Satire Und Theology

Sunday, January 01, 2017

Christmas/New Year from Joel Osteen, The Mormons, Muppets & Lionel Richie, All Night Long

VanCity Buzz

I refuse to pay multi-billion dollar Walmart, for shopping bags.

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New Year's Eve:

Phone call from Surrey, the hosts of the party were snowed under and had to park their car at a nearby mall and walk home. End of that option.
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New Year's Eve:

Phone call from Maple Ridge, stating it is a 'blizzard' out there. I was told to not attempt to drive to a party in Surrey or Vancouver, my other invites. Instead I was asked to go to his party. The local option.
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At the Maple Ridge party, as soon as I saw Lionel Richie on the television, with the volume down past 12 am, approximately, I figured for sure he must be singing 'All Night Long'. In agreement with several others...sure enough, this was verified when the volume was turned up. This number seemed so all night long it was like he turned this one hit into a mega-medley.
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This led to some debating whether Mr. Richie had received plastic surgery.
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Why do local Vancouver channels replay three hour old broadcasts of falling balls from Manhattan?
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Well, it was different than Christmas/Boxing Day when in my homecaring work/son capacity, I ended up watching Joel Osteen and then the Mormons for three hours...guest stars 'Sesame Street' included.

Theologically, I learned that the Mormons and Muppets both love Christmas.
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I found out through my Telus bill, sweet ol' Mother still managed to charge for more films via ‘On Demand’. This despite the fact I usually have taken the controller from her as she does not often figure it out for proper use. Do I need to hide it, more? Thankfully, her expensive film habit has been covered by credit. So far the credit is around $100 Canadian.
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Fsensitivity: Facebook

Friday, December 30, 2016

Interesting Twitter in regard to Tim Keller

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The original copy and paste from Twitter did not format properly. Therefore, the edit with this entry. Thank you for any reader patience required. It was probably less patience than was required from me...

Interesting tweets from a former fellow student of mine at Columbia Bible College. This in regard to Professor Peter Enns and his comments in regard to a recent Tim Keller interview.

My replies to

@gdnickel

In regards to a potential lack of depth in evangelical answers:

@RNMPhD

Sometimes one has to dig deeper than typical evangelical answers...

In regards to the review of Keller's answers from the Professor:

Re Virgin birth known only to Luke and Matthew. ??? Whose rules state how many times/by how many authors a doctrine must repeat?

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Be careful on Twitter continued

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Hebrews 9:27 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 27 And inasmuch as it is [a]appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment...

Fox News December 28

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'Steve Martin deletes Twitter tribute to Carrie Fisher after backlash'

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'Steve Martin received backlash for a tribute he paid to Carrie Fisher on Twitter.'

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'On Tuesday, the comic wrote in a since-deleted tweet, "When I was a young man, Carrie Fisher was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. She turned out to be witty and bright as well." Media outlets and fans immediately turned on the comedian saying Martin’s tweet had a sexist undertone.'

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'However, many fans came to Martin's defense saying backlash over his tweet was uncalled for including a Twitter user who screengrabbed the post.'

I reason the reaction against the tweet is an overreaction. Philosophically and practically, a person, a female, can be appreciated for spiritual, intellectual and physical qualities. A person, a female, can be appreciated for any of these attributes significantly and have only one of these mentioned in a context. This does not mean necessarily that other attributes are not significantly appreciated.

It is a possibility, but not a necessity. Context is key.

Through many years of study within a Christian worldview, and as well having studied some secular psychology in regard to women and relationships, I reason it is wiser to not overemphasize female physical beauty or be perceived to do so. It is better to at least lead with spiritual and intellectual attributes in regard to persons, including females.

I think it is also an overreaction to delete the tweet. In a similar situation, I would defend my position.

I fully admit I edit some of my online, social media work, but God-willing, not because I am giving in to politically correct, cyberbullying, but because reasonable edits need to be made.

Monday, December 26, 2016

Be careful on Twitter

Russell Norman Murray

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'In an epic Twitter fail she managed to mix up her 80s singers – and told her 556,000 twitter followers Boy George had died.' End quote. As noted, sometimes a little research is required.