Sonship's biggest problem was his inability to be concise.
He was a bit of a different character if you played chess agaoinst him and had a conversation. It's almost like Dr Jekyl turned into Mr Hyde when he got into this forum.
@medullahsaid Sonship's biggest problem was his inability to be concise.
He was a bit of a different character if you played chess agaoinst him and had a conversation. It's almost like Dr Jekyl turned into Mr Hyde when he got into this forum.
Sonship’s posting was often described by myself and others as “blogging”, but I’ve come to now think of it more as “flyposting”.
Sonship would stick a poster up, stick several posters up and then get annoyed when observers would write on them. He seemed to perceive responses as graffiti rather than discourse and he would metaphorically just flypost another poster from his “set” over what had been written.
I think this image of sonship better describes who he saw himself in here; more of a guerrilla activist for his cult, a sort of evangelical street guru who was not to be questioned unless it was a question asking for more of his wisdom.
@medullahsaid Sonship's biggest problem was his inability to be concise.
He was a bit of a different character if you played chess agaoinst him and had a conversation. It's almost like Dr Jekyl turned into Mr Hyde when he got into this forum.
@divegeestersaid Sonship’s posting was often described by myself and others as “blogging”, but I’ve come to now think of it more as “flyposting”.
Sonship would stick a poster up, stick several posters up and then get annoyed when observers would write on them. He seemed to perceive responses as graffiti rather than discourse and he would metaphorically just flypost another poster from ...[text shortened]... to be questioned unless it was a question asking for more of his wisdom.
It’s a brittle mindset.
That’s a fair assessment, I agree.
I often had the feeling he was arguing with himself; often uploaded several posts sequentially, uninterrupted by anyone else, as if he were trying to convince himself of something. Some sect had put a fly in his ear and he hoped it was true, but some grain of common sense in him kept nagging him that it probably wasn’t, and it gave him no peace. He certainly got a lot of pushback here.
maybe someday he’ll be back and tell us he left the sect and found a mainstream Christian community. A troubled soul he is; I hope he finds peace.
I often had the feeling he was arguing with himself; often uploaded several posts sequentially, uninterrupted by anyone else, as if he were trying to convince himself of something. Some sect had put a fly in his ear and he hoped it was true, but some grain of common sense in him kept nagging him that it probably wasn’t, and it gave him n ...[text shortened]... t the sect and found a mainstream Christian community. A troubled soul he is; I hope he finds peace.
Indeed. I hope he’s well and chilled out.
But to continue…
The problem with thinking you have the “truth” is that this inner sense of having some special knowledge can drive people to behave very oddly.
@divegeestersaid Indeed. I hope he’s well and chilled out.
But to continue…
The problem with thinking you have the “truth” is that this inner sense of having some special knowledge can drive people to behave very oddly.
Ain’t that the truth ! It’s not the people who have doubts who build concentration camps and gulags and inquisitorial torture dungeons; it’s the people convinced they have Absolute Truth With Capital Letters who do that.
@moonbussaid Ain’t that the truth ! It’s not the people who have doubts who build concentration camps and gulags and inquisitorial torture dungeons; it’s the people convinced they have Absolute Truth With Capital Letters who do that.
What’s even more facinating is how this sense of owning the truth “truth” can lead to moral contradictions, such as the one KellyJay is managing across two threads currently.
26 Jun '22 06:04
The sonship era is over
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