002008-09-25T08:08:00.000-04:00Drivel. Well, this guy's not a believer, so I wou...Drivel. <BR/><BR/>Well, this guy's not a believer, so I wouldn't expect him to have a <I>biblical</I> understanding of discipline, but for heaven's sake. This is just extremely poor rhetoric.<BR/><BR/>Jacob, that's true. I think it's important for children to learn that disobedience = ouch, lest they have to discover that lesson the hard way as adults!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-14578703112229026982008-09-25T01:35:00.000-04:002008-09-25T01:35:00.000-04:00Somebody please tie this guy down and make him rea...Somebody please tie this guy down and make him read "Shepherding a Child's Heart." <BR/><BR/>AARRRRRGH is exactly right! Lord, please deliver us from such unthinking drivvle. (Are there TWO vv's in drivel or just one v in drivle?)<BR/><BR/>AARRRRRGH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-26959732377052999142008-09-24T18:01:00.000-04:002008-09-24T18:01:00.000-04:00I sympathize with your "aarrrrrgh." I would say, "...I sympathize with your "aarrrrrgh." I would say, "I feel your pain," but there is only one instance in which I've felt comfortable comparing myself to Bill Clinton (and this is not it). <BR/><BR/>Frankly, the fear of corporal punishment is often what kept me from doing wrong. I saw the pain my sister got and decided (most of the time) that it wasn't for me.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279194571807281842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-52926177360992696422008-09-24T12:40:00.000-04:002008-09-24T12:40:00.000-04:00OK, I can't resist commenting. I find it INCREDIBL...OK, I can't resist commenting. <BR/><BR/>I find it INCREDIBLE that this guy absolutely refuses to differentiate between loving parents calmly administering spankings as a predetermined consequence for disobedience, and those who, either thoughtlessly or in anger, "hit, pinch, [and] shake" their children! <BR/><BR/>It's one of the most frustrating parts about being a believer -- I get lumped in with nutso gay-bashing fundamentalists AND those nominally-Christian libertines who respond to Barna polls. This is another classic example: a mean-tempered drunk who smacks his kids around as a protest against his out-of-control life is in the SAME category as a thoughtful, loving parent whose infrequent spankings are delivered with a desire to instruct and shape their children to become upright, moral, considerate adults. <BR/><BR/>I say it again: AARRRRRGH!!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.com