tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post3503386729642219852..comments2023-12-17T13:05:30.543-08:00Comments on Brane Space: Venom? You Must be Kidding!Copernicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699554476216140859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post-63566528289180005462010-02-26T10:46:35.757-08:002010-02-26T10:46:35.757-08:00Caleb, thanks for your blunt but honest pov. As I ...Caleb, thanks for your blunt but honest pov. As I suspected from the very beginning, my brother only made initial contact with me (2 yrs. ago)-to try to pander his biblical salvation teachings – there was no genuine, sincere desire to be friends as brothers. And to me, unless you begin with genuine friendship devoid of ulterior motives, you’re just using people for your own ends. <br /><br />There was a brief interval of time just before and after our dad’s death last July that I thought we were friends, based on telephone and email contacts, but within months he went back to his old Elmer Gantry pose – hard –assed as ever- and that went by the backboards.<br /><br />It’s bad enough our sister and mother are incommunicado, but to now have us as brothers at each other’s throats is unbelievable. One would think that with dad’s death Mike would be able to put this shit behind him and grow up for once, but it appears his beliefs mean more to him than any meaningful relationship with his brothers. He’s prepared to be “cordial” according to the same blog piece, but not to extend that to true friendship.<br /><br />The guy has allowed his stupid religion to set up an impervious barrier to felicity and brotherhood as when he belches:<br /><br />“Was Jesus 'friends' with the Pharisees and Sadducees when He called them "hypocrites' , "fools" , "serpents" , "vipers" , and damned them to HELL !!”<br /><br />Again, showing total contempt for me as an unbeliever. Oblivious to how this self-righteous rot comes over. And how sickening it is. <br /><br />The poor, deluded fool then goes on to say:<br /><br />“But what profit is there in being willing to go to hell with others, because they will not go to heaven with us ? The way to eternal life is narrow.”<br /><br />Unaware that THIS is the only life there is, the only opportunity for brotherhood and friendliness and putting away our differences. And yet he’s prepared to trash it all for a gimmick – some dream of future pie in the sky to sit with his “savior”<br /><br />Newsflash, Mike - there is NO Savior, no Heaven, and no tomorrow. THIS is the only opportunity we have- and YOU are prepared to piss it away out of false rectitude.<br /><br />Personally, I believe my brother is mentally ill, maybe even partially demented from the stroke he had last year, which appears to have made his bible thumping screwball screeds even worse. <br /><br />All I can say, Mike, is I truly hope you're happy and content with your god and future “heaven” then. I hope it’s a worthy substitute for your brothers.Copernicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699554476216140859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post-49096767011420167832010-02-26T08:29:02.274-08:002010-02-26T08:29:02.274-08:00"He cannot be friends with Buddhists, Atheist..."He cannot be friends with Buddhists, Atheists, Jews, Mormons, Muslims or even fellow Protestants – who don’t believe exactly as he does."<br /><br />Great article and you really nailed it. I checked out your idiot brother's blog and oh....wait, HE will allow "friendsip" BUT.....Big BUT there, according to him (latest blog):<br /><br />"Therefore, we are NOT to be "companions / friends" with a non-believer, but we ARE to befriend them in order to share the Good News of Jesus with them. "<br /><br />In other words, NO true friendship at all, just exploiting you or other nonbelievers on HIS terms to pump you full of their stupid, half-cocked rubbish. It's just as I always figured (Jani too), he doesn't want to act remotely friendly to you as your bro unless you buckle under to his KJV-induced dictatorship.<br /><br />Boy, I can really see now why you will never be able to be friends with this asshole. Since doing so means being subservient to his gospel messaging crap.<br /><br />Well, you can't choose your family. Best thing is flush him and his psychosis down the old toilet.<br /><br />Personally I wouldn't waste another blog on him or any of the crud he writes. He's useless and waste of air and space.Caleb Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08971916422910289078noreply@blogger.com