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crabbing (present participle)
grumble, typically about something petty.
"on picnics, I would crab about sand in my food"

Ach du lieber! Du bist ein Schnickelfritz!

I know that was for him. And you're off to a bad start.

No nastiness, no crabbing, no putdowns, no evasiveness, no insults, no rudeness.

And your remarks are....?

Yesterday I received my September Mensa Bulletin. The first letter to the editor caught my eye and made me think of this AMHD thread. Here's the letter:

***Phillip Power deserves points for...

I'm dealing with an ill husband and post when I am able. Sorry it wasn't complete and to your satisfaction.

And what is believed by you or me is not necessily true either. Thus, I'm interested in...

Here's one: Hindu -- Bhakti Yoga, cultivating the love for others but also love for God.

I know people who are members of those religions and have read up on them so I know what they're talking about..

I was trying to make you laugh.

Jesus and a whole bunch of other holy men said...

Some beliefs are: Be kind to others. Nonviolence. The spark or spirit of God is within our soul. Freedom to choose how to behave (free will).

What??? But then you can't diss me!

That's in many...

They all teach various truths.

You don't want to be happy?

When? What did I say?

I don't rate them. That's God's job. My job is to love and care about my fellow humans.

To make you happy.

God is the final arbiter of truth.

Meaning what? I'm not?

Nope. I'm in regular contact with learned Christian professionals who keep me on the narrow road.

We'll find out in the afterlife. The answer will undoubtedly surprise you.

I worked with those...

Maybe. Or maybe our limited understanding of God gets all confused in our heads, especially when we listen to a one-trick-pony interpretation of God.

As I said in my previous post, Better at what?...

Going along with your train of thought, we cannot understand God. We do live on this earth with fellow humans. It is in our (and their) best interests to treat them as we would want to be treated....

There's no ranking involved.

Of course not, but their common theme is love, philos.

You must be asking this of Athos, not me. Remember? -- I wondered if Jesus' words had been written down as He...

Inferior? You're adding a pejorative into what was posted. Do we understand God? Nope. But we certainly can learn and understand how to treat others because of our love for them as fellow humans (not...

I accept Scripture as truth and that Truth is found in sermons, poetry, allegories, non-fiction stories, wisdom literature, etc.

It was Jesus' summation of the commandments: love God and love each...

Exactly!!

"In James chapter 3:6, ‘Among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a whole wicked world in itself.’ If anyone is going to try and convert someone to worship their God, then you would...

"God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems which human beings have created to try to help us walk into the mystery of God. I...