Now is that the 'Christian' way to act?
Self-righteous, lying, religious assholes talking shit about my husband. I usually don't read comments or debates where he is discussed because I'll usually become so angered I can barely speak. What bugs me so much are the personal attacks by people who don't know him.
Rick doesn't do personal attacks. He attacks the conclusions someone draws, the flaws in their argument or their motives (when warranted). He doesn't attack them as a person and yet so many times he is personally attacked.
Over the years, I've read him being accused of:
- lying
- stupidity
- ignorance
- arrogance
- being unaccomplished
I'd just like to say for the record that:
He does not lie. I wouldn't have stayed married to him if he lacked integrity. All he cares about is the truth. All he wants to do is find out the truth. That's it. Since I've known him and before that, he's been in search of the truth. He has no agenda except perhaps promoting the idea that everyone should be in search of the truth and debate the facts. He has no interest in converting the world. He just wants everyone to decide for themselves based on facts and evidence. You can question his methods, you can disagree with his conclusions but you are dead wrong if you call him a liar.
He is by no means unintelligent or ignorant. Holy crap, he's amazingly bright. Those who accuse him of a lack of intelligence, I can only guess are either angry or jealous. He was recently attacked because a third party described him as brilliant. Sorry folks but it's true, he's brilliant. He doesn't play up the fact that not only was he accepted at Columbia University, he received a 5-year fellowship. They don't hand those out to idiots. Let's be clear, it wasn't a student loan, it was a "you're so freaking smart we want to pay for your education" type deal.
His powers of deductive reasoning continue to amaze me and he's constantly reading. He reads the things that agree with his philosophy, he reads things that disagree with his philosophy, he reads a bunch of stuff completely off his usual topics. His thirst for knowledge is truly admirable.
He's not arrogant. Perhaps he can be perceived this way because he's so smart. Perhaps it can seem smug. I don't know. I don't care but he's not an ego-trip kind of guy. I hate that crap. He doesn't talk just to hear his own voice and he'll be the first to admit it when he's wrong. Yes, he has been wrong in the past. And yes, he's owned up to it. In fact my little joke is that I call him a pod person because he's so unemotional about most things. It's all about facts and logic and what makes the best sense. It's not about him, it's about what makes sense.
Accomplishments "Having accomplishments" of course is subjective. Is your definition of being an accomplished scholar: having articles published in magazines and peer-reviewed journals? How about writing your own book of philosophy? And yeah, he hasn't completed the Ph.D. yet but within a few months, it's a done deal. Generally people who have tried to discredit him as being only a grad student haven't read his numerous articles or his book or even understand the process of obtaining a Ph.D. He was finished with all the classes, he passed his oral examinations, he was merely at the stage of writing his dissertation. And that has been turned in now and has been signed off for defense.
I realize all of this sounds like the defensive and insane ramblings of a loved one and well... I suppose that is all it is. Rick will probably be really surprised I wrote this.
I haven't his elloquence, this thing is probably riddled with spelling and gramatical errors I just had to express that I'm tired of it.
I can't be as Zen about it as he is, this crap really bothers me because it's generally so completely untrue. Since those who want to try to win arguments by any means necessary will continue I guess I'll just have to stop reading.
posted by Abyss of Silence at
1:10 PM
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