Pssst...given his post here, is he perhaps a certain African (arch?) bishop who humble-bragged that his friends always complimented him on his humility?
Pssst...given his post here, is he perhaps a certain African (arch?) bishop who humble-bragged that his friends always complimented him on his humility?
We discussed it, many years back.
Dunno, has he been confirmed to be a raging homophobe?
I wish I could withdraw my welcome to him. He does sound ready to stab Siegfried in the back, assuming that Siegfried is not a con-evo. His response to @Columba_in_a_Currach was horrible and inexcusable.
How interesting. Am I to understand that you regret a Christian act because the subject of that act was unworthy? Just as well Christ came for unworthy me, and of course unworthy you and unworthy everyone else. As for condemnation, the only condemnation I see in progress is you concerning me as a ConEvo. We are all limited by our experiences. I have been to many fine Evo churches in the USA and met many good people in them. I have also been to some Evo churches in the USA where I was glad to get to the exit and would never go back. If your experiences are of the latter I am not surprised you have a dim view of them.
The former Archbishop of London, Richard Chateris, speaking in a sermon I heard, bemoaned the tendency of the different parts of the Church of England to clash with each other; he simply preferred to take the best of each part. I am interested to learn of the best of the different traditions that I have not experienced, or have had bad experiences with, to learn their better nature.
"Thank you for your kind response, friend. My apologies. I am sure your perspicuous observations are most merited."
Is that an apology? Or a patronising dismissal?
(1) I consider the topic of Christian success and / or failure to be a most interesting one.
(2) I do genuinely, really, really, really wish the original poster success in an academic career.
I got through three drafts of my original post before I realised there was a stumbling block that I could not get round. This was the star exhibit: application to 90 schools without a positive response. Could we believe it? I love 90 applications, which shows serious effort, but not much else. Applications only to private schools? Of course, state schools would simply shred the papers. Let me rewrite it as I read it. I applied to 90 organisations for jobs for which I was neither trained nor experienced and got no interest; can you believe it? How about: yes? The words it generates from me veer towards desperation, stupidity and idiocy or add word not acceptable in ALL SAINTS. Failure is not the appropriate one. I wonder what teachers on this forum thought. Arrogant [redacted]? Why do they do one year of training?
If there are 100 academic positions in a discipline and one is rated as 98th one might be assumed to get a post. Does this indicate success? If 102nd then no post; is this failure? If the number of positions expands to 105 then does number 102 shift from failure to success? Of course I am aware that this is a massive oversimplification of the issue, as it would be with any block of jobs. However, it does give the general concept. Perhaps we should not be using job achievement as a raw measure of success.
In short, the poster gets a PhD and because they cannot get an academic position consider themselves a failure. Application is then made for jobs that they are not qualified for and when they are declined consider themselves a failure again. Is this self-pity?
The majority of people I know with PhDs do not have academic tenure and have developed careers elsewhere. Those who have gone into teaching have had the good manners towards their future employers and pupils to do teacher training.
• Degree – success.
• PhD – success.
• No tenure – fail??
• Apply to jobs for which not qualified – fail??
I love the topic but this does not address success and failure.
A bigly, affluent, church, with lots of bums on seats?
Or the quiet working of the Holy Spirit, in ways we cannot fathom or trace, in the lives of ordinary people, possibly attending (if sporadically) those much-maligned churches that do not necessarily label themselves 'Evangelical with a capital E'?
You know, Hagen, I'm damn glad I put my failures on that thread for all to see. You are confirming me in the desire to absolutely avoid smuggery, condemnation of others, and judgment of human worth by crappy worldly standards. Speaking as a PhD who has failed umpteen times, I much prefer the company of my fellow failures to yours. At least until you learn some humility and kindness.
@HagenTheDwarf. You obviously know nothing about how employment in independent education works (even in the UK, where you seem to be based, let alone in other countries). You really should have done some research before you began your little homily. Then you might be better informed. But you'd still be an ill-mannered tedious idiot. No amount of research could save you from that.
I wonder whether his father Alberich turns up at night to encourage him? I would have thought that three for three obnoxious would be well in line with the character in the Ring Cycle's MO!
It's sad when people of retirement age haven't begun to work on humility. I have 20 more years and G*d knows I'm not sure it'll be enough. C_in_a_C, commiserations; I think your take on his (?) post was correct.
Mental and physical degradation happens at various rates according to the unique characteristics of an individual. At 75 one becomes elderly and at 85 infirm. Mental and physical exercise should slow progress: use it or lose it. Recovery rates slow and energy levels decline, which creates further issues.
Thus I have lost a week overcoming a virus and then taken a week to do the essential tasks of two weeks. Just when I thought I could do more than cover emails I get 200 pages to read for a meeting with 24-hours notice. Timing which is not much good for a forum discussion and even less so when another forum I have been a member of for many years delivers me 29 threads answered, with 23 to go.
You might consider that:
I took the displeasure of the hosts
I got the hell call
I got the snarky comments
I did not impose any of this on others. If you want something you have to pay the price and the subject of SUCCESS or FAILURE required vocabulary not suitable for ALL SAINTS. Unfortunately, it would seem that getting the time for a real discussion is proving problematic.
The Dwarf claims to have been lurking for 20 years. Perhaps he's decided it's now time to set us all straight?
Ha, ha! Hardly.
Alas poor Erin, a tragic loss. It was never clear whether or not she was a victim of the American medical system because medical assistance was sought too late. An email exchange with the Gator now would be most valuable.
I suspect that both Carrot Ironfoundersson and his author Terry Pratchett would not be supportive of his supposed cousin. I suspect Angua might get involved.
Genetics
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(1) A bunch of seven-foot guys go to the pub; regularly.
(2) Although each is about seven feet high none of them have exactly the same height as the others.
(3) What nickname will the shortest of them garner?
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Greg Davies does a great routine on nicknames. He alleges one of his mates is called Baghdad because he turned up at school one day with a new bag. When asked from whence said bag came, he said it came from his Dad.
Invoke Her name with care, troll.
She was a (vocal) part of the "American Medical System", and the fact that you don't know that speaks to the shallowness of your namedropping.
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We discussed it, many years back.
Dunno, has he been confirmed to be a raging homophobe?
How interesting. Am I to understand that you regret a Christian act because the subject of that act was unworthy? Just as well Christ came for unworthy me, and of course unworthy you and unworthy everyone else. As for condemnation, the only condemnation I see in progress is you concerning me as a ConEvo. We are all limited by our experiences. I have been to many fine Evo churches in the USA and met many good people in them. I have also been to some Evo churches in the USA where I was glad to get to the exit and would never go back. If your experiences are of the latter I am not surprised you have a dim view of them.
The former Archbishop of London, Richard Chateris, speaking in a sermon I heard, bemoaned the tendency of the different parts of the Church of England to clash with each other; he simply preferred to take the best of each part. I am interested to learn of the best of the different traditions that I have not experienced, or have had bad experiences with, to learn their better nature.
(1) I consider the topic of Christian success and / or failure to be a most interesting one.
(2) I do genuinely, really, really, really wish the original poster success in an academic career.
I got through three drafts of my original post before I realised there was a stumbling block that I could not get round. This was the star exhibit: application to 90 schools without a positive response. Could we believe it? I love 90 applications, which shows serious effort, but not much else. Applications only to private schools? Of course, state schools would simply shred the papers. Let me rewrite it as I read it. I applied to 90 organisations for jobs for which I was neither trained nor experienced and got no interest; can you believe it? How about: yes? The words it generates from me veer towards desperation, stupidity and idiocy or add word not acceptable in ALL SAINTS. Failure is not the appropriate one. I wonder what teachers on this forum thought. Arrogant [redacted]? Why do they do one year of training?
If there are 100 academic positions in a discipline and one is rated as 98th one might be assumed to get a post. Does this indicate success? If 102nd then no post; is this failure? If the number of positions expands to 105 then does number 102 shift from failure to success? Of course I am aware that this is a massive oversimplification of the issue, as it would be with any block of jobs. However, it does give the general concept. Perhaps we should not be using job achievement as a raw measure of success.
In short, the poster gets a PhD and because they cannot get an academic position consider themselves a failure. Application is then made for jobs that they are not qualified for and when they are declined consider themselves a failure again. Is this self-pity?
The majority of people I know with PhDs do not have academic tenure and have developed careers elsewhere. Those who have gone into teaching have had the good manners towards their future employers and pupils to do teacher training.
• Degree – success.
• PhD – success.
• No tenure – fail??
• Apply to jobs for which not qualified – fail??
I love the topic but this does not address success and failure.
A bigly, affluent, church, with lots of bums on seats?
Or the quiet working of the Holy Spirit, in ways we cannot fathom or trace, in the lives of ordinary people, possibly attending (if sporadically) those much-maligned churches that do not necessarily label themselves 'Evangelical with a capital E'?
Or...?
That's a euphemism I hadn't heard.
Mental and physical degradation happens at various rates according to the unique characteristics of an individual. At 75 one becomes elderly and at 85 infirm. Mental and physical exercise should slow progress: use it or lose it. Recovery rates slow and energy levels decline, which creates further issues.
Thus I have lost a week overcoming a virus and then taken a week to do the essential tasks of two weeks. Just when I thought I could do more than cover emails I get 200 pages to read for a meeting with 24-hours notice. Timing which is not much good for a forum discussion and even less so when another forum I have been a member of for many years delivers me 29 threads answered, with 23 to go.
You might consider that:
I took the displeasure of the hosts
I got the hell call
I got the snarky comments
I did not impose any of this on others. If you want something you have to pay the price and the subject of SUCCESS or FAILURE required vocabulary not suitable for ALL SAINTS. Unfortunately, it would seem that getting the time for a real discussion is proving problematic.
Ha, ha! Hardly.
Alas poor Erin, a tragic loss. It was never clear whether or not she was a victim of the American medical system because medical assistance was sought too late. An email exchange with the Gator now would be most valuable.
Genetics
.
.
.
(1) A bunch of seven-foot guys go to the pub; regularly.
(2) Although each is about seven feet high none of them have exactly the same height as the others.
(3) What nickname will the shortest of them garner?
.
.
.
Greg Davies does a great routine on nicknames. He alleges one of his mates is called Baghdad because he turned up at school one day with a new bag. When asked from whence said bag came, he said it came from his Dad.
Invoke Her name with care, troll.
She was a (vocal) part of the "American Medical System", and the fact that you don't know that speaks to the shallowness of your namedropping.
Fall down a well and die, choadchoker.
(I had to look up 'choad'.
Oh I dunno.
Ding dong bell
Hagen's in the well
Nowhere near long enough.
Oh come on. It only takes Wagner 5 1/2 hours or so to get Hagen drowned (along with everyone else, unless they go up in flames).
Perhaps it's more Mozartian.
Soprano:
The cat is in the well!
How unfortunate!
Unlucky feline!
In the well
Hear the bell ring
Ding dong, ding dong*
*a good two minutes of arpeggios in itself
Chorus:
Reprise
All Four Principals:
The cat! The well! The bell! Oh misfortune! Cruel fate!
Have the Chorus wade in again, orchestral crescendo, final burst of coloratura from the soprano - yeah, he could easily get 10 minutes out of that.
O for a recording of that (the Mozart parody, I mean. IIRC, Herr Wagner's works have been recorded for posterity, no?).