July 25, 2012

• In Memory of Dan Theologian

   

  Hi there, My name is Beelzebub. I'm the Devil's Advocate. I like to relax here in "The Devil's Advocate's Den" by reading the comments to the questions posed by Xanga's own "devil". Yes I'm talking about "Dan The Theologian", aka "TheoDan", "The King of Xanga", @TheTheologiansCafe, and just plain "Dan". Some Xangans wonder what Dan looks like. They are apt to call him "the old bald man in the chair" cause he uses a drawing of theologian and novelist C.S. Lewis as his profile picture. Back in around 2007 or so, when Xanga introduced "Xanga TV", (a video chat app) Dan held court with a number of "broadcasts". He's your basic middle aged guy, pretty verbose and quite a "personality" on "TV". On his blog, he's "the guy who asks questions."

  Xangans flock to his blogsite in droves. Even when people are dismayed at what they see as "The death of Xanga" (cause nobody's visiting them, perhaps) TheTheologiansCafe site keeps asking questions, and people keep answering, quarreling, and diving into the pot provided by the comments section on Dan's blog. He is usually found right at the top spot on Top Blogs. He is sometimes pushed back, but he rebounds, usually quite quickly, when he publishes his next post. Some Xangans have been upset by the way he stirs the pot, politically, religiously, ethically. He doesn't have an "agenda". He rarely weighs in "personally." For some "he's" an enigma. For some, he's a trusted friend, or a frenemy at best.

  As the Devil's Advocate, I've always been upset actually, that I don't see any consensus or informed analysis of the "findings" presented in his comments section. I like quarrels and discussion, and there's lots of it in the comments, but the "instigator" usually stays far in the background. I always picture him having a grand laugh. Of course, one can only spend so much time on the internet, and Dan claims not to spend too much time grabbing a headline, collecting an image from google search, and posting his question. In fact, he can post his blog entries from his phone. Lately, Dan has offered a few "personal" asides along with his questions.

  I used to comment on TheTheologiansCafe blog, but don't get too much time nowadays. Being the Devil's Advocate is a pretty involving job, you can imagine. I'm usually in court, arguing the innocence of my client. Satan ALWAYS gets a bad rap for some damn reason. Here I'll comment en masse on some of TheTheologiansCafes recent "questions."

  Seeing Angels. A former police officer who arrived after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 9/11 said she saw angels guarding the site of the crash.  Here is the link:  Link. Do you believe in Angels?

  Richards is still struggling, and the team lost to the Royals last night.

  Deleting Comments. I rarely delete comments... But I have noticed that some people delete the comments of others on their post just because the comments anger them. Have you ever deleted comments?

  I'll delete comments which contain bad language, so the under 13 year old kids who lie about their age in order to create a Xanga site aren't exposed to profanity. There's just to much f****ng profanity on the internet.  I think sometimes somebody should just delete the whole internet. I tried to get an injunction, but nobody seems to be in charge around here.

  Are Things Getting Better With Obama? ...the unemployment rate stayed at 8.2%.  This number is higher than it was when President Obama was elected.  Here is the link:  Link ... no one blames President Obama for the recession because it happened before he was elected. ...no one gives him credit for the end of the recession since it ended around June of 2009 just months after he was elected.  Here is the link:  Link So no one blames him for the recession and no one credits him for ending the recession. ...people just blame him for the fact that nothing is getting better. Are things getting better with President Obama?

  Things go better with coke. But the cartilage in my nose is pretty shot from snorting all that coke in the 70s! All seriousness aside, however, the leader of any country is always put to the test, and for roughly 50%, he'll get high marks, and for the other roughly 50%, he'll fail. I've done lots of conclusive research by reading the comments sections of your blogs.

  Fat Pride.... this website called "Skinny Gossip."... indicates it is not a site for anorexia but instead is pro-skinny. One of the discussions on the site is about "fat pride" ...people are much heavier these days and that the models are not getting skinnier but that we are getting fat. ... "The whole 'fat pride' movement is irritating because plus-sizers want to tell us 'big is beautiful' and it should be represented more in the modeling industry. I say it’s the opposite: if big really was beautiful, and most people wanted to be big, and wanted to see big people, don’t you think we’d see a lot more fat people modeling? I do. But we don’t – because it isn’t."  Here is the link:  Link Is big really beautiful?

  Beauty is in the big fat eye of the beholder.

  Xangans Are Like the Taliban.  ...every time I read a post on xanga about cheating, I will see comments about how the guy involved deserves to have his penis cut off or he deserves death. Well there is good news for xangans.  A woman accused of adultery was shot a bunch of times in public in Afghanistan.  Here is the link:  Link This makes me so happy.  It is always nice to see a cheater get what they have coming. Do you enjoy seeing a cheater get what he/she has coming to him/her?

  This is a perfect example of one of those questions just oozing with ironic twists guaranteed to create animosity and stimulate quarrelsome behavior in the guise of "discussion." You'll notice no "links" to any Xanga posts about cheating or any "links" to comments where somebody states anyone deserves to have body parts cut off because they're cheating. As far as I'm concerned, this "question" is a form of cheating. I'll deal with the ramifications of stirring up trouble like this in the first entry of my new blog "Kangaroo Court".

  Checking His Email. I was just reading an article about a woman who checks her husband's email and and phone every day. She said she trusts her husband.  She just doesn't trust other women...Are her husband's emails her business?

  Is this yours or my business? One of my pet projects is the "virtual envelope" app which will seal in an email so others can't read it. I'm also developing the "virtual steam app" which will effortlessly and easily open those envelopes. They'll both be available on Amazon soon.

  How Much Money. People tend to have a certain expectation of how much money they need to make in order to feel they have made it in life....How much money would you need to make to feel like you made it in life?

  Money is the Devil's power of controlling the masses. LINK>

  Should A Woman Pump Gas? They were talking on the radio this morning about a photo of Kim Kardashian pumping gas in a car while Kanye West just watched. The talk was that Kanye should have gotten out of the car and pumped the gas. One article suggested she was trained like a dog.   Here is the link:  Link Should a woman pump gas if a man is present?

  I asked Kanye and he replied. "You my dog, bro. I made Jesus walks. So I'm never going to hell. Even though I met her in the club in a tight dress/At first sight I could picture her in a white dress." But should Kim be pumping gas when you're sitting in the car? "I'm about to call the paparazzi on myself. I'm in my other other Benz." I would have asked Kim too, but she was busy.

  Is Smoking Pot Dangerous? ...we were told that smoking pot was dangerous....I always believed it.  We were taught that pot was a gateway drug and people started with that and moved on to other drugs.  Plus a person could smoke pot and not know it was laced with something more serious. Is smoking pot dangerous?

  I wish there had been more pot laced with something more powerful back in the day when I was smokin', but that's getting too personal. It isn't the pot that's dangerous. It's what those potheads do when they're whacked out of their mind that's dangerous!

  Pepsi I must admit I enjoy Pepsi.  I am trying to cut back because I tend to think it is unhealthy... My wife told me tonight it has too much sugar too.  What is your favorite drink?

  Things go better with coke.

  iPads, iPods and iPhones. I am sure it is hard to find anyone that has not owned an Apple product. You have the Mac, iPad, iPod and iPhone. Have you ever owned an Apple product?

  I counselled my boss on how exactly to offer the original apple product to the lovely Eve, in order to get her husband Adam's attention, so I could have them evicted from my favorite garden.

  Unforgiven. There is someone out there who has hurt you more than anyone else.  That person may have taken something away from you that was sacred. The person may have broken something that is beyond repair.  The person may have robbed you of your innocence. Now imagine that person said, "Sorry." Is there anyone from your present or past that you could never forgive?

  I'm finding it difficult to forgive you. No, seriously. Forgive and forget, that's what I always say. There's always something more evil and delicious on the horizon.

  Why I Support Gun Control. ...I support every gun control law. I would hate to walk in a theater knowing the potential victims might be armed. Is it just me, or do you support gun control too?

  It's not the guns who kill people. It's the potheads with guns who kill people.

  Your Weakness. I was thinking the other day about the class I was weakest in during my college years.  I can think back to high school and it was probably AP Chemistry second year.  But in college it was Poetry by a long shot.  I received a "C" in Poetry.What was your weakest subject in high school?

  Roses are red. Violets are blue. I'm not a theologian, how about you? My weakest subject was Contracts Law.

  Rant: Things that Annoy Me. You know what annoys me?

  Don't get me started!

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  This blog entry is in no way associated with or sanctioned by Dan, Dan Theologian, or TheTheologiansCafe blogsite. It's just a feeble attempt to get a top blog spot since I have a "plugz" up this week. Dan is always ripe for satire, don't ya think? He enjoys all his fame and someday he'll be the "last Xangan standing" asking questions to which nobody really has any answers. MFN/ppf

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