I do feel sorry for Ingrid’s loss with Slice 2.0, but I praise God for one less voice of unmerited and often unbiblical discernment on the web. In her fair well address to her Slice readers, Ingrid says that she has never “had worse insults hurled at [her] at a personal level and from men who claim that they love Jesus.†She then continued with, “When you pour your heart and soul into something and this is the response from “fellow Christians”, cheap shots that ignore the countless sermons, devotionals, hymns and encouragement posted, it can be devastating.†I found this to be so ironic.
I am part of a community that was often attacked by Ingrid. I too often wondered how fellow Christians (without the quotation marks) like her could make such cheap shots and ignore the countless biblical sermons, podcasts, devotionals and encouragement that radiate from my church. It never seemed like the character of the God we both serve. I had the privilege of encouraging many pastors via email that were attacked in the same way by Ingrid. When you pour your heart out into a ministry and see lives transformed by Christ, it is hard to swallow the intense “discernment†from people who have never even stepped foot in your community of faith.
Again, if I was to look at this thru the theology of the ODMs, it is the Lord’s predestined plan that Slice should not exist. Who knows if that is the case. I just know that I am glad one more ODM is taken offline.
RIP
SLICE OF LAODICEA
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She will be back.
Thank God there’s one less unChrist-like voice on the web slandering and insulting followers of Christ.
While it was my prayer that a softening of the heart in response to the commands of scripture on the part of Ingrid would have been the reason for SoL going offline, these particular circumstances will at least slow the river of nastiness coming from those who claim to be obedient to Christ.
I will never understand how you can be unchristian in your speech while attempting to defend Christ’s truth. And the people that were the objects of her caustic attacks also had poured their hearts and souls into their labor for Christ, doesn’t that count for anything?. Truth is not just the embracing of Biblical doctrines as generally defined, it is also esteeming others greater than yourselves.
If someone asked Pastor MacManus to give his assessment of the core of Scripture and he said “love”, he would be attacked as soft. But that is exactly what the Master said when asked what was the greatest commandment, and He attached loving your neighbor as yourself as like unto the first.
These are dangerous times, we all can see that, but we cannot, we must not, abandon being like Jesus in an attempt to protect His truth. Being like Jesus is truth as well. God has used the watchman blogs in my life, but not always in the way they might have desired.
I loved how those who criticized her are now “fellow Christians”…and how saying that finding a good article was like finding a nickel in a spitoon was such a “vicious” thing…yep, that’s sooooo personal–if you can’t distinguish between your “ministry” and your own person.
I loved too the comment about supportive “slice-believers”…says a lot…
oh, well.
no more shrieking.
I’m an egalitarian, but if there was ever a case study for a woman learning in all quietness…
Rick,
I saw you got a personal mention in the farewell address. Sadly, there was no actual attribution. Interesting that she would pick that out as an example of the vitriol she had to suffer, while what she posted easily exceeded that on a daily basis.
I can’t really understand why she decided not to bring it back up online. Perhaps the comments of the site are gone, true, but the posts themselves can still be found in my feed reader.
It would take a couple of days, sure. But I’m sure there are countless slice followers who would be willing to go through and copy any paste the old articles into the new database.
That’s not to say I’m recommending that. Indeed, the blogosphere is much better off with out the daily slice. I’m just wondering … if they consider this the work of the devil, then they should try to fight it. But if they consider this the work of God, perhaps a little self-exploration is necessary.
I’m happy to hear that her personal blog will be a bit more upbeat and inspirational, though.
All the past men and women of God who suffered for Christ including giving their very lives and she has to moan about some incoming when she was legion in her attacks. There are believers right now being TORTURED for Christ and we are devestated by a few words. It is so self serving.
Spurgeon observed “If they called Him Beelzebub must they respect you?” Yea, Tim, I was wondering when someone would notice I made the finale.
All you other guys are compromisers!
On a serious note, does anyone know how I can back up my blog so the same thing won’t happen?
Let’s be careful that this thread not have to be filed under Schadenfreude.
(Uh, have you guys backed up the site lately?)
She’s still on the radio, she’s got her personal site and her CWW column; so while I sympathize with her frustration, she still has outlets.
To be fair, Ingrid did post a number of entries that would/could/should have had us all on the same side. If she has as much strength of conviction as she would have others believe she has, some incarnation of Slice 3.0 will show up in the future. There is a very reputable hosting company in Wisconsin that won’t just delete your site upon hearing a wild rumor. While I know the owners are not Christians, they host a number of Christians reliably.
The point where I had a problem is her tendency to let her passions and biases often get in the way of her restraint.
I’m really hoping Ingrid will realize all the time, energy and money she sank into her personal apostasy watch/heresy hunt, are gone as though they never existed. And yet what remains are the people who cringe at the mention of her name and the damage she may have caused to other believers.
I’ve told other Christians and non-Christians that being a follower of Christ does not mean being the world’s doormat or punching bag. But now I have to add that it doesn’t mean go out and act like a territorial, religious behind either.
If you’re going to declare war on someone, expect a response. Too many of us think, “God is on my side. I can’t possibly lose. I can drop the enemy in one (verbal) punch.” And then we get all frantic and scream “I’m being attacked!” when we realize the opposition is well armed, not shooting blanks and playing for keeps.
Sandman – I agree with your overall comment, however I take a little issue with this statement:
“I’ve told other Christians and non-Christians that being a follower of Christ does not mean being the world’s doormat or punching bag. ”
Sometimes we are, just like He was sometimes.
Sandman,
Absolutely right about how we conduct ourselves now.
Sometimes, not all the time. I also think we need to take a stand and defend those who are most vulnerable. Like He did.
Rick,
Are you the “Rick” who got a mention from Ingrid in her farewell address?
Ingrid will be back.
This is a pattern, a kind of cycle, I see often in blogs.
“I’m quitting because of these dramatic reasons!”
“Now I’m back because the world needs me!”
“Now I’m quitting!”
“Now I’m back because faithful fans begged me to come back!”
It’s like I wrote about here, paragraph 11 (yes, 11!) regarding “There’s the I’m Wounded and Now I’m Going to Blather A Lengthy Goodbye post…” type of person.
There’s no way she won’t be back. I’d truly be surprised if Slice didn’t reappear.
David – I believe I am the same Rick.
Good riddance
Its interesting so many people think she’ll be back. Though after so many of her like minded pals have come on here and done the same thing in the comments its hard to take them seriously when they say they’re taking their ball and going home.
Julie, I read your comment with all the back and forth, and it reminded me of H. Ross Perot when he kept entering/exiting the presidential campaign.
As my mother would say to us when we were playing outside in the winter but taking inside breaks to “get warm”:
In or out. Not both.
This is what Prophet Ken Silva said in the comments
So Ken, how do you feel now?
“So Ken, how do you feel now?”
My allergies are acting up a little but other than I’m doing quite well actually. Why thanks for asking David.
Well, I don t’ink even Miss Cleo could have seen dis one comin’.
In all fairness, according to Ingrid, it was originally a technical glitch.
Perhaps it was easier to just let it all go rather than rebuild.
The thing that amazes me when I read about web sites whose hosts supposedly foul up like this and cause a site to “lose everything!” is that I can’t figure out why they don’t have a backup, either a purposeful one of their own, one based on the designer having files on a computer off the host where the site is built before upload, or just the blogging software original account which is sending the posts and such to the host to be published. I can’t figure out how it is that a site would exist without someone backing it up.
Okay, I did get a chuckle out of Ken’s reponse that time.
Miss Cleo is a fine source to quote in such situations, indeed.
Julie, I think you are right on the money.
Ingrid has done this before. She turned off comments time after time because so many “apostates” were being so nasty to us. But then 5 – 6 days later, comments came back on approving of course only pro-Slice comments.
And then Slice 1.0 went offline and became “Christian Research Network.”
Then Slice 2.0 came back on. To her credit, she appeared softer and kinder at first with less strict moderation of comments, but then she relapsed back to her old patterns in no time.
Slice 3.0 will be back and follow the same predictable pattern. Long live “I’m Wounded and Now I’m Going to Blather A Lengthy Goodbye.”
That’s what I’m saying. What if you decided to move your site to another host and your current host gets vindictive?
I just do not get it although I am an admitted novice on all this. Can one blog be completely ersaed without any hope of recovery? How can deleted comments be retrieved? How can a server delete an entire blog without affecting any of the others? Can they be sued?
It goes to show that if you hurt people some will want to hurt back… this has nothing to do with “men who claim that they love Jesus.†rather that i her approach and heavy hand… she hurt others… and in that they just don’t want to take being abused any more…
But I agree, 3.0 will be back and it will be just like before… funny that if God truly backed them as they state… they would not be having these issues… or is their “Satan” stronger than their God?
I just see that ya reap what you sow…
be blessed,
iggy
I might add that these seem a bit flip floppish and double minded in her resolve…
Be Blessed,
iggy
From a webmaster’s point of view…using the host’s crashes and failures as an excuse for losing all of your “valuable” content is inexcusable. It’s either a sad excuse or a not fully true one. I’m leaning toward sad, that she really did lose her content. I won’t cry about that, particularly some of the comments, but… you gotta be responsible for your web site.
Julie,
Especially since she’s using wordpress which comes with a plugin for easy backing up. Also, you can use another plugin to schedule automatic backups.
Is there a way to back up blogger posts?
is it bad to say I don’t miss it?
RE: Blogger backup…I use Blogger, but I have my own host. So I have my posts in both the Blogger account as well as the “copies” that get FTP’d over to my host. I also, then, back up my entire web site on an external drive giving me a third copy.
But with blogspot blogs…I don’t know.
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41447
Another solution.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-backup-blogger-blog.html
That’s for saving blogger blogs.
Thanks Tom.
I don’t even know what the difference is between what you use and the host.
I would appreciate it if one of you smart people would check my site to make sure I’m all backed up and stuff. One side of me would hate to lose my writings and another side would find it a privilege to write them again.
My devotion to Jesus and the devotion He deserves still has “miles to go before I sleep”.
I’ve been covering myself in sackcloth and ashes all night. I’ve been praying without ceasing. I’m starting a 40 day fast. Oh! that Slice will
comeback. err…Never come backI have to say that I am a little saddened to see this all end with a technical glitch, my secret hope every time I read Slice was that there would be an apology to the healthy ministries they attacked, a confession of the ill will in a lot of it, a story of God’s redemptive and changing power and a re-dedication to become an encouraging ministry, sans agenda, reaching out with the actual Gospel, using the old platform as a way to minister to recovering pharisees, discerment addicts and the like. That was the “end” I always hoped for with Slice.
Not to worry Kevin…
For anyone who is interested, you can view almost ALL prior posts of Slice of Laodicea right here (on some you have to scroll way down):
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com
There may be some buggy pages, but overall very good. In fact, you can view the OLD blog site as well.
I put a little file in my site to prevent the archive.org robot from doing any preserving.
Why?
Because I’m that way, that’s why.
I say we turn the other cheek and do it for her. We create a Wordpress install, copy all the old posts into it and export them into an extended xml file for Wordpress-to-Wordpress import.
That, my friends, would be an act undeniable.
Of course, she could always spin it to something like, “God makes even my enemies to work in my favor…” She can call it what she wants. I’m just saying, it’s an interesting proposition.
That would work if we just copied and exported all the nickels and left the rest, right?
I thought it was interesting that this has been listed as a hate site.
I just dont see that.
Im sure maybe some of my fellow discernment ministry folk would label me as blinded.
I just dont see the hate.
I see disagreement.
I just dont see the hate.
I disagree with many comments here and opinions as well but I dont see hate toward Ingrid or Ken.
I agree with the comment that stated Ingrid has a pattern.
I think Ingrid’s radio show is very good and well done.
Seems to be at times a different Ingrid posting.
Facts could be stated without all flames as we match whats being taught with scripture.
The flames just make it to hot for anyone else (besides the little group of yes and ameners) to handle.
Personnal things in one life can also attribute to meltdowns (not saying that hapened here though I dont know).
So I hope God heals Ingrid of whatever causes her to use such un Christlike speech.
Of course many of us also use un Chistlike speech myself included.
I pray that any of us who steps over that line will also be healed by God so people can take whatever we have to say seriously.
Peace
Tim Wirth
Rick, Jim from oldtruth.com outed you. Been receiving angry emails?
That’s weird. The link to Jim’s post sends you right back to this site.
I can’t find it.
Jim at Old Truth is up to his shenanigans. He blocks out links from this site.
Old Truth is always that way for everyone incoming link. I don’t know if it’s purposeful, but something about how he has his site set up. You cannot link to it directly. You have to do this right click the link, copy the link, open a new tab or window, paste the link, and then it should work. No direct clicking through.
I saw he printed my name as if most did not already know. I have come to understand that if you are conviced that you are protecting God’s truth then any speech, no matter how unfair and caustic and even personal, is part of your sword. We all use unfortunate terminology at times, but that does not excuse it.
And here is something that needs addressing. On one general side Christians see a moving away from the authority and veracity of Scrpture.
On the other general side, Christians are moving away from the authority and veracity of what it means to be like Jesus.
So like in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” each side has generally half of the truth medallion, but each side is claiming to have the whole.
And to take such umbrage over some metaphor without even assessing the mountain of metaphors used by them is…well…very weak. There will be coming more persecution to Christians and not just reformed and not just emergent, all of us. I hope my blog doesn’t get lost but this incident has led my to remove my heart from my writings, they belong to Him. Let everything that is truth stand for His glory, and everything that is flesh burn with the chaff. That is how I honestly feel.
Gee, I hope some of it is there tomorrow…
By the way, Nathan, you got noticed also.
Yeah Jim is so insecure he can’t take the criticism that occurs when other people link to him. So you have to copy/paste the link.
Did anybody scroll through the comments of the that post at OldTruth?
Unbelievable!
I’m tiring of the accusations with no proof. “foul-mouthed so called Christians” I’ve yet to see evidence of this. I suppose it could happen but I don’t think anyone from this site would do it. So to put Ricks statement “spittoon” and lump it in with “foul-mouthed so called Christians” really makes the assumption that Rick is “foul mouthed” and not a Christian. No?
I wonder what Jim Bublitz is trying to hide at oldtruth.com
I also noticed that he re-writes history… he deletes and re-edits comments and changes all sorts of things… but then it is his blog so he can hide, change or do whatever he wants as he sees fits… but it looks suspicious to me.
Personally I see his actions as rather childish and rather insecure about his posts being able to undergo scrutiny. He just looks fearful.
Be Blessed,
iggy
A friend of mine asked me if I was upset Slice was gone. My response was that I wish it could have been used for good and that Ingrid’s heart might have changed, granting other Christians the same grace and charity that she obviously craved. However, in its present form, I had to say that I miss Slice the same way I ‘miss’ the Clinton administration – God can use anything, even as a negative example…
Well, I left a comment there. I hope it isn’t unbelievable. Heh.
Again, Old Truth has had those linking issues for a long time. I don’t know that I think it is due to “insecurity”; on the other hand, I don’t know why anyone would set up a kind of blog in which linking would be such a hassle. I’m not up on computers enough to understand the mechanism at work that throws a link back at the other site, so I don’t know why or how it is used.
Some of the looser emergents use some questionable languag, I do not believe they were referring to me. If you hel a gun to their heads they would admit they think I am a Christian.
Can you imagine a spittoon creating such contoversy? Only Rick Ianiello uses a spittoon anymore. My point, lost in the metaphor, is that when you are relentless in you attacks, and links to secular exposes about Christians, and viscious in you vitriol, and void of any compassion, then when you post some hymn it seems out of place.
Get it? Nickel? Spittoon? Man, everyone is a real warrior. Ingrid and Jim and Ken have more hits accidently on their blogs than I do if I give away free pizza. To say I’m small potatoes is an insult to Idaho!
Julie,
He deliberately tinkers with his server settings to disallow links he doesn’t like. Awhile back I published a tutorial on how to link to his site via Google Translate, soon after Google translate was also blocked from linking to his site.
Where the insecurity claim comes in is that he’s deliberately preventing any links that disagree with him on a fundamental level to come in. Combine that with his non-transparent editing of comments and posts and what you’ve got is a man so insecure in his own writings that he refuses to allow anyone to see his writing except those that agree with him. I haven’t seen that level of insecurity since my first day of Junion High School.
Jim chooses to block people… In fact he often redirects people.
For a time i was banned, then redirected to little sermons by Jim… like why synergists will go to hell or that hell is real… and so on… when I did it from one computer I saw these there and from another I did not… when I went through a proxy I was able to access his blog without anything… he actually takes the time to redirect people… these are not “linking” problems…
For a time he was redirecting me to a Pepto-Bismol site, the dancing hamster site, the oldtrunks.com site and so on… he likes to play games. I thought he was being hacked and even asked one of his friends (Kevin B.) to check that out and that person got all upset I asked him to “do my bidding”… it was funny that I was more concerned that someone hacked Jim than one of Jim’s friends… of course that person had no issue in slamming emergents on Jim’s blog over how nasty emergents were…
Of course Kevins “letter” was very loving…
http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.666
(Don’t worry it is most likely blocked)
Be Blessed,
iggy
You mean Iggy?
Notice also that Jim has blocked the google translator page… so Jim is really ashamed of his blog and seems to not be able to stand any critique.
iggy
I find it more than interesting that those that claim to have a deeper understanding and appreciation for God’s sovereignty are having such hand wringing over it including putting forth subjective iPower theories when they are supposed to be the ones showing us how to abide in God’s sovereingty!
When I spoke to my wife about what would happen if my writings went “Poof”, I admitted that I would feel very sad. But I felt like I would benefit Spiritually from writing them again with possibly new insights. If I were “you know who” I would repost the hymns, and devotions, and poems, and all the good stuff that exalted Christ. It’s like getting a second chance to minister Christ along the same path you just came from.
In everything give thanks. Rejoice evermore. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Write them again, post them again, lift Him up again, and that goes for all of us. As a matter of fact, I may go back and rewrite some of my writings and post them with showing people where I’ve grown! Wow, I get to write His praises again. Man I wish Ingrid could see that, we all could be friends in another climate without compromising what we believe.
I am the one that Kevin is talking about as well as the one Jim was abusing all over that post.
real loving people over there… I had to close my comments for about two weeks after that.
Blessings,
iggy
FYI – I’ve checked with Zach, and this site is on a normal back-up schedule, along with mannual back-ups I do on occasion.
On linking to Jim, there are a huge number of anonymous redirectors that can link to his site, like Proxify and Orb-z.
Chris L,
Just do not comment on his blog through those as he will block that also…
I was going to tell you which one I use, but Jim would block it also.
Again, what is he hiding from if he has the “truth” then why be ashamed of that gospel he proclaims… to redirect or block someone he sees as “not saved” or whatever, seems to show shame for what his blog is about. I don’t think his blog is that bad…
Be Blessed,
iggy
Jim’s comment on his blog is exactly the stuff that I find frustrating about so much of the ODM style. He takes issue with the fact that the church links to the SBC statement of faith, the use of “symbology,” and the use of sculpture and paintings in sermons. He then says this is all about Ingrid shining the light on such churches and their man-centered theology?
Huh? How, exactly, is this all man-centered? How are these three things sufficient conditions for an anthropocentric church? The church may be a hotbed for heresy (I don’t know and I can’t say), but I’d like an argument. I’d like an explanation. But it never comes. Instead, Jim offers us snippets from a church website and and instant condemnation.
What Ken, and CRN, and the ODMs desperately need is nuance. I’m not looking for Aristotle, but can they at least throw me a bone?
When I was in grad school for philosophy, something that we often mentioned was the need to be a charitable reader. We agreed that it’s a virtue to assume the best about an author or an article rather than the worst. That may be the fundamental flaw with these groups. They are the least charitable readers I have ever come across. Every last thing is a worst case scenario. It’s stunning and saddening.
If you’re using firefox you can also install refcontrol and set it to Forge and it will fool his server into thinking you clicked an internal link to get there.
I love this theory by Jim as to why it is gone…
But for those who really, really, really miss it…They just launched the new site
M.G.
It is part of their theology… they have rationalized judgmentalism as godly… that was what the beef Jim had with me as i called him on that. He then went on a rage and link me to Bob Deeway articles and told me how wrong I was… I pointed out that he had lied and he went even more ballistic and started the attacks and redirect.
Then he changed his story and I decided to delete my blog that was simular to CRNinfo, but not as good or classy…
Jim and his crew are not nice people… they claim that they are praying for me but I see that it was more likely a show to cover all the nasty things they stated about me…
One of Jim’s friends even insists I am in need of psychological help as I “hate” and “attack” John MacArthur…
I do have aritcles that raise queistons against Lordship Savlation… and the teachings of John MacArthur… like Jesus would have promoted war… or the anti-semitism statements he made on Larry King.
But I do not hate JM or anyone… I just think they have very bad theology.
Be Blessed,
iggy
MGÂ - “hotbed for heresy” – I love it!
In some eyes the entire ecclesiastical world is nothing more than an infinite row of hotbeds, excepting the grand goose down mattresses where they sleep!
Tim et. al., I wasn’t aware that he purposefully blocked sites. That is, indeed, a strange and silly thing to do. I’m not going to knock myself out and try to find a way to get a link to work. I would assume he’d want other links and discussions and such happening.
I know my web site is “blocked” from direct linking as well, from this incident.
I admit to thinking, at the time, it was just a fluke in his website.
Knowing it is done purposefully is really…a let down. Like Pyro e.c. posters and other things towering men of God seem to do that reveals a serious infantile streak.
Anonymous “editor” postings. Bouncing back links. Calling people names and making joke graphics. This is the behavior of the noble Christian leaders under attack from without and within and even their own web host providers?
Right.
Well folks, I was the first one to day that Ingrid would be back.
Her other blog has been renamed “Hope in Laodicea” and the first person to take the brunt of her bile is Doug Pagitt.
I don’t know much about Mr. Pagitt, but he should feel honored.
iggy,
What antisemitism statements on Larry King? I am very familiar with his pro-war stance.
That used to be “A Quiet Place.” The graphic at the top clashes now.
What happened?
At least Wordpress offers easy backup.
David C,
I posted a video I found at the same time I foudn the “pro war” one…
Here is the link to part 2… which links ot part 1.
iggy
Julie,
They call “peace! peace!” when there is no peace.
I laughed when I read Ingrid state that she was creating a “peaceful place”…
Blessings,
iggy
Julie, the graphic looks fine, although it does not go very well with the new name of her blog.
Or did you say it “crashes” in a metaphorical sense? If so, that was very clever.
I meant that the graphic is peaceful-looking, and in the earlier form her personal blog was about things like family and memories and scripture excerpts and such. Not this ODM stuff, which seems strange on a blog with a foggy bridge graphic.
The funny thing about the title of her blog…
God spewed that church out and it exists no more….
It was judged and not much is left of the city let alone the church… so God judged and Ingrid hopes… I am confused.
I had an issue of the idea of “slice of” other than that I figured they thought God would spit their blog out as it was lukewarm…
Hmm and God did just that!
Be Blessed,
iggy
OK Boys and Girls it’s time to start an over under pool on how long it will take for us to see Slice 3.0. We can do a normal pool or I can have my computer pick a random date and we just pick the over/under by how much. So if Rick and I both chose under where he says under by 5 and I say under by 4 and it’s really under by 3. I win.
Random date…
I say 2 days over.
Can we call Hope of Laodicea the new Slice or does it have to be officially Slice 3.0?
If Hope is the new Slice, then it has already began…
iggy
I was just thinking that Iggy. Tough to set an over/under when she’s just added her vitriol to her devotion. Reminds me of how a spring can’t have both salt and fresh water. What happens when you combine fresh water with salt water? You’re left only with salt water.
Boys, look at her “Hope in Laodicea” blog. Slice 3.0 is already back for all intents and purposes.
And again I reiterate. That the people who so pledge their rest and devotion to God’s sovereignty go bananas when a blog crashes. Lashing out in the final farewell, conspiracy theories, people commenting they are devestated, man oh man – ITS A BLOG – ANY GOOFBALL CAN SET UP A BLOG – CASE IN POINT ME. And if your Spiritual life is held together by blogs you need to recite the sinner’s prayer again.
You talk about idols, wow. Set up another and go for it but all this hand wringing is unseemly and belies the trust in God’s sovereignty despite protestations to the contrary.
God wanted that blog to crash, and now He wants the other blog to start. I know I’m just a stupid Arminian but isn’t that how God’s sovereignty works???
…and now, if you go to the Old Truth link, you are rerouted to Ingrid’s blog post about what her web host “did to Slice.”
I take more than a serious irritation at the way links are routed and re-routed. It’s an abuse of the user. A simple “See more info here” with a link to Ingrid’s post would be more in line with internet etiquette than the liberty of directing readers where you think they should go rather than where they want to go.
I think I need a new “netizen” cartoon about this redirecting behavior…
Julie,
Yeah, its more than a little childish and reveals more about Jim’s character, than it does about his interweb kung fu.
I think God ordained the crashing of Slice because you/we were running out of stuff to talk about. Man, this sovereignty stuff works!
Keith, Ingrid ALWAYS gave us stuff to talk about.
Not to be a link-whore, but here’s a summation of the history of Slice. Did I forget anything?
A “link Whore”. Border line for a stiff old man like me but I LOVE IT!
So she wants to provide a peaceful place? Try this:
Don’t start none, won’t be none.
or
If you don’t have to, don’t. But if you do, expect a response.
But as we can see, the mask has slipped from A Quiet Place and Ingrid shows she just can’t help herself.
I don’t have a problem with people who trouble the waters. Just don’t complain about getting wet while you’re doing it.
Lastly, it’s her site, her personal property; why did she not take better care of it and back it up? I’m waiting to read, “I made a big mistake in not backing up my site. This is more my fault than it is iPower.” But I won’t hold my breath.
Sandman,
This is another issue that the watchdoggies suffer… they never do anything wrong themselves…
Now, to a degree unlike some… Ingrid at times would contact a person and give a privet apology and delete (this is assumed but can’t be verified as these/this conversation was “private”) and so she would delete that post… though no formal apology was ever issued and that person would still be guilty in the eyes of the non observant reader.
But, to not be able to apologize shows a lack of humility… and a lack of humility shows a lack of not only Grace and Mercy from the watchdoggie, but also that they lack true discernment that comes from God as “God resists the proud”… so why then would God contradict His own word and “reveal” to them discernment (which is a special revelation of a “thing” being true or not). Interestingly, at least to me, this special revelation is a form of prophecy… which ended when the bible was finished… according to many who support these ODMs.
But the point you bring up is the most important… IF they want to be as they desire, then open humility is to be ultimately desired and sought after… and in that the ability to accept responsibility for their own actions or lack of actions… which is what they often judge and condemn other for not doing…
They are doing the major plankeye… and it is amplified by their lack of humility.
Be Blessed,
iggy
The nickels are scattering.
Rick,
“The nickels are scattering.”
OK I understand (ever so slighty) that nickel was used in calibration…. but can you unpack that comment a bit?
Thanks,
iggy
Now Ingrid’s new site is down. Wow.
Wow… she must have really cheesed God off…
(now that is not my view, but the misinterpretation of some)
Be Blessed,
iggy