Don’t need another blog. But I keep giving because I keep getting.

So I’m trying to start a new blog called The Thin Red Leash. It’s about Scotties. Who are cool.

With all the trouble I’m having doing it, it occurred to me you might want to revisit my whole blog history, which is older than you can imagine. More than 15 years. Dog years are a lifetime compared to Internet years. Or weren’t you counting?

A citation to prove the point. A comment from the thirty-something boy who calls himself Bri Zoni.

Pathetic. You’re all venom, no fang.

You call me out. Twice. I *come* out with a lengthy response to your little pokings. You delete it. And then you delete the whole post. Because you saw the box that said “comment deleted” and worried others could see your cowardice.

Stop running. I’ve shown you which beliefs of yours are broken. Fix them. Without the dramatics, please and thanks. No more excuses or weasley rationalizations. Be a man and get the work done.

This bears infinite repeating: Because you’re wrong, you should revise your beliefs accordingly. Religious freedom doesn’t mean reality is optional. Not if your integrity matters.

What this is about. Why I won’t let up. Integrity. And the other things on your list of manhood. You’ve failed them all. Including, especially loyalty. Sure, you’ve stayed loyal to the faith assigned you at birth. But to do that, you had to betray the best in yourself. Even your obsolete God understood the folly of serving two masters. You chose the wrong one.

The kind, squishy part of my guts doesn’t want to post this today. The part that doesn’t like hurting you, not even with the truth. You may have chosen death, but that’s not what I want for you. I want you to live, and thrive. Fear of the Lord is the end of wisdom. It’s a childish fear. I want you to grow out of it. I want that FOR you.

I know he’s sincere. Tried to find the Facebook comment where he blew me up in all caps for being CHRISTIAN and in my SIXTIES. Yes, I’m both those things. But that’s hardly a headline unless you’re a fanatic atheist.

I’m accused of not thinking to his standard. Okay. You be the judge. Study my record as a blogger.

Glovesoff.blogspot.com

Instapunk.com

Deerhound Diary (And check out the header links, which go all the way back to the pre-blog universe.)

Instapunk Rules

And, hopefully soon, The Thin Red Leash.