How to Prove Your Own Position without Trying Very Hard

[Randy Carson]

But that is not your style. You are a drive-by artist. Queen of the snarky one-liner. And how can we be sure of this? Because the reason you are even here is that your mouth finally got you suspended at CAF.

And yet, Randy, I've managed to remain a member of CAF for over eight years while not giving an inch on my beliefs and without causing uproar whenever I come across people who don't agree with me.

But you're not there now; you're here. And we know why. So, my point is made. You crossed a line and decided to take it up here.

Meanwhile, virtually everything you do turns into an 'omnishambles' and you seem to have an acute ability to annoy even those with similar beliefs.  When it's pointed out that it's what you do, what do you do?  You deny it and then immediately repeat it.

Well, I can't deny that without proving you right, now can I?

Let's see what the leader of your church said last week:

Such unity is already an act of mission, “that the world may believe”. Evangelization does not consist in proselytizing, but in attracting by our witness those who are far off, in humbly drawing near to those who feel distant from God and the Church, those who are fearful or indifferent, and saying to them: “The Lord, with great respect and love, is also calling you to be a part of his people” (Evangelii Gaudium, 113).

Where's the 'attracting by our witness', Randy?  Let's face it, you could start a fistfight in an amputee ward.

ZING! Perfectly played, Kaninchen. See, folks? What did I tell you? She is the master of the drive-by posting. Don't forget to call me a used car salesman. That's always been one of your favorites.

Oh, and the quote above from Evangelii Gaudium? Probably the first such quotation I've seen from you in years, K. Did you look that up just so you could FINALLY put an end to that drought?

But more seriously, forget about me for a moment - you've been at CAF for eight years "while not giving an inch on your beliefs." Okay, that deserves respect in that you are sticking to what you believe. Good for you. But are you saying that in all that time...all those man hours that you've spent in the forum...no one has "attracted you by their witness", Kaninchen? I mean, you're calling me on the carpet like I'm some kind of inferior Catholic or lousy Christian because you don't see anything attractive about my "mechanistic evidence" as you say in the paragraph below, but apparently you haven't seen anything attractive in the witness of any Catholic at CAF. And that becomes a little less plausible. So, is the problem REALLY with my heart, Kaninchen? Or is it yours?

You see, one of the first things I noticed about you is that you don't behave like a Catholic, you behave like a sub-Josh McDowell Protestant Evangelical with all that mechanistic 'evidence' and repetitive apologetics.  You say that I don't discuss your material but your lack of self-awareness is such that you don't appreciate that the reason people don't do that is that they eventually give up trying to do so because of the non-responsive nature of your replies and behaviour.

In order to have given up, Kaninchen, you have to have actually tried first. You've never had a substantive conversation with me. EVER. Remember the thread on whether or not Jesus fulfilled the Messianic prophecies of the OT? You wouldn't even engage in that. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but the prophets ought to be your sweet spot. (and just wait till a few of the ladies in this forum start going off about how G-d condones rape and genocide in the Hebrew Scriptures. It hasn't been Jews in here defending the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that's for sure.

You know I'm not anti-Semitic. You know I am a big supporter of Israel and Netanyahu. (Is that a problem?) But seriously, what on earth is a European Jewess doing spending eight years in a Catholic APOLOGETICS forum without actually wanting to explain and defend your viewpoints? You never say anything...just snark, snark, snark. Every post is a cynical, acidic witticism. What an odd way to spend your free time.

But that's the past. Why are you here? Are you finally ready to talk with me?