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Saturday 6 February 2016

WHO'S THE MINNOWS?

Imagine if the East Kilbride v Celtic match were to end up in a 0-0 draw. The headlines, of course, would be how EK had managed to hold Celtic and how Celtic had struggled to break down a determined EK defence. Nobody would dream of reporting things the other way round, as if the minnows had struggled against the Premiership team and that Celtic had held EK to a draw. And yet a Premiership team today played against a team from the lower leagues and it's been reported as if the top-tier side was the bold minnows that managed to hold on for a draw!

"Gers (sic) can't find a breakthrough as Killie hold tight to earn a replay" says the Daily Record. WTF? Kilmarnock has 'earned' a replay against a team from a lower league! I know the DR is merely the mouthpiece for Level 5 but this is getting ridiculous. I suppose if Kilmarnock win the replay they'll be 'plucky underdogs' that got the rub of the green. That is, of course, assuming Kilmarnock does win the replay. Lee McCulloch is probably down the Ludge as we speak, having it explained to him how things are supposed to go. Stuart McCall will no doubt be on hand to give him a few pointers.
 
Meanwhile, the ones that couldn't afford a ticket for today's match stood outside the Ibrox Megastore, waving banners and frightening passers-by with their Halloween masks. I'm sure Mike Ashley will be tossing and turning in his bed tonight! The Daily Record says:

"Earlier this year, a section of the Newcastle home support unfurled a 'Sports Direct Shame' banner in their match against Manchester United - exposing the company to a worldwide television audience as well as the 49,600-strong St James' Park crowd."

It goes on:

"Rangers (sic) fans have unfurled similar banners over the last three years in anger at the Newcastle owner's involvement in the club's affairs."

No mention of the television audience there! Maybe that's because it was just Angus Og and his maw, watching on BBC Alba!

Today's demonstrators have possibly undermined their own case somewhat. I could be wrong, but some of those tops and jackets look suspiciously like Sports Direct, o-ff-i-shell merchandise!



I see on Twitter that some of The Peeppul are trying to justify the Herald not sticking up for its journalist and Angela Haggerty being sacked by the Sunday Herald. One of them has posted a picture of folk during the Independence Referendum, demanding that Nick Robinson be sacked by the BBC. He seems to think that both circumstances are the same. He just doesn't get it, does he? The BBC stood by Robinson and refused to give in to pressure. This kind of thing happens all the time, with folk demanding resignations or sackings. The Herald, though, was all too quick to give in to the mob. That's what the NUJ, and countless others, are annoyed at!

The next thing for The Peeppul to get riled about is the comedy session at the court case involving Ashley and the SFA. There have been some excellent one-liners from the bench that even Bob Hope would have been proud of. There's no point in me repeating them all here. You can read them over on The Clumpany's blog by clicking on the button on the right.

Finally, anybody that knows me knows that I like nothing better than a good philosophical argument. I include religion in that and love debating on theology and soteriology. I once held two Jehovah's Witnesses at my door for nearly an hour and they had to make desperate excuses about having to pick up children in order to escape! It transpires that Wulliewonthe, who used to post on McMurdo's blog, thought I never bothered to debate with him, when the reality was that Merlin didn't allow my posts. So everybody else can look away a minute as I ask a question to get a debate going. Nobody else in a Reformed faith, including a couple of ministers, have been able to answer this one. So here goes:

If Double Predestination is true and God chose, right back at the beginning of time, who would be saved and who would be condemned to everlasting torment, what was the point of Christ?

Right, WWH! I'm looking forward to an answer to that conundrum. Everybody else is quite welcome to join in, as long as you stick to the point!



A seriously worried Mike Ashley hears about today's demonstration.


14 comments:

  1. Radio Clyde - despite playing a team a league above them; Dj et al gushing about Sevco doing well in the cup and perhaps getting a place in Europe . . . . . . .DJ harks back to '72

    Annoyed I switched to . . . .

    Radio Scotland - despite Celtic playing a team eons below them with all respect to EK); Celtic cannot afford a bad result!!!!

    So I switched off. FFS.

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  2. Hi Pat, Jesus gave his life to save us all and as I am a reprobate he also saved me. My RC wife assures me her sins will be covered by her last confession "I repent thee, I repent thee, I repent thee" even if she is not one of the elect lol. Yes God made us from the same lump of human clay, some to be people of honour or some to be people of dishonour predestined to to disobey and perish,but Jesus saved us all.

    May I add you have gained my respect by not coming back at me in a distasteful way, thank you. WWH.

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    1. But, with respect, that doesn't answer the question. Why did Jesus have to save people that were already predestined to be saved? As to confession, a lot of folk get confused by that. You need to be sincere or your sins are not forgiven at all.

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  3. Pat, yes I'm sure every catholic person is really sincere in their confession. My Roman Catholic wife says they go to confession at times as they cannot take communion until they do, but they don't always go in with sincerity. God predestined the ones with honour and the ones with dishonour, realising his mistake he sent his son in to save all souls on earth. Or maybe you believe God is infallible ?? WWH.

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    1. Not every Catholic is a good Catholic; that stands to reason. But I'm getting confused with your explanation. Doesn't Calvinist Presbyterianism teach that God is so perfect that once His mind is made up He cannot change it? A firm tenet of Calvinism is Double Predestination, wherein God created man and decided, right at the start, who would be saved and who would not. Those that were to be saved are known as the 'Elect' and are meant to look into themselves for 'proofs' of their membership of that happy elite. What you are describing is that salvation is open to all, so long as they have faith. That sounds more like an Anglican viewpoint, rather than a Protestant one!

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  4. Ha Ha... My thoughts exactly when I first saw the report on the BBC website..Was all about Resolute Kilmarnock .... Can't find it now as usual.
    I take The Daily Express of a friday. mmm..!!
    A certain Michael Baillie article re Rangers (sic) v. Killie ...
    "McCulloch stuck by them when they were demoted down the divisions" Bwaaahaha
    Kenny Miller... (re McClugger..)" Having stayed with the club through the relegation to the bottom league and winning the leagues.."
    Baillie...
    " Rangers (sic) remain on course to "RETURN" to the top flight".

    Keep on keeping on Pat and congrats on the birth of your granddaughter Thea

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  5. You can't understand all gods thinking cause your not God and you only have a human brain. Yours is not to reason why, yours is just to do or die. It's called faith.

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    1. 'do or die'. And how are we meant to know what to 'do' if we don't try and figure it out?

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  6. DOES GOD EVEN EXSIST IF HE DOES EXIST I FIND HIM OR HER HARD TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE IN TODAYS WORLD REGARDS THIS AND I DONT BELIEVE FAITH IS A GOOD ANSWER THE OLD TESTAMEHT WAS WRITTEN BY THE LIVI SCRIBES WHO I BELIEVE TOOK IT FROM SUMER TEXTS IE COPY AND PASTE JUST LIKE OUR MSM WHO HAVE FEED US ALOAD OF SHITE AND PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS AND HAVE FAITH IN TMEM TO COVER UP THE TRUTH COULD THE SCRIBES OF THE PAST HAVE DONE THE SAME TO KEEP US FROM THE TRUTH IE NO GOD EXSISTS AND THEIR WOULD BE NO DOUBLE PREDESTINATION JUST MY THOUGHTS

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    1. I'm not too sure myself but there is one thing to consider when folk are laughing at 'faith'. The Standard Model (the Big Bang, inflation etc.) of how the Universe was formed doesn't work. To make reality fit the theory, scientists have come up with Dark Matter and Dark Energy, things that they can't prove exist. And so, science is now relying on faith to explain how the Universe came to be!

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  7. IT SHOULD BE LEVI NOT LIVI SORRY

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  8. I DO NOT THINK THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE THE PROOF SCIENTISTS FOLLOW WHAT THEY ARE TOLD TO FOLLOW JUST LIKE MOST PROFESSIONS FAITH IS BELIEVE WHAT I AM TELLING YOU AND BELIEVE ME JUST LIKE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM SO HOW DARE SCIENTISTS ARE RELYING ON FAITH TO EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSE CAME TO BE SCIENTISTS ARE PROCLAIMED TO BE THE NEW RELIGION OVER THE OLD WITH PROVON FACTS SCIENTISTS ARE IN THE PAYROLL OF THE ELITE AND WILL LIE FOR THEIR MASTERS AT WILL NIKOLA TESLA PROVES THE THE POINT

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  9. WWH, which church do you belong to, if you don't mind me asking. It's just that what you are telling me doesn't conform to mainstream Protestantism. I like the idea of God realising His mistake and sending his Son down, but that is not really a Protestant idea. Mainstream Protestantism follows Luther in maintaining a Platonist idea of God as completely and utterly perfect in everything. He therefore is incapable of making a mistake!

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