Reading for Comprehension
The poor author at Apprising Ministries. First of all he seems to completely miss half of what this author said and then completely misrepresents what was said. (I’m sure that wasn’t done on purpose). The author only quotes half of this here. Something the Bruce points out here.
Which moves us to our next example. It would seem that Mr. Silva is upset that his opinions have been removed from different Wiki pages. In fact he seems to imply that he’s being picked on. Maybe he missed the part that BLOGs are not considered to be authoritative. Maybe he missed the fact that Wiki (as an encyclopedia) isn’t all that concerned with what amounts to nothing more than his opinions. Maybe he missed the part that Wiki is not a place to air grievances, maybe he is just bitter because he doesn’t have his own wiki page but these two posts are just silly. Surely, there’s a woman somewhere that he can threaten with eternal damnation.
So here’s what we have: at best we have a man who purposely lied about another by deliberately cutting and pasting only half of what was written so that he could make himself look good. Then that same man complains when his research credibility is taken into account. It would appear that Rick Warren is not the only one massaging the truth these days.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
I’m sure apologies and corrections are forthcoming.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Well,
Since now Ken admits his “research” is only “opinions” we need not worry of taking him serious anymore. I think that if these are as he now states, “opinions” then he can go back in the shadows of those who are irrelevant to real researchers and those who have real critiques…
Of course… those are just my opinions… and in the big picture do not mean much… or at least as little as Ken’s “opinions” however poorly cut and pasted they are.
iggy
December 15th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
BTW, Ken leads off that article by saying, “O I just love the Lord’s sense of humor”, since the entire ‘humor’ was created out of thin air, could it be that Ken doesn’t really get God? Or maybe he’s just been talking to himself all this time.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
I thought God was angry.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Merry,
You owe my employer a new MacBook Pro. I just shot hot tea out my nose all over the keyboard.
December 15th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Joe, I’m truly sorry.
Can’t afford it. Tell him Merry Christmas for me anyway.
Were you laughing or having a heart attack?
December 15th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
I have a somewhat serious question.
Does Ken really take himself seriously?
I mean even when there is a possibility of discourse he responds with trite and cliche phrases that don’t respond to the questions. His “research” is terrible. And according to sitemeter his hits basically come from 6-7 places. Iggy and myself are 2 of those. Technoratti lists most of the trackbacks as being opposed to AM.
Again how can he take himself seriously? His so called ‘minions’ seem to be mostly a small minority. He “pastors” a church with 3 people in it. He doesn’t get hired for pulpit supply. And he’s never asked to come and do apologetic work.
At some point you would/should probably be evaluating the fruitfulness of your ministry.
My two cents as they say.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
There are thousands of Ken’s in America pastoring little Churches. In my Baptist days I went to , and preached at, Pastor’s Fellowships where “like minded” men gathered together. Small minded but same minded. King James Only. Hyper-separationists. Rampant legalism.
When you always hang with people who think just like you, you think you are right. If the only books read are from “approved” authors you will always think the same way and you will be strengthened in your resolve.
I am very glad that I found out the body of Christ is much broader than my little sect or group. Diversity is wonderful (and challenging at times)
December 18th, 2007 at 1:48 am
But at least he’s now referring to “the emerging church”, instead of the more actionable “ecumenical church of deceit”.