What's the most face-palm-worthy statement you have ever heard from a priest/preacher

[Rhondazvous]

I don't recall saying the response which you attribute to me. Here's the point. If I ask a straightforward question, honestly and sincerely, and the questioned party points to something that doesn't address the question, can I then be castigated for not finding such a response satisfying?

Couple of years ago I was in the position of helping and supporting a friend who was being threatened by social services with having her child taken for adoption. Unjustly, I will add, purely for financial gain and because she was herself in the care system as a child. Two social workers were assigned to vet her parenting abilities during home visits over a period of about a month; they would bring the little boy - when it suited them - and assess her for a couple of hours. Eventually they produced a final report from their notes, a document filled with weasel language, emotional appeals, blatant misrepresentations and subjective opinion. I was able to pick it apart and produce our own report on their report, saving her defence attorney weeks of work.

I mention this to set up the background for a telephone exchange I had with the boy's guardian, who insisted on pointing to the assessment report for every flaw I pointed out in it. It was farcical, actually:
"Well the report says a, b and c..."
"Yes I know, but the report is wrong for the following reasons..."
"But the report says..."
And so on.

She did the same thing that you did a couple of posts ago, only she did it way before you. I asked how we can know that this special mark is actually there as you claim and if it can be or has been tested for its existence; you pointed to a document that affirms your claim. A response, but hardly an answer.

Documents are all they can point to besides thin air.