Posted on 01/28/2016 3:55:25 AM PST by tioga
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
Pecksniffian
Adjective
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
At the risk of being boring-never heard of him or any of those shows-but I haven’t watched network TV since I got SATtv nearly 20 years ago...
Jurassic World was only the biggest blockbuster movie of the summer last year.
Hey! Leave me out of this!
I knew that but it’s not something I’d see. I don’t watch network tv either.
I haven’t been into the Jurassic Park movies since the 1st one-it just isn’t what I like to watch.
The nearest theater is 45 miles away-so if I want to see a movie, I pay the $5-$6 bucks for it on PPV, pop some popcorn in the microwave, maybe get a beer or glass of wine from the fridge and watch the movie for a lot less $$$-and I only do that 2-3 times a year.
Hey-you should be flattered the wannabe queen thinks you are a threat...
Hey-you should be flattered the wannabe queen thinks you are a threat...
Yeah, y’all are starting to make me feel like the pop-culture savant in a room full of textbook brainiacs or something.
Well.... ; )
"HE's not a Christian but I AM a devout Christian...." That's a logical impossibility. Devout Christians don't try to take God's place in another person's walk with faith. They don't make hard and fast judgments and accusations based on one or two brief televised "gotcha" questions to a man who has never campaigned before, was asked an intrusively personal question, and is not used to polishing every statement in front of a mirror like Debate Boy. As has been noted on this Forum often, we're not electing a pastor or a Pope. And some of our most Bible-thumping presidents were awful presidents, like Jimmy Carter.
Imagine you were a billionaire, building on a trade your father taught you and achieving success even you had not imagined. Imagine you had been taught a version of Christianity in childhood that emphasized the "power of positive thinking" instead of surrender to the cross, and you incorporated that into your 16-hour days and made a great fortune, turned your optimistic and generous nature to such projects as donating $1 million to the city's Vietnam Veteran's group and serving as marshal of its parade, paying half the medical costs of the jogger who was gang-raped in Central Park (Frank Sinatra paid the other half), rescuing a stalled NYC renovation of its Central Park ice rink, rebuilding the city's golf course under budget that had laid waste in red tape for years prior like the ice rink, paying off the mortgage of a man on the roadway who helped fix your tire, flying a sick child for treatment on your airplane, and hundreds of other acts of charity that are quietly done and not written about in the press.
Now imagine being that prominent person and trying to attend church or Bible study, and having every Tom Dick and Harry schmoozing up to you trying to be your friend and ask you for money, coming to you with their screenplays and sick relatives and even their scams, breaking your heart because it's your church but if you say no, they resent you and hate you and gossip that you can afford it; even the pastor starts angling the sermons because he wants you to donate a new wing; and you don't know who you can trust. You are not Catholic, so your pastor is not under a sacramental oath of privacy like priests are; who do you talk to about faith? How do you learn more about faith, or the meanings of the scripture that are different from success in the world? Who can you trust not to worm his way in just to exploit you?
Apparently the Falwell family has had some success with appearing trustworthy to Donald Trump. His wife Melania is Christian and they do attend church when they can, mostly when they are in Palm Beach at Mar-a-Lago, because there everyone is rich, so there is less schmoozing. But still, imagine what it's like to be that famous and then to trying to be in a congregation; and, just by being there, you bring out the worst of the congregation's sins of covetousness.
The Bible is replete with stories of leaders who are anointed by God, and many were terrible sinners and others of them are pagans, but they were in His plan where He wanted them to be to help the Jews or the Christians. None of us knows what He will ordain in this race. But all of us on FR should be able to predict the collapse of our freedoms if Bernie or Hillary takes over. So if Trump is the nominee, that is your moment to decide whether you are in charge of everyone's walk with God, or only your own, as a citizen trying to make the best out of an imperfect situation. There is no perfection in this world. We do the best we can.
I have no problem saying that I would vote for trump against any dem. I am not persuaded that he is a conservative nor am I persuaded that he is a Christian. Am I saying to a certainty that he’s neither? No. But that is my impression, my judgment, if you will. He is not the first billionaire to have to deal with where and with whom to worship. Donald trump may very well be as much a Christian as Bill Clinton. None of us is perfect, as you have so rightly pointed out.
Chris Pratt started on Parks n Recreation. Also in one of the superhero comic movies recently, too.
Comes across on the occasion I see him on social media as a real genuine guy. Boy next door. Grateful as heck that he got to be a star somehow.
#1, Trump has run for president at least twice before.
#2, “power of positive thinking” isn’t Christianity. You can’t be a Christian without recognizing the reality of sin. Trump has stated that he knows of nothing that he needs forgiveness for.
Whatever he is, it isn’t anything like the mind and understanding of Christianity.
As I just explained to you. But if you think he isn’t still a beloved child of God who has not finished a work in him, then you’re not reading the same Bible I am.
It is a question I’ve often seen posed: if I was on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict me. No one here claims to know the heart and mind of Donald trump. We are all sinners, and fallen. But the evidence to convict mr trump is more than a little thin.
Boy, talk about Pecksniffian:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389321/posts
Their version of yoga is better, apparently.
Then pray for him, since he is powerfully affecting our nation at this time with his courageous attacks on the corruption and betrayals of the existing political class.
Good luck with that. The rest of us are worried about this election your messiah is screwing up for us.
He’s shaken up the race. What is courageous about it? He’s a billionaire who can walk away at any time and go back to his life. It’s a plus that he’s brought much of this to light, but the glasses you are viewing him through are far rosier than what many of us see. I will pray that God will make Himself known to mr trump in a meaningful way.
I read the update on cal harris - sheesh....
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