What would it mean if The Worm forgot how to wiggle? Is there any reason for that to matter? Would it cause the Worm to be classified as an endangered species? Should there be a government-funded study to ascertain what happened to The Worm’s Wiggle? Would Fish still be enticed to seek the bait on a hook if there was no wiggle in the worm? Do we need to know if a Worm should wiggle or wriggle? Part of any study would find that – “Worms can be divided into several groups: (1) The flatworms. They have a flat, ribbon- or leaf-shaped body with a pair of eyes at the front. Some are parasites. (2) The threadworms, round-worms, and hookworms. Threadworms may be microscopic, such as the vinegar eelworm. They are found in damp earth, moss, decaying substances, fresh water, or salt water. Some roundworms are also parasites. The Guinea worm, for example, gets under the skin of the feet and legs of people living in tropical countries. (3) The segmented worms, with bodies divided into segments, or rings. Among these are the earthworms and the bristle worms of the sea. Also, there are hundreds of thousands of species that live in a wide variety of habitats other than soil.”
There are all kinds of Wiggling that can occur outside of The Worm Family. Yesterday (09-02-10), in a White House Press Briefing – “Liberal radio host Bill Press asked press secretary Robert Gibbs to denounce Glenn Beck’s attacks on the president’s “committed Christianity.”
BILL PRESS: Robert, over the last four days, Glenn Beck has criticized the president for believing in liberation theology, which he calls a Marxist form of Christianity. Two questions, Does the president, in your knowledge, even know what liberation theology is?
ROBERT GIBBS: I don’t know the answer to that. I will say this, Bill, um, a crude paraphrasing of an old quote, and that is, people are entitled to their own opinion, as ill-informed as it may be, but they’re not entitled to their own facts. The president is a committed, mainstream Christian. I don’t, I have no evidence that would guide me, as to what Glenn Beck would have any genuine knowledge as to what the president does and does not believe.
PRESS: So this is a Marxist form of Christianity?
GIBBS: Again, I can only imagine where Mr. Beck conjured that from.
The double-ignorance of this exchange is impressive. How can Bill Press suggest that Barack Obama is ignorant about anything? They're defending Obama now by suggesting he's uninformed about progressive strains of Christianity? For his part, Gibbs is stonewalling athletically to assert there's no evidence that any Obama opponent could assemble to assert Obama's church of two decades, Trinity United Church of Christ on the south side of Chicago, embraced "black liberation theology" and its leading light, James Cone. In defending Obama, the liberal magazine The Christian Century acknowledged: There is no denying, however, that a strand of radical black political theology influences Trinity. James Cone, the pioneer of black liberation theology, is a much-admired figure at Trinity. Cone told me that when he's asked where his theology is institutionally embodied, he always mentions Trinity. All of this is classic wiggling and writhing.
The contentious companions of Job raise a question and share an observation. In Job 25:4-6 - “How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, how much less man, who is but a maggot-- a son of man, who is only a worm!" The bridge is established between the Maggot and the Worm – both lingering over the wasted and decaying body of either the righteous or unrighteous. In a different consideration, the Lord is speaking to His people. Isaiah 41:11-14 – “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you, declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” Lowliness before God should not become a method or wiggling device before man! Consider these things with me!
There are all kinds of Wiggling that can occur outside of The Worm Family. Yesterday (09-02-10), in a White House Press Briefing – “Liberal radio host Bill Press asked press secretary Robert Gibbs to denounce Glenn Beck’s attacks on the president’s “committed Christianity.”
BILL PRESS: Robert, over the last four days, Glenn Beck has criticized the president for believing in liberation theology, which he calls a Marxist form of Christianity. Two questions, Does the president, in your knowledge, even know what liberation theology is?
ROBERT GIBBS: I don’t know the answer to that. I will say this, Bill, um, a crude paraphrasing of an old quote, and that is, people are entitled to their own opinion, as ill-informed as it may be, but they’re not entitled to their own facts. The president is a committed, mainstream Christian. I don’t, I have no evidence that would guide me, as to what Glenn Beck would have any genuine knowledge as to what the president does and does not believe.
PRESS: So this is a Marxist form of Christianity?
GIBBS: Again, I can only imagine where Mr. Beck conjured that from.
The double-ignorance of this exchange is impressive. How can Bill Press suggest that Barack Obama is ignorant about anything? They're defending Obama now by suggesting he's uninformed about progressive strains of Christianity? For his part, Gibbs is stonewalling athletically to assert there's no evidence that any Obama opponent could assemble to assert Obama's church of two decades, Trinity United Church of Christ on the south side of Chicago, embraced "black liberation theology" and its leading light, James Cone. In defending Obama, the liberal magazine The Christian Century acknowledged: There is no denying, however, that a strand of radical black political theology influences Trinity. James Cone, the pioneer of black liberation theology, is a much-admired figure at Trinity. Cone told me that when he's asked where his theology is institutionally embodied, he always mentions Trinity. All of this is classic wiggling and writhing.
The contentious companions of Job raise a question and share an observation. In Job 25:4-6 - “How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, how much less man, who is but a maggot-- a son of man, who is only a worm!" The bridge is established between the Maggot and the Worm – both lingering over the wasted and decaying body of either the righteous or unrighteous. In a different consideration, the Lord is speaking to His people. Isaiah 41:11-14 – “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you, declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” Lowliness before God should not become a method or wiggling device before man! Consider these things with me!
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