tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post337711070634947880..comments2024-03-09T02:32:34.549-06:00Comments on Dr. Melissa Clouthier: The Christian Litmus TestMelissa Clouthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864991953502438461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post-36298559689248524152007-03-30T11:23:00.000-06:002007-03-30T11:23:00.000-06:00And yeah, the recommndation "he's a good Christian...<I>And yeah, the recommndation "he's a good Christian ____" is a little grating.</I><BR/><BR/>Especially if he's into the "Christ as Party Line" theology. Reducing the Gospel to nothing more than "The Party Line" makes "Good Christians" into "Good Little Party Members". The results are visible in Volume 12 of <I>Left Behind</I> and its Volume 13 sequel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post-36682489866679161362007-03-29T14:36:00.000-06:002007-03-29T14:36:00.000-06:00This was all the common wisdome when I was growing...This was all the common wisdome when I was growing up. Trouble is, it morphed over time into some <I>a priori</I> assumption that All Christians are Hypocrites. So if you know some true church-going Christians, you assumed they were shallow bourgeios fakers. The pendulum had to go back in the other direction but I don't think we're well served by Dobson's comments.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, the recommndation "he's a good Christian ____" is a little grating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19646581.post-32461565699550430032007-03-29T11:14:00.000-06:002007-03-29T11:14:00.000-06:00Hillary Clinton seems to need to have every detail...<I>Hillary Clinton seems to need to have every detail controlled in order to succeed.</I><BR/><BR/>In other words, the Control Freak type of Boss.<BR/><BR/><I>She's very disciplined, there's no question about that, but can she handle the surprising, shocking and unexpected?</I><BR/><BR/>Control Freaks usually handle that by Displacement Behavior -- completely ignore the "surprising, shocking, and unexpected" emergency that's out of your Complete Control, tunnel-vision obsess onto something that IS under your Complete Control (no matter how trivial), and micromanage that obsession 24/7/365.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com