by Wade Burleson » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:45 pm
TimR2,
Who are you? Frankly, sir, your comments in this comment stream are repugnant. You speak as if you have first hand knowledge of my family, my thoughts, and my motives. I wish I could chalk your words up as simply coming from an ignorant person, but ignorance is morally neutral. You seem to be engaging in active evil.
My son was injured severely while in training in the U.S. Marine Corp. He suffered the largest hernia the Navy Corpsmen who treated him had ever seen. After surgery in San Diego and recuperating for thirteen weeks, then reentering training, he did fantastic and found himself promoted to platoon guide and being recommended as one of seven (out of 800) recruits to stand before the review board as the Company Honor Man. However, three days before he was to go before the Honor Review Board, he was reinjured. His second injury, an intestinal wall rip while doing pull ups, devastated him. Two weeks later he was medically discharged because the doctors couldn't guarantee his full recovery and the U.S. government would have to pay him lifetime benefits if they kept him in bootcamp any longer. That's his story. There's nothing nefarious about it. The good news is he is now medically cleared, is doing quite well in college, and will either move toward Army Special Forces, the FBI, or the CIA. He is unsure at this point.
My daughter suffered the humiliating disgrace of being placed on academic probation by Baylor University. Then, in an attempt to catch up through a summer school Finance Class she took while staying in Waco, she flunked the class. Baylor would not allow her to reenter classes for the fall. She was embarrassed, ashamed, and cried buckets of tears for a week. The good news is, she transferred to a junior college, obtained her Associates Degree in Business, and now is doing quite well in Florida, studying to get her Real Estate license while working at a popular restaurant on the Gulf. That's her story as well. Her parents are quite proud of her. There's nothing morally culpable in her story either.
Now, as far as addictions regarding me are concerned, the accusation is as ludicrous as the implications made against my kids. I am not addicted to anything but Jesus Christ. The closest thing to which I MAY be addicted other than Christ, and I say MAY be addicted, is GOLF. Frankly, my research in history and my writing these past two years has cut into my time for golf. Of course, if you listen to those who hate me, I am addicted to alcohol, gambling, pornography, cocaine, heroine, etc... Give me a break.
Now to your asenine and false conclusions:
(1). I have nothing against Ergun Caner. I think the time has come for Southern Baptists to be held accountable for what they say about their past from the pulpit (i.e. Darell Gilyard, Stephen Flockhart, etc...)
(2). I do not know who sent me the email. I have an idea, but frankly, for you to say I WROTE IT is the most absurd thing I think I've heard in years.
(3). You are correct, I made it public. I did so for one reason. Somebody, somewhere, is listening to someone who hates me share lies about me. For all I know, that somebody sent me the email believing what he had heard. The way to deal with stupid, anonymous emails that threaten to "make things public" is to make the email public. Christians should never be afraid of the light.
(4). My anger is directed at the person who involves my children to try to discredit me. That, sir, is a low blow.
(5). Your comments in this stream reveal that you may have the same kind of character as the one who sent me the email.
I hope you will now see how silly your comments have been.
Wade
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Wade Burleson on Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
The world is too dangerous to live in - not because of the people who do evil but because of the people who sit and let it happen.
Albert Einstein