Comments on: Fans Arise!! When nothing is too esoteric to be outraged by https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Sun, 24 Dec 2017 09:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: Rob https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4311 Sun, 24 Dec 2017 09:18:34 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4311 Religious people are nerds.

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By: Chad https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4270 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 06:51:03 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4270 Maybe if we could just listen to the words of Yoda to Luke… “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” Then we would stop the unnecessary quarrels. Thanks Mike!

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By: stan https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4260 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:02:33 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4260 great stuff Mike

infantile Christians and twitter are a dangerous mix

things that might get left unsaid face to face come vomiting out behind the safety of a screen (hey look at me doing it)

“It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.” – Jesus

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By: Emmeline https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4255 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 03:12:25 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4255 In reply to Michael Frost.

Certainly your point was a good one! I forgot to mention that sorry.

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By: Michael Frost https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4233 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:02:46 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4233 In reply to Emmeline.

Yes, the term ‘hysterical’ is certainly gendered. Someone on twitter today referred to her as ‘a feminist heretic’ on one of my threads. You’re right to point it out. I didn’t refer to it in the post so as to simplify the point I was making.

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By: Emmeline https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4231 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 06:50:54 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4231 A point of interest, I notice the criticism directed at RHE is much more harsh and much of it is gendered: “hysterical”, “angry”, “desperate for attention”.

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By: Michael Frost https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4228 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 02:03:50 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4228 In reply to Michael Thackray.

Well, I take that as high praise. Thank you, Michael.

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By: Michael Thackray https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4227 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:25:44 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4227 Loving the content Mike. As an ex-christian I feel you write as a Christian who sees the world as it is, not as what you wish it to be. It is beautifully authentic in a space full of wishy-washy rhetoric.

Keep up the good work.

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By: Dave Berlach https://mikefrost.net/fans-arise-nothing-esoteric-outraged/#comment-4225 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:20:36 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27507#comment-4225 Mike,

Can’t you just hurry up and stake out your ground, and be ready, like a good christian soldier, to defend it at all costs?? It’s too mentally exhausting for me when I need to be on the look out for nuance and perhaps balance a range of opinions/metaphors and accept that they might all hold some value. Not to mention the energy it takes to for me to remain civil when everything that gives my life meaning is being challenged by your lack of willingness to provide certitude (don’t even begin to suggest that maybe my faith is grounded on something other than Jesus)!
And, God forbid, when someone says something clearly WRONG (wrong being anything that falls outside my narrow paradigm)! They MUST be corrected and everyone else in earshot (or eyeshot, in the case of SM) must be warned of their obvious slide into heresy.
This is what makes us super attractive and really great to be around. Cos everyone loves a smug, self assured, contrarian who is incapable of active listening.

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