An atheist chaplain

[mossrose]

Seriously though. Suppose that someone is having a crisis of faith and is turning to a chaplain for support and advice and...

It would be a very bad situation, that's for sure.

[rogue06]

It would be a very bad situation, that's for sure.

Even if the guy has the best intent, it isn't likely to turn out very well.

[mossrose]

Even if the guy has the best intent, it isn't likely to turn out very well.

Yuh.

[Cow Poke]

Will I?

Yes

Is that a threat?

It's a sad reality.

[Cow Poke]

Seriously though. Suppose that someone is having a crisis of faith and is turning to a chaplain for support and advice and...

How can he/she do any other than to try to convince the person that their hope lies in their own selves, or the council of man?

[rogue06]

How can he/she do any other than to try to convince the person that their hope lies in their own selves, or the council of man?

Recite some memorized/canned responses they learned in case of that sort of situation?

I mean, that's about the best I can think of off hand.

[mossrose]

How can he/she do any other than to try to convince the person that their hope lies in their own selves, or the council of man?

Which is exactly what this guy says in the article in the op. Something to the effect that we don't look to a deity but to our own devices. Not an exact quote because I don't feel like going and copying it.

Just in case HA doesn't understand what I'm saying.

[Cow Poke]

Which is exactly what this guy says in the article in the op. Something to the effect that we don't look to a deity but to our own devices. Not an exact quote because I don't feel like going and copying it.

Just in case HA doesn't understand what I'm saying.

From Pilgrim's Progress, he would be Mr. Worldly Wiseman.

[Sparko]

No that is not my argument.

Internet fora rely on the written word. On occasion people need to express themselves with more clarity and [ideally] read through their posts prior to hitting the Post Reply option. Your own little embarrassment whereby you included Africa as a "country" while mildly amusing serves as an example of such carelessness.

I understand that you were referring to regions of the world but what you wrote was erroneous and your little faux pas could have served as the butt of many a derogatory joke against you.

Only your overly literal reading of someone's post would find a problem with my post where I was listing areas with a lack of COVID vaccinations. Which just goes to show once again that your problem with understanding what people mean in their posts is solely YOUR problem, because others don't seem to have that problem. You do one of two things: you either read what someone writes in an over-the-top literal manner and misconstrue what they are saying, or you take something they say and immediately jump to some unwarranted interpretation of what you think they really meant. Other people don't seem to have that problem. So either you have some mental disability that makes it hard for you to glean meaning from simple statements and conversations, or you are just doing it as a trolling tactic. I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

More like a promise of a fact.

A fact? Since when has any empirical evidence been produced or demonstrated concerning post-mortem events?

[Cow Poke]

Only your overly literal reading of someone's post would find a problem with my post where I was listing areas with a lack of COVID vaccinations. Which just goes to show once again that your problem with understanding what people mean in their posts is solely YOUR problem, because others don't seem to have that problem. You do one of two things: you either read what someone writes in an over-the-top literal manner and misconstrue what they are saying, or you take something they say and immediately jump to some unwarranted interpretation of what you think they really meant. Other people don't seem to have that problem. So either you have some mental disability that makes it hard for you to glean meaning from simple statements and conversations, or you are just doing it as a trolling tactic. I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Yet, she can make a glaringly false statement, and when called on it, she can't possibly bring herself to "yeah, you're right, I misspoke....".

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Only your overly literal reading of someone's post would find a problem with my post where I was listing areas with a lack of COVID vaccinations. Which just goes to show once again that your problem with understanding what people mean in their posts is solely YOUR problem, because others don't seem to have that problem. You do one of two things: you either read what someone writes in an over-the-top literal manner and misconstrue what they are saying, or you take something they say and immediately jump to some unwarranted interpretation of what you think they really meant. Other people don't seem to have that problem. So either you have some mental disability that makes it hard for you to glean meaning from simple statements and conversations, or you are just doing it as a trolling tactic. I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Now you will be accused of derailing this thread.

I made my position quite clear in my reply to you on the relevant thread and used your minor typo on this thread as an example of carelessness.

[rogue06]

From Pilgrim's Progress, he would be Mr. Worldly Wiseman.

I never finished that book

[Sparko]

Now you will be accused of derailing this thread.

I made my position quite clear in my reply to you on the relevant thread and used your minor typo on this thread as an example of carelessness.

And yet nobody but you mentioned it, because everyone else knew exactly what I meant. Showing you do indeed have difficulty understanding simple conversations. Or you are trolling. Pick one.

[Cow Poke]

I never finished that book

It's a tough read because of the olde English, but there is a neat "easy read" called Little Pilgrim's Progress. I use that as the basis for a series of Children's messages, each week building up to ... "and then, the HUNGRY LIONS roared and..... oh, would you look at that... we've run out of time, so be sure to come back next week".