tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post7059776396278388722..comments2023-05-12T01:10:00.164-07:00Comments on Scrum Central: Words Kill. Again.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992194211469009236noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-52442674122771471752011-10-14T22:16:13.072-07:002011-10-14T22:16:13.072-07:00This is so sad. I hope somehow that the family lea...This is so sad. I hope somehow that the family learns from what has happened so that next time a family member goes through something similar support can be extended rather than rescinded.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10477236609978496716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-4132395650241165522011-09-13T13:59:36.441-07:002011-09-13T13:59:36.441-07:00Knowing the man's name will help bring exposur...Knowing the man's name will help bring exposure to the issue. I would imagine that this story would catch fire in the media. I understand if you want to keep the matter private but a lot of good can come of exposing a real life situation.Korihor's Second Cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378939288781480439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-28584188632995831662011-09-13T13:01:55.855-07:002011-09-13T13:01:55.855-07:00This is so very sad...beyond heartbreaking. i am s...This is so very sad...beyond heartbreaking. i am so very sorry that things like this continue to happen.....tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121763456161256252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-82796910129131601372011-09-13T06:13:40.252-07:002011-09-13T06:13:40.252-07:00@Jeff:
Thank you for your comment. You have assu...@Jeff:<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. You have assumed the negative, which is a logical error and a mistake.<br /><br />I have stated my opinion about the actions of this man's family based on what I've been told of their beliefs and motivations by a source I trust. If they are as represented to me, then I stand by my statements.<br /><br />I have said nothing about myself, or any "beam" in my own eye, or my own flaws. I have not claimed to be infallible or error-free, because I'm not. <br /><br />Hypocrisy consists in publicly preaching one thing and privately doing the opposite. Not in merely pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of others. That's a popular myth and quite untrue.<br /><br />Again, I stand by my statement. The Savior said to judge things by their fruits. The fruits of what this man's wife and his church leaders have done are evil. These people have driven a man to suicide, cost grieving parents a son, cost grieving siblings a brother, and cost five innocent children a father. All because of bigotry and prejudice. Their conduct is blatantly anti-Christian while ostensibly done in pursuit of what an allegedly Christian church teaches. THAT is hypocrisy.<br /><br />I cannot hope to affect their individual situation. I do need to express my own anger and outrage. If just one person somewhere, reading or hearing of this, might be prompted to re-examine and temper some prejudice of any kind, then I will have done some good.<br /><br />If I learn of additional information that warrants a change in my view of this story, you can be assured I will provide it.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992194211469009236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-88893473360740228192011-09-13T05:25:20.397-07:002011-09-13T05:25:20.397-07:00Suicide is always a tragedy, and if this one-sided...Suicide is always a tragedy, and if this one-sided portrayal of the wife’s actions be accurate, this is a tragedy for more reasons than one. “Shunning,” as you put it, has never been part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and if that is indeed what happened here, I expect that the wife will be held as accountable for her sins (both in the earthly Church and in Heaven) as the husband is, for his.<br /><br />On the other hand, as you so rightly pointed out, the Savior’s greatest scorn was for the hypocrites: those who are judgmental of others, those who “beholdest… the mote that is in [their] brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in [their] own eye[s]” (Matthew 7:3). By suggesting that “this man's wife and his local leaders deserve to take their place with the ‘scribes, Pharisees and hypocrites’ the Savior condemned to the kind of punishment nobody would want,” you’re doing the very thing you’re accusing them of. And how does that help anything?<br /><br />My 2¢.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447390975580816050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-47409051954986239652011-09-12T23:11:38.453-07:002011-09-12T23:11:38.453-07:00This breaks my heart.This breaks my heart.Steven Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181540076161181306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-55618293611302075792011-09-12T21:37:23.719-07:002011-09-12T21:37:23.719-07:00What was the man's name?What was the man's name?cousin justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385941024239063352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-42396702440508760622011-09-12T21:36:46.202-07:002011-09-12T21:36:46.202-07:00What was his name?What was his name?cousin justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385941024239063352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-12077437331690160462011-09-12T21:36:13.680-07:002011-09-12T21:36:13.680-07:00What was the guy's name?What was the guy's name?cousin justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385941024239063352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-3177517027520932912011-09-12T14:44:43.220-07:002011-09-12T14:44:43.220-07:00I am learning that the deeply fanatical religionut...I am learning that the deeply fanatical religionuts celebrate such a pointless death. They consider it to be their deeply held bigotry justified in their deity's name. One more soul gone to hell.Tim Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698536468287397610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100747061833336603.post-15228749205510989592011-09-12T13:51:00.835-07:002011-09-12T13:51:00.835-07:00This is infuriating. How can this still be happen...This is infuriating. How can this still be happening?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09591981716535134038noreply@blogger.com