tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post284853074792457027..comments2023-06-08T06:20:06.396-04:00Comments on Just a Curmudgeon: I Play 43 Race CardsWilliam H. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16943856892268011802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post-87120587286672124792017-04-01T20:38:34.859-04:002017-04-01T20:38:34.859-04:00Although I agree with you on most issues of race I...Although I agree with you on most issues of race I disagree with your categorization of yourself as being "...in the evangelical minority in my denomination" (that last word being a term that I find myself increasingly disliking). I was ordained a deacon and later a presbyter in the Reformed Episcopal Church (which, I presume, is the "denomination" to which you refer) and found most of the laity and as well as the clergy to be evangelicals in the classic sense during the nearly 17 years that I spent among her ranks. In that time I knew of a number of clergy who went elsewhere because it was too decidedly evangelical (that was not the reason for my own recent departure).<br /><br />Coming from a Presbyterian background such as yourself I agree that there are elements of the REC that are "higher church" (a sloppy term), but that does not negate their evangelicalness nor -- it is possible to be a high church evangelical.Drew Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091122682509291776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post-75206310256741493722017-04-01T13:17:22.203-04:002017-04-01T13:17:22.203-04:00Bill,
It will take a while to review all of these...Bill, <br />It will take a while to review all of these. But I had another thought. Our mutual friend PK told me once that there are only 2 laws in psychology. I remember only one-Festinger's law. simply stated it says when logic confronts emotion not only will emotion not be convinced, it will be entrenched. I think you are battling people holding emotional viewpoints and no amount of logic will win them over. JRAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983966832915310426noreply@blogger.com