The invention of the 'Half Post'.

 

"HELLO! DO YOU COPY?"

This is the title that The Curmudgeon (aka Peter) has given to his new creation - the Half Post.

Let's take a look...

"I note that Richard of RBB has been running out of ideas ..... sorry, I realise that that's a given and you're no doubt aware of the fact if you've unfortunately checked out his blog.

If you did this and also checked Robert's blog you will have noticed that the doddery old guy has been writing comments using my initials - TC - pretending to me. While I can understand his aspiration it is a bit sad that he feels that he needs to do this to get attention."

Okay, that's generally fair enough, except for a grammatical mistake (TC - pretending to me.). All I can say is that it has been a bit lonely around here lately with not many people leaving comments - though Robert the sinner did leave one about farting that I had to delete because it wasn't funny.

He also takes a quick shot at a woman he calls 'The Old Girl'.

"It's raining today so I'll stay indoors to sort out boxes of stuff. The Old Girl has been junking just about everything she has including old photographs and newspaper cuttings.

I managed to take a pic of this before it went into the rubbish. It was from the Christchurch Press in the mid 1990s. I like it for her cheesy smile."

And then, that's it. End of post.

It's like a Classical sonata that just has a theme or two, but no development or recapitulation.

"I would never have stooped that low!"

So, what do we learn from this post?

Richard (of RBB) put up a few comments that he signed off as TC. 'The Old Girl' threw out a few old things that she didn't want anymore. Peter has been sitting on his bum, doing bugger all. He couldn't even write a post with a bit of substance.

Think about it. Roberto wrote this...

"Seven verses every Catholic should know.

1 Timothy 3:15
St Paul identifies the Church as" the pillar and bullwork of the truth".
No protestant would say this. A protestant would say instead that the bible is! A bullwork is a defense. If you want the truth go to a Church. There can only be one Church therefore. If there were many then how would we know which one tells the truth. To protestants, the Church is invisible and known only to God. This is Catholic ecliasology. Catholic teaching.
2. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 "Hold fast to your traditions ..Greek ( protestants replace it erroneously with "teachings") that were taught to us by word of mouth or by letter".
The bible is not enough then. That is why Catholics include Tradition.
3 .2 Peter 1:20 ":no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation."
Protestants interpret the Bible themselves. Every interpretation is by individual protestants. Every protestant is his own arbiter of the truth, their own pope. Catholics have a chain of leadership starting with the apostles and proceeding down through their descendents.
4. John 20:23 Jesus breathed in them and said receive the Holy Spirit, whoevers sin you forgive..."
Protestants twist this ( isogessis) and say it means teach. After the apostles preach the sins are forgiven. But this is adding to the original text. Catholics use exogessus and extract the truth. In the old testament people went to the priest for the forgiveness of sin. With an appropriate animal sacrifice. Likewise in the new testament it is a priestly function.
5. Rev 12, 1 and 2 and 5.
This woman is clothed with the sun and moon at her feet, she's in heaven...wearing a crown.. brings forth a child....Jesus. A heavenly queen who gives birth to Jesus! She struggles against a red dragon (Satan). So this describes Mary, the Blessed Mother. This is not symbolic. These are real individuals. Satan, Jesus and Mary.
6 2 kings ch 13...on relics.
Man touches bones of Elija and is healed. So the practice of relics in the Catholic church is justified.
7 John 6:53
"Unless you eat the flesh of the son of man you will have no life in you". This is not a metaphor nor the way the first readers interpreted it They took it at face value in AD 90s. John knew how his readers would interpret it."

Okay, it's a load of shit but there is some advice that TC could take:

• Go touch the bones of Elija!
• Eat the flesh of the son of man or you will have no life in you.
• Satan, Jesus and Mary are real, but you're still better off insulting them than 'The Old Girl'.
• John 20:23 Jesus doesn't use possessive apostrophes (Jesus breathed in them and said receive the Holy Spirit, whoevers sin you forgive.)
• (Every protestant is his own arbiter of the truth.) That's not the best approach, according to the other, and more famous, Peter.
• St Paul identifies the Church as "the pillar and bullwork of the truth". Our Peter doesn't even own a bull. Not even a cow, for that matter.

Okay, I've only touched on six points, but these are ones that Peter (aka The Curmudgeon) needs to think about.

A word of advice to Peter...

Let's write full posts in future.