we have something in common. i tend to lose things too–cars, keys, phones, you name it. it’s actually kind of embarrassing. anyways, you’re always welcomed to hang around and comment at your pleasure. thanks for the conversation.

I appreciate the depth of your explanation. Formality is not really a sticking point for me. By whatever means effective communication occurs, I’m for it. I’m glad to have opened my mouth, even if to stick in my foot. I’ve come across your blog through a general effort to understand Christians better, and a difference in vernacular might as well serve as an initial stumbling block. As for knitwits, I have a terrible mind for facts. Concepts I do Ok with, but details slip away. Knitwits is a software project of mine to safekeep such details. Beyond a domain name it has hardly gotten off the ground. I claim its because I am too busy but it may well be because I’m a nitwit. Once again, thanks for the response, and I suspect you will find me surfacing here and there on your site.

thanks. i trip over language often. i sometimes create verbs out of nouns when the english langage needs them. i can’t take credit for this one though.

“exegete” as a noun describes one who is skilled in exegesis. if you google dictionary and enter “exegete,” the only use described is the noun. however, if you use the dictionary on the “Dashboard” of an Apple, it also includes a second usage of exegete. You guessed it. Exegete is described as a transitive verb meaning “expound” or “interpret.” I used it as a verb, though, by force of common, informal, popular usage, and not via the permission of a dictionary. I usually hate when someone chooses informal usage over proper usage…like when pastors say that they “married” a couple when in fact they didn’t marry them, they performed a wedding in which the man and woman married each other, or they say that they “pastor” a church –a legitimate verbal use that turns a good noun into a bad verb.
thanks, though. Oh, one question: what’s “knitwits”?

“For me it is loss of independant thought, it is Mob rule, Hoolaginism, Branding, Loss of Indentity, Peer pressure, Entrenchment, and Exclusive. I guess that sounds negative, but my cultural experience has been that football is used as means to distinguish ‘us’ from ‘them’, and an excuse to visit violence on ‘them’. Not a ‘beautiful game’ for me, I’m afraid. Not football’s fault by any means, just the crazy Irish fans.”

This is a great illustration. Just slip the word “church” or “evangelical” or “Christianity” in there in place of football and change a couple other words (just slightly) and you’ll see what I mean.

It might appear that the imprint is vindication or power, but maybe that’s the result of sublimating what I said above. When Jesus represents guild, not grace, then we are motivated not to become like him but to justify ourselves. So the Jesus that goes hand-in-hand with being American, a consumer, protecting our way of life at all costs (even if it comes to torturing people)…this Jesus is a creation to replace the one we’re imprinted with.

Just wild thoughts to see what kind of ruckus I can raise. (I’ve been watching Firefly reruns lately and the word ruckus just came out. Sorry.

Here’s a couple more stabs:

religion - control, argument/debate
Christianity - religion, good people (ie, not me)
church - building / wedding / potluck

The World Cup no longer produces the real champions of the world! Just those who can buy and cheat best.

Take Christiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), his antics at the World Cup were frankly disgusting. And every week he prefers to dive than to use his fantastic skill. How sad is that. What kind of culture is that? What kind of role model for all the kids who watch him?

I hate to think what Pele makes of it all. Long live the King.

Btw, listening to DoSul. Great stuff.