[karibear]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

I'm just a suck it up kind of guy

If I suck it up any more, I'm gonna have to change my name to Hoover or Rainbow or Kirby or Oreck.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

I'm just a suck it up kind of guy

Former Pastors aren't usually crued and insulting to others.

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by karibear

If I suck it up any more, I'm gonna have to change my name to Hoover or Rainbow or Kirby or Oreck.

Karibear, it's 13 here in Alaska where I am at almost 6 p.m. Yep it's cold.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by karibear

If I suck it up any more, I'm gonna have to change my name to Hoover or Rainbow or Kirby or Oreck.

We'll just call you the "classic" Dirt Devil.

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Former Pastors aren't usually crued and insulting to others.

since when?

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

since when?

I said "usually" meaning their not ALL alike....we all know that their's always an *removed* in the crowd.

[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by Alaskapat528

LadyRobyn, I think you should know that I offered to send MK 2 tons of snow in the Ohio chat and he said I should dump it by you since you live not far from him. I told him no, he's getting the snow and his dog will love it. Ha, MK.....told on ya!

Sorry AP I didn't catch this till today! Ohio Chat huh?? I wondered where all of those traitors disappeared to while I was on vacation!!

Feel free to send the snow to my house, the G-babies will have a blast and MK's pup likes to visit at my house anyway.

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I said "usually" meaning their not ALL alike....we all know that their's always an *removed* in the crowd.

And one Michi-Okie who needs his mouth washed with soap. Play nice now...

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I said "usually" meaning their not ALL alike....we all know that their's always an *removed* in the crowd.

I disagree. Most former pastors that I know (and I know several) are that way because they realize things within their church, denomination, faith, or within themselves is not right. Too often pastors have to say publicly what they think they have to say according to some liturgy, not what they have come to believe. Most men and women have a fundamental bias against being hypocrites. And when what they preach is not what they believe, and when what they believe would get them fired if preached, there is only one option. But having lived the life of what the public perceives to be proper (as though a pastor has an added burden of sanctity and can't do what his deacons and congregation can do), most of us are unwilling to put up with the nonsense of those people who try to erect barriers between congregations and between people.

And if your perception is that someone who "tells it they way they see it" is being some sort of an *removed* then you need to review your perceptions as to what an *removed* is.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

I disagree. Most former pastors that I know (and I know several) are that way because they realize things within their church, denomination, faith, or within themselves is not right. Too often pastors have to say publicly what they think they have to say according to some liturgy, not what they have come to believe. Most men and women have a fundamental bias against being hypocrites. And when what they preach is not what they believe, and when what they believe would get them fired if preached, there is only one option. But having lived the life of what the public perceives to be proper (as though a pastor has an added burden of sanctity and can't do what his deacons and congregation can do), most of us are unwilling to put up with the nonsense of those people who try to erect barriers between congregations and between people.

And if your perception is that someone who "tells it they way they see it" is being some sort of an *removed* then you need to review your perceptions as to what an *removed* is.

, Well your nothing less than direct, and I like that. I guess the words that I used..although they were meant to be sarcastic, sounded more personal. So I feel I owe you an apology.
Is that acceptible?

[mkfarnam]

I'm surprise LR didn't give me an infraction.