Examine, friends, the threads where I do not take part.
-Take the thread on order of creation where Peter and Scott beat up on Deaconess Meyers. I'm not there.
-Take the kerfuffle and more over contemporary worship in the LCMS. I'm not there.
-Take the antinomian/legalist thread. Never posted once.
-David Lose: Is the Bible True? I made seven brief comments, none in the last five or six pages of discussion which went on its own not-so-merry way.
-Romans 14:5b. No comments from me there.
-Baseball? Football? Not a word from me, back then nor will there be in the future.
-Biblical Archeology. I'm not in that one.
-Scott's thread on Lutheranism and Judaism: Nary a single post from this humble correspondent.
-Top 50 hymn tunes: Nothing from me
-ELCA Statement on Genetics: Not sure, but I doubt I've posted at all there.
-Reshaping Missouri's Presidency: Only one post from me, saying that I thought it was a good idea for the synod president to be attached to a parish.
-Koinonia Project: Not there.
-ESV, NIV or HSV: I have not posted in that discussion about Bible translations.
I don't think you can blame me if there is a dearth of discussion. Did things reach the heights of the theological Super Bowl here during the month I was under the ban?
I have said how I choose to participate here. Others can choose their own way of participating. I'll cop to being bitchy about the sniping and unctuousness that comes from Pastor Buechler, Pastor Awtry and a few others. Will try to ignore, but my tolerance for arrogant piety is low.
Peter says people complain about me. Sorry about that, but as I have said; I do not call people names or write them out of Lutheranism or Christendom. Others do that to me and a couple of other people here all the time. I have heard from five people who have cut back on their participation here or stopped posting because the response they get from the majority opinion here is so nasty. They tell me that some of the nastiness they feel comes from frequent posters and high-level "officials" here.
I continue to marvel that my comments seem to cause so much agita. And that Pastor Stoffregen's patient teaching sends people wall-crawling.
Start up a discussion, Scott and bring in all your doctoral erudition. I'll probably not jump in on that one. Peter, rally the troops for your version of the Order of Creation and I'm not likely to disturb the ranks that march to your drum. Keep counting up those leaving the ELCA, Mr. Erdner, I've said upstream that's a good service your provide. But do us a favor and shut up about some other things. If Pastor Weedon wants to continue to post about the church fathers, I'll be delighted, 'cause I like those guys too. But I'm not that interested in deep discussions about them. Start a thread where certain folks can whine and grouse about how badly their bishop or synod has treated them. I'll leave them alone.
Do what you wish. It's a free country.
I'll continue to contend that the ELCA is a fine church body, flawed as are all other church bodies, but the place I am called to my vocation and a place where I am proud to exercise that vocation. It has some fine leaders, outstanding institutions and I have always been surrounded by pastoral colleagues I admire, lay people that inspire me, worship and theological studies that nurture me and convince me that God is blessing what we do.