Ah my dear runner,

I thought we had the discussion about whether you were a Christian before, it was decided you were far more Paulian than Christian and from memory it was something you embraced.

Which is interesting since those of us who think Bishop Spong was on the money when he postulated that there was a good case to be made that Paul, with his attitudes to women and his 'offending member', was more than likely struggling with his homosexuality.

It seems to be a hallmark of those most stridently denouncing the sins of the world. One only needs to remember Ted Haggard.

President of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represented 30 million evangelical Christians Mr Haggard, after being caught out doing drugs and employing a male prostitute for sex was forced to admit; “I am a deceiver and a liar. There’s a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life.”

Here he is with Richard Dawkins pre-exposure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-twsrIDTE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

From Swaggart to Haggard they are all the same and very like you runner in their stridency.

So whenever you post I am drawn to reflect on what dark secret you might be hiding. We all have our weaknesses, I certainly have mine, but yours appear to be driving deep conflict in your life.

The problem with anonymity is that you will never be publicly held to account for your words here vs deeds. This is possibly to your detriment.

csteele, I think that last post is bordering on abuse. Certainly a bit tendentious to run the line that because Bishop Spong thinks something about Paul then that says something about Runner; or that because a couple of US televangelists are hypocrites every evangelical Christian is a hypocrite too.

Doing amateur psychological analysis of your opponents is not what OLO is supposed to be about. Can we stick to the arguments? Otherwise we will get mired in polite name calling.

Graham, I'm not sure that if my name was revealed somewhere else there would be any compulsion on you to edit what had already been published anonymously. The only way it could become an issue is if that data was then to become a matter of public record here on OLO, since there is no way of knowing whether a particular reader may have read the article situated elsewhere.

Each case would have to be analysed on its merits. Having said that, it seems likely that if anybody did discover my name they would be likely to disseminate the information fairly widely in an effort to shut down my commentary. I have been actively contributing to many blogs over many years on the subject of the misapplication of the family law and child support and seem to have accumulated some "enemies" on the topic.

As an aside, any such effort, should one ever be made, would be met with a very aggressive legal response.

i wel, recall
why i came here to olo in the first place
in the main it was because of adult conversations and adult moderating standards

that being said..im noting we are collectivly getting moe childish and petty..to each other as time goes by

it seems we are making snap judgnments
[lol]..formed over many years

i could list those who disappointed
but to what excuse...[its only [*snap]...opinion]

and opinion on an opinion forum if fine
but snapped opinion can alkso get to where its legaly a troll
that then esculates as we recall other dirt on each other

how much worse if we could sek out the dirt on those we cant beat
or hate..or whatever the heck...people get the inner urgings from demons to really hurt those who they fear...

anyhow where to find them adults
who know that adullitry is much like adulation
that adultry essentially is about that aspect of loyalty
and not adulterating standards or quality or quantity of product

when a spiritual work talks of watering down quality
ie adulterating the [goss-pill]..words that form the basis of connections to the subject matter enchrined into 'wholly holy text'

well i fel im flogging a dead horse
postying words in a haunted house

what am i trying to say
nothing just voicing my thoughts
via my dopple gangers written words

im as an adult not caring if you get that or not
but as an adult i had to say something

so having writ
the mind behind the pen us moves on

Dear Graham,

You are quite right and therefore more than happy for you to remove it. Perhaps flag it as "Deleted for poor judgement and general mean spiritedness".

My apologies to runner. I had been reflecting on a victim of the mindset you displayed and directed my anger at you personally, something I should not have done.

Forrest Gumpp,

"To deny availability of pseudonymity to posters would be, in my opinion, a huge mistake. I would leave."

Ditto