Originally Posted by Felicity

Oh but Jerry...when speaking to Godless heathens, it is a liability to quote the Good Book. It is seen merely as hysterical hope in the Big Sky-Daddy and most certainly is more likely to elicit ridicule that concession. I began my participation on that thread in a most foolish way, and I am certain you would never have made that error.

But while I foolishly perceived it as a language issue (cursed be my degree!) you wisely saw the inherent flaw in their argument and in MY questioning of the word “respecting” meaning “concerning”. You wrong yourself when you claim that your arguments are not concise and to the point. It was pure genius that you would point out, as you did so succinctly, that if, what the opponents claimed was accurate, then the 1st amendment ITSELF violates its own admonition.

Look at the succinct rebuttle! In ONE sentence, you wipe out the opposition and gently correct my foolish error. You are indeed a man of great talent and generosity.

I find this just another example of your extreme humility. Your modesty is charming, but wholly unnecessary. It is obvious that your superior mental acumen allows you to see how the tentacles of relativist ideology grope and strangle civilized society. If you are unwilling to blow the clarion of your superior intellect, I am only too willing to humbly serve as your advocate in that regard.

Your self-effacing temperament led you once again to suggest your lowly status in an effort to raise up the esteem of your fellow man—how truly selfless of you to acknowledge my feeble attempts at impressing others with vocabulary:

However, you need not be so reticent in touting your superiority. As I am sure you well know, God himself deemed a lowly carpenter worthy of foster-fathering His only Son—and Jesus Christ was in fact an apprentice such as you are. But, I can also see that you are unpretentious, just as our Lord was, and that you again are merely demonstrating those divine qualities that separate the sheep from the goats. As a fellow debater, I merely walk in your shadow—but I fear no evil, because you are always beside me to inspire me to be a better person as well as a better debater.

I thank you most graciously for your tolerence and your guidance.

Originally Posted by Jerry

Now see that's just the sort of creative artistic display I'm speaking of.

I can't top that.

You have obliterated my argument no different then you destroy the argument of those who seek the removal of IGWT.

Unlike them, however, I will not stagger on in delusion that I can somehow defeat you. Though I remain unconvinced that I kick more asss on that thread then you do, it is clear that you kick more *** here, and so I bow to your superior debate skills.

Originally Posted by Felicity

See, there you go again--that humility--truly inspiring! We all know who leads the fray and we follow gladly in your shadow! You'll never convince me otherwise, so, though it pains me deeply, we will just have to agree to disagree.