Self-Labeling Oneself As Reasonable Doesn’t Make One Reasonable

[Shana A]

Self-Labeling Oneself As Reasonable Doesn't Make One Reasonable
June 21st, 2008 by Autumn Sandeen

http://transadvocate.com/autumnsandeen/archives/1773

We track blogs, and track what the fundies write over at transgendernews. Scanning the web's blog engines, we found a post last February from a man named Charlie Ray — someone who labeled himself and his blog Reasonable Christian. The blog entry was titled Christianity Today's, "The Transgender Moment," Misleads.

When a Christian takes on the name Reasonable Christian, and writes in the About Me section of his blog...

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http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5860

[Lisbeth]

"Reasonable Christian" and "Compassionate Conservative" seem to both be similar terms in that they both rely on redefining the adjective to mean the opposite of what the dictionary says.  In this case "reasonable" means someone who uses a Systematical Hermaneutic to express his opinions.  Having been trained as a Systematician, I know that this has nothing to do with reason.

[NicholeW.]

Charlie's a reasonable Christian because he can find no reason to think he should entertain any opinion or belief that he doesn't already hold. There's a pretty simple reason for his reasoning.

[tekla]

"Simple" -- it's working for me.

[Lisbeth]

Charlie's a reasonable Christian because he can find no reason to think he should entertain any opinion or belief that he doesn't already hold. There's a pretty simple reason for his reasoning.

That stands to reason.

[NicholeW.]

"Simple" -- it's working for me.

Charlie's a reasonable Christian because he can find no reason to think he should entertain any opinion or belief that he doesn't already hold. There's a pretty simple reason for his reasoning.


That stands to reason.

Surely Charlie sits to reason in his inner sanctum. Until someone else needs some reasoning time. Then I'm sure he cleans up and leaves the room as clean as it was when he arrived. All he leaves behind is the odor of his reason.

N~