tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7239297855295577962..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: ApostatesGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-86365139668534361242014-05-17T22:04:39.503-04:002014-05-17T22:04:39.503-04:00What's being "confessed" to the crow...What's being "confessed" to the crowd is the open, obvious stuff that any with eyes can see, and nothing at all of an intimate nature to a group that claims "me first; it's all about me, for my name is Julia." And an ego stroke: see how self-critical I can seem--far more than you are being--I win!<br /><br />It's easy to profess, hard actually to believe--and harder still to defend the belief, however inarticulately the defense might be made.<br /><br />And it's laziness: the lie is easy, the emptiness of the claim is easy and of a piece with the emptiness of what passes for progressive...thought.<br /><br /><i>there’s also an element of wanting to hold on to the spiritual benefits or comfort of theological beliefs...while not wanting to be associated with....</i><br /><br />Say, instead, there's an element of wanting the trappings of the beliefs without the substance. Or, say talk is cheap.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com