[Magdalen] A Note Re CofE and TEC History

[Molly Wolf]

I understand the concern about name-calling, and it's always useful to be reminded that those who are on the Other Side are also children of God and deserve respect.  I just have trouble with willful refusal to face reality. That's my "hot button."

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 8:15 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>> Scott, I've tried not to name-call, and I want to make it clear that I'm actually very fond of my former fellow-parishioners.  That affection kept me stuck to the place until the Late Unpleasantness with the warden and rector finally knocked me loose.
> 
> I'm feeling better now, and never had issues with what you wrote,
> Molly (other than the issue of joining you in feeling bad about the
> dysfunctional parish...and I don't know the half of it; you're the one
> who got to experience it). Labels applied later in the thread ("dead,"
> "frozen chosen") seemed like name-calling to me, and I thought I
> should pipe up about that. I'm over my issue now and recognize that
> it's a personal thing of mine.
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA