tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post5639599513798900051..comments2024-03-22T17:35:52.045-04:00Comments on Extra Thoughts: New manuscript discovery (satire)Lydia McGrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-89610498350524134102010-08-02T18:49:31.081-04:002010-08-02T18:49:31.081-04:00Thanks for that. I thought it was something to do...Thanks for that. I thought it was something to do with the "M. W. T. Rollos" name.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06258244891354955431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-34676336665730862822010-08-02T08:42:05.334-04:002010-08-02T08:42:05.334-04:00Hi, Joseph, If you look at the first letter of eac...Hi, Joseph, If you look at the first letter of each word in the association's name (beginning with "Worship! Iconium") you get WIMPS.<br /><br />In other words, the people criticizing Acts 17 in this way are wimps.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-69247216262743410802010-08-02T06:41:25.302-04:002010-08-02T06:41:25.302-04:00Hi, I'm sorry, but could you please explain th...Hi, I'm sorry, but could you please explain the acronym? I still can't figure it out. Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06258244891354955431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-78940244592807176232010-07-24T10:20:50.493-04:002010-07-24T10:20:50.493-04:00Ha! There were some people over at Acts 17's b...Ha! There were some people over at Acts 17's blog who were taking it seriously and had to be told it was satire.<br /><br />Considering that it turns out that some people have actually agreed to a "no proselytizing" rule, it's beginning to look like satire anticipated reality!Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-61543757341604934242010-07-24T05:58:53.870-04:002010-07-24T05:58:53.870-04:00Oh that was wonderful! I seriously enjoyed it and ...Oh that was wonderful! I seriously enjoyed it and have not laughed that hard for a while.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377823497040412237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-39479798574921469602010-07-22T22:49:15.599-04:002010-07-22T22:49:15.599-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-85681344306755435492010-07-20T04:29:10.540-04:002010-07-20T04:29:10.540-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-12981734026761724762010-07-19T12:54:37.174-04:002010-07-19T12:54:37.174-04:00Oh, look, a "Christian" troll. I wonder ...Oh, look, a "Christian" troll. I wonder what Matthew Tompsett is "tempted, oh, so tempted" to do? It can't be to write a brilliant satire along the lines of the one in the main post, as Matthew Tompsett appears to be incapable either of finding his shift or apostrophe key or of discovering that I am not a member of Acts 17 and was not present at any of the events in question.<br /><br />Matthew Tompsett, if you have seen Acts 17's video from last year, then you've seen the youth coming up and trying to entrap them into passing literature, because Acts 17 explains in text below the video what is going on.<br /><br />Yeah, isn't it a shame that they didn't get a chance to preach Jesus Christ last year? They were driven out early on by a Muslim security mob who threatened them with unspecified physical violence if they didn't "keep walking." As Nabeel said, it seemed to be going better this year. For a while.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-79983328436304093842010-07-19T12:29:31.253-04:002010-07-19T12:29:31.253-04:00Im tempted so tempted - but last year where were a...Im tempted so tempted - but last year where were any mentions of Christ to the Muslims - Im still trying to find any in the videos from last year and im also trying to find the video that you mentioned to the Muslim youth about last years security - would you mind linking it to me<br /><br />But lest you think im being trashy - I do want to compliment you on this years video - you were answering their questions and preaching the Gospel its a shame you couldnt do that last yearMatthew Tompsettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-70266649311074159062010-07-19T09:38:30.312-04:002010-07-19T09:38:30.312-04:00How does the saying go, Bill? I could tell you but...How does the saying go, Bill? I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you? Not that I actually like that saying. I don't like to refer to killing my friends, even in jest.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-32581281352333003312010-07-19T05:36:14.824-04:002010-07-19T05:36:14.824-04:00I like the satire and get the acronym. So, how did...I like the satire and get the acronym. So, how did the above come into your possession?William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-29770860295055688122010-07-18T22:17:55.789-04:002010-07-18T22:17:55.789-04:00That was last year's video where the guy tried...That was last year's video where the guy tried to "trap" Nabeel into passing out literature. There it was Muslim/festival security. It is truly frightening to think that this year it may be the "real" police engaging in such tactics and colluding in this way with antagonistic Muslims. Imagine what would have happened if Negeen had been arrested (for what?) and then David and Nabeel had happened simply to walk away with their falafel and leave the festival before a "crowd gathered" around them! (The glimpses one catches of them in the video just before she is arrested show them walking around, just the two of them, with nobody around them.) The police would have been left with Negeen in custody and no story to tell about crowds or anything else. I suppose they could have made up the same lies about her that they have now made up, but it would have looked awfully strange. My guess is that in that case they wouldn't have charged her (and the arresting officer told her, she says, that she wouldn't be charged) and would have hoped that the whole thing would just blow over.<br /><br />I've tried to figure out of the policeman telling David he's "fine" is or isn't the same one who arrested Negeen, but I can't tell, because we catch such brief glimpses of him in the video where he's shaking David's hand and telling him he's "fine." But if that policeman, whoever he was, knew they were going to be arrested, he must be setting them up: Deliberately telling them they are "fine" in order to _keep them there_ for the more aggressive questioning that is going to come from the young men around them followed by the arrest. (When he says, twice, "No, no, you're fine," Nabeel is talking with a Christian convert and praying over him.)<br /><br />As for what the youth think: It's obvious that the Muslims of Dearborn believe it's illegal to "preach" during the festival except at booths. The police are working hard to make that true. Constitution, shmonstitution. The young men were probably proud to be involved in the arrest.<br /><br />Hope you liked the satire. I think it's hilarious.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-84887807185275775572010-07-18T17:40:18.240-04:002010-07-18T17:40:18.240-04:00Interesting that I didn't hear any complaints ...Interesting that I didn't hear any complaints by the youth about these men getting arrested as they dialogued with them. Were they not taught about our American rights and freedoms, our constitution in school? Did they not realize that they were witnessing a travesty before them? Just what are they teaching in the schools in Dearborn?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-56494615439164397922010-07-18T17:36:02.754-04:002010-07-18T17:36:02.754-04:00I agree with your theory that the police were wait...I agree with your theory that the police were waiting for a crowd to form around 'Acts17'. That scenario makes sense of several unexplained details. In another Acts17/Dearborn video, the teens are clearly in cahoots with security, snatching the (Muslim) pamphlet out of Nabeel's? hand, to make it appear that Acts17 was leafleting in the fairgrounds. (When and why did that become illegal anyway!) <br /><br />Obviously, security and police could have arranged for a willing group to entrap Nabeel and David. I still think the youth were taken aback by Nabeel's answers and the respectful and loving attitude that he had towards them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com