I haven’t talked to you in this thread, Kathy, becuase the pitting here is silly. You did a silly thing. Not only was the pitting itself silly, but it wasn’t cool either, as NaSultainne pointed out.
You say you’re concerned about me. This pitting proves otherwise, IMHO. After all, I’ve always left my e-mail address available. Had I not done that, two friends I’ve gained here–vanilla and gobear–would probably not be friends now. (At least, I view them as friends & I hope they view me as one also.) If you were so concerned about me, you could very easily have sent an e-mail. But, no, you had to make a, shall we say, rather lame pitting. I don’t know if this is the first time you’ve pitted another poster, and actually hope it is. Maybe you’ll learn from your mistakes; said mistakes posters other than I have mentioned already.
You want to talk about posting history? Ask someone else about your selective quoting of my posts without showing what they were in response to. I won’t discuss it at all with you because I think you’re old enough and mature enough to recognize that what you did was, in fact, selective quoting.
Want my opinion of why you pitted me? Here it is: my opinion is that you’re peeved that I told you to go blow (actually, IIRC, I told you that you could go join CrazyCatLady in going blowing) after you suggested I get an enema; i.e., an injection of liquid through the rectum. I saw nothing from me that prompted such a response, and therefore saw this pitting as lame. {Aside: I did like the Earned Rant Average comment from Mojo and am still waiting on the rest of the stat abbreviations.} And you’re questioning my age? As to how long I’ve been a member of the church: It’s irrelevant. I’m pretty sure that I may have either mentioned how long or at least given enough clues. Feel free to do a site search for the answer. While you’re doing that, read all the posts you come across, to include those of other posters. I suggest you do that as an exercise in putting things in context. Length of membership has no bearing on knowledge of church doctrine or practice. There is one individual, Jan Schipps (sp?), who is not a member and seems to me to be the most knowledgeable person alive on that issue.
To the General Public: Yes, I have little, if any, tolerance for bigoted statements. I hold this site’s motto in high esteem: “Fighting Ignorance.” Bigotry is rooted in both ignorance and hatred. I do not demand that a particular site be on my mythical approved list. What I expect, because I am neither stupid nor a child, is to be presented with something that is not a one-sided, bigoted-agenda-driven questionable site. I am not unaware of the fact that my church has had certain issues in its history. Since I shan’t lie about them, I would appreciate those discussing those issues with me also not telling lies about them. That’s only fair. I hold to the same policy in other things: I know some about the Quran and Islam, some about Buddhism, some about Judaism, and a good deal about certain aspects of the US Military. I make the same sort of postings on those issues as I do on the issues related to the LDS. AND I try to have reputable sources, preferably internet sites, to enlighten, educate, share my love of the field concerned, and, if need be, respond to a bigoted statement with the correct information so as to not leave an obvious falsehood as a stumbling block for someone else. When I’m wrong: convince me! You expect me to convince you, so convince me dagnabbit!
Back to you, Kathy: You might recall that I wished luck on the most recent “Ask the Mormon” thread. I still do. And, I think, you might find out that my policy regarding statements about the Church is a very good one to follow. Or maybe you won’t.
p.s. I recognize the fact that I do silly things sometimes also.
