Six Words...

[GClef]

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1949 Sheaffer W/D Touchdown & Waterman Blue-Black

[ethernautrix]

Beautiful penmanship, GClef. *Envious* (but in the good way, in the appreciative way.)

[GClef]

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[GClef]

Six words - now seven words...

 

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[beak]

Six words - now seven words...

 

.............

 

Great human qualities, and well penned.

 

IMO, it's a great shame that contemplation of these human qualities was spoiled by adding the last line.

[USMCMom]

What ink did you use?

[professionaldilettante]

Six words - now seven words...

 

.............

 

Great human qualities, and well penned.

 

IMO, it's a great shame that contemplation of these human qualities was spoiled by adding the last line.

Very true. If I were to object, I would put the religion clause and get this removed, but the words are nice on their own. I would have stopped at the original six words as the six words to live by. There is no religious connotation with those words. I would have said that those six words are the foundation of an intimate relationship, a relationship towards your neighbor, or anyone else. Just tacking on the last words just seems to discredit everyone else who live those words and aren't part of your religious beliefs.

Edited March 12, 2012 by professionaldilettante

[JefferyS]

I think it would be pulled on the Chatter forum. It would have been better not to cross the line on either forum. Better to practice some self control. Perhaps the 8th and 9th words should be "self control".

[GClef]

 

IMO, it's a great shame that contemplation of these human qualities was spoiled by adding the last line.

 

 

[ I would have said that those six words are the foundation of an intimate relationship, a relationship towards your neighbor, or anyone else. Just tacking on the last words just seems to discredit everyone else who live those words and aren't part of your religious beliefs.

 

 

I think it would be pulled on the Chatter forum. It would have been better not to cross the line on either forum. Better to practice some self control. Perhaps the 8th and 9th words should be "self control".

 

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[GClef]

What ink did you use?

 

Waterman Blue-Black

[StevenHu]

Very clean; very easy to read.

 

You'll be interested to know that the Bible defines these terms differently from the world.

 

Faith is a conviction that what one believes true.

 

Biblical hope is the active waiting with certainty for what will come. In this case, God has convinced the believer of His promises, so the believer rests with assurance that the promise will come true, and can cast aside all doubts about it.

 

Love is well demonstrated in 1 Corinthians 13. In God's case, He loves in spite of our lack of loveliness.

 

Grace is doing well to someone who does not deserve it. This is God's offer of salvation to all who have disobeyed Him.

 

Thanks for sharing these 6 words - real good food for thought.

[Pen Nut]

Why would this get 'pulled' on Chatter? Is there something offensive in there that I cannot see ?

 

Great writing by the way

[JefferyS]

Why would this get 'pulled' on Chatter? Is there something offensive in there that I cannot see ?

 

Great writing by the way

 

Because Chatter specifically prohibits discussion of politics or religion.

[Pen Nut]

Why would this get 'pulled' on Chatter? Is there something offensive in there that I cannot see ?

 

Great writing by the way

 

Because Chatter specifically prohibits discussion of politics or religion.

 

Cheers Jeff, I get it now. How odd though that we can talk about it on this forum but those 'chatter heads' cannot.

[GClef]

 

Great writing by the way

 

 

Why would this get 'pulled' on Chatter? Is there something offensive in there that I cannot see ?

 

 

Because Chatter specifically prohibits discussion of politics or religion.

 

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[GClef]

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[impossiblebird]

If the desired effect of the prohibition on discussion of religion was to silence anyone who says anything which might be deemed in any way critical of even the worst excesses of people who claim a religious justification for their actions, while leaving the way clear for people to invoke their Gods in scanned (rather than typed) posts, celebrate their daily religious reading and observance (even in the chatter forum), quote scripture in their signatures, or start threads inviting people to join in copying out the bible, etc ... then it's been entirely successful.

 

It seems to me that the limited prohibition serves no useful purpose. I'm sure people on this forum are perfectly capable of civilised discussion of important issues, as well as trivial ones; any posts which descended into viciousness could be dealt with individually.

[JefferyS]

In politics and religion, even minor differences in views can step on toes. Sometimes it is most diplomatic to leave certain subjects off limits.

[impossiblebird]

In politics and religion, even minor differences in views can step on toes. Sometimes it is most diplomatic to leave certain subjects off limits.

An adult realises that nobody's toes are sacrosanct; that two people can agree to differ, with all due civility, without one automatically crying "offence!", whether on his/her own behalf, or on behalf of his/her God/Party.

 

The restriction might be seen as an exercise in diplomacy if it were applied even-handedly.

[JefferyS]

The restriction might be seen as an exercise in diplomacy if it were applied even-handedly.

 

 

Ah, there's the rub.