Blogging Jeopardy
“I’ll take Quotable Quotes for a $1000, Alex.”
“I hope he never pretends to repent and asks forgiveness. I would then be compelled to forgive him, and I could never trust him. I would much rather things remain as they are so that I can continue to have nothing to do with him. . . . From my father I learned many important lessons in strategy which have stood me in good stead. One of them is, ‘Never retreat when you are under attack.’ I try to avoid any statement for which I might have to apologize. If my enemies try to use against me something I have said, I reply, ‘I said it, I meant it, and I will now reemphasize it.’”
“Who is _____?”
June 19 2008 04:45 pm | Speak
June 19th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
My guess was “Hitler.” I wasn’t joking. And when you told me the answer, I nearly dropped my teeth.
What an awful, shameful indictment — and inflicted upon himself.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I’m tempted to google it. . . But instead will wait and ask Hubby whether he knows.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I think I know who said it but I’m not sure who he was referencing.
I’m also watching Jeopardy at the moment. ;)
June 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
A Jones, by any other name… you fill in the rest;)
June 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am
BJ Jr. Somehow I doubt that he learned this lesson from his heavenly father.
June 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
“C&C” is a wild book in certain places. Die Bergpredigt it ain’t.
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Yes, yes. You all guessed it. Bob Jones, Jr. in Cornbread and Caviar.
I s’pose I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am. It’s an unfortunately revealing glimpse at the fundamentalist ethos.
June 24th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
That’s why I don’t believe BJU will ever apologize for their racist policies of the past.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
tragedy.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
BJ Jr. for sure. I remember when he said in chapel that he wasn’t biblically required to forgive anyone UNTIL they asked him for forgiveness. He was hoping a certain someone wouldn’t ask for forgiveness. It was around the time of the Alexander Haig incident. I understood him to be making it quite clear that it was okay to hold a grudge. Yes, that attitude is alive and well today. There’s too much pride to ask for forgiveness for anything. I am now in the difficult position of trying to explain to my adult children why I sent them to Bob Jones University when I knew a lot of this stuff about them. My answers are ringing pretty hollow these days.
June 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
You know, ATC, now that you mention it, I do remember hearing that. I also remember that same extended explanation of forgiveness in “Principles of Christian Growth” my freshman year. It didn’t sound quite right, but I didn’t spend much time thinking about why.
Hmmm. . . .