aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) (04/14/84)
I received by mail a flame commenting that I seemed to "have all the answers"
and come off as "holier-than-thou". I certainly don't have all the answers;
I just try to answer some of the questions that come up, and many will attest
that my answers are sometimes off the mark. (The writer of the letter
commented that for a guy who "has all the answers", I have trouble getting my
own life together, as witness some recent postings to net.singles. Actually,
why not just relax and take my net.singles postings as proof that I don't have
all the answers? Anyway, my life IS a lot more together than it was several
years ago, or even two years ago. I doubt that, two years ago, I would have
had the confidence in either God or myself to enable me to write and post all
the articles I have.) As to "holier-than-thou", I confess that I am indeed
imperfect and I do sometimes erroneously feel this way after reading some of
the--shall I say, stronger--articles by certain non-theists [I would never
stoop to such low attacks!]; and the very fact that I feel "holier" shows that
I'm not.
Anyway...my question is: Do others of you (irrespective of belief) perceive
me as "having all the answers" or "holier-than-thou"? If so, I obviously
need some work a) on my writing style, b) on myself. Lord forbid that I
should dissuade people from knowing God because my own resemblance to Him is
still faint.
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-- Jeff Sargent
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