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halhelms
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halhelms
Post Number: 25
Registered: 7-2006
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| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:11 pm:
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People new to the Community are often baffled by the
curious language used. To assist, I offer this
CommunitySpeak-to-English dictionary.
inordinate curiosity:
the dangerous state of wakefulness wherein the bullshit appears
as…bullshit and the veil of darkness woven by the Community starts
to lift.
high: as in “You’re high”. Signals any of several
states that departs from the gloomy dread favored by the Community
leadership.
obedience: servile, mindless, spirit-numbing
action (usually without any purpose) directed by one higher up the
Community’s spiritual ladder.
in the Spirit: agreement with
the Community’s leaders
them: all those who are not under
the sway of the Community’s leadership. Used as in “us” v. “them”.
salvation: the lowest rung on the spiritual ladder of the
Community. Can be granted only by Community leaders and can be
revoked at will.
mercy: this term does not exist in
Community-speak.
anger: this term has two variants.
“Righteous anger” is anger that someone higher up the spiritual
ladder feels, for whatever reason. Conversely, “unrighteous anger”
is anger felt by someone lower on the spiritual rungs.
honesty: bloodlust (see also “cruelty”)
discernment:
ability to see sin in others
sin: any action not prescribed
by one of the Community authorities.
rebellion: failure to
equate obedience to self-serving tyrants with submission to God
jealousy: realization that neither merit, worth, nor
spiritual maturity have anything to do with the ordering of the
Community power structure
haughtiness: the belief that
between a human and a worm, the human wins out
approval: the
temporary cessation of active criticism
idolatry: any
instinct of warmth, kindness, or generosity not directed at one’s
immediate Community superiors |
dream_truth
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dream_truth
Post Number: 1261
Registered: 3-2006
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| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:24 pm:
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ingenious hal!
and frightfully RIGHT ON! |
cryfreedom
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cryfreedom
Post Number: 40
Registered: 6-2006
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| Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 6:52 pm:
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"HALARIOUS"---- Love the humour but very eye opening and
so true at the same time! You GCC'ers and CofJer's reading this take
the time and REALLY read it and see how TRUE IT IS!!!! You might
want to print it and post it on your fridges for future reference!
Possibly you could pick one of the words as your "word of the day". |
usedtobethere
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usedtobethere
Post Number: 32
Registered: 6-2006
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| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 10:09 am:
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Hal:
Great words and interpretations :-) Keep it
going as some of these words are really foreign to most of the known
world and the humour that you express really brings freedom from
some of those words which were used in admonishment and often still
"strike" terror in the pit of your stomach. Has anyone ever used
(God forbid) the word "idolatry" and had a friend respond with "what
is that, another language"?
Yes, "CULT" language.
Best
Wishes go Your Way.
UTBT |
halhelms
Junior
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halhelms
Post Number: 26
Registered: 7-2006
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| Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 6:28 pm:
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Thanks, UTBT. If you can think of any words we should
have translated meanings for, let me know. |
halhelms
Junior
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Username:
halhelms
Post Number: 28
Registered: 7-2006
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| Posted on Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 12:14 pm:
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surrender: the point at which the intellect abandons the
attempt to make sense out of nonsense; emotional exhaustion
discipline: abuse costumed as love
sacrifice: a
transaction in which goods are assigned to the leader in return for
a temporary respite from abuse |
