Excuse me while I get this one in under the gun.
Charismaniac
Message 66
Divinity of Jesus
I found this a remarkable post. It's a breath of fresh air for the detailed and sympathetic note it takes of individuals in our circle.
No, I can't say I buy the suggestion that everyone at EvC is really a theist in disguise. And one can write off the statements of appreciation as clever Jesus salesmanship if one wants. None of that changes one fact: few of the would-be Jesus sales reps who come through EvC's doors show the least competence in the kind of observations Charismaniac easily makes and shares.
How much more often do we encounter people who notice no human beings around them at all? You read what they say and try to communicate, but they aren't paying attention. They perform only for the Critic in the Balcony. They do not see individuals around them. They do not converse.
Here is someone who appears to take genuine enjoyment in meeting and getting to know people, who notices the things that matter to them, who feels cheated if deprived of the opportunity to do so. Here is someone who seems to know the difference between friendship and intellectual agreement, kinship and religious affiliation, voluntary participation in an Internet forum and imprisonment in a lions' den.
This is not something you see every day. This is healthy. This is remarkable.
So, surprised as I am to be nominating someone named
Charismaniac for Post of the Month, there it is.
(Hey, it's Samhain. Strange things are supposed to happen.)
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