Other religions' use of Holy Water

[Catalyst]

man, i wasn't even talking about spelling.

[hyperdulia again]

*scratches head*

[Dreamweaver]

Right...I got lost a number of posts ago.



Lets all be friends, and ignore stupid spelling mistakes. Even though this is a debate board, lets not debate spelling and whether its a sin to misspell or not.

Doing a search on holy water also got results for holy water specifically used for wiccans. I guess if they don't feel that their own stuff doesn't work, they can get the potent, Catholic stuff. The REAL holy water. (provided that the website is charging for the bottle and not the water).

[cathqat]

[quote name='Kilroy the Ninja' date='Jan 10 2005, 01:39 AM'] Will the spelling Nazi please stop it?! Pointing out people's mistakes is rude and it has been a time-honored tradition here at Phatmass that we simply try not to do it, unless clarification relevant to the dialog is necessary. [/quote]
I think he is just doing it in fun, not to be rude. There is a website called "Nihil Obstat," for example, that corrects the grammar and spelling on all the popular Catholic blogs. People read it just to blow off steam and share a chuckle.

I do have to say, though, that one of the things which perplexes me about the phatmass phorums is that people seem to become highly offended by things like the "spelling nazi" joke yet let real insults slide by like they never happened.

[Benedict]

It was half in fun, half because people should not be allowed to "just slide" in utilizing the written English language. It is not rude to point out someone's mistake for such is the only way one can realize the mistake and correct it in the future. The action is only rude when it is further utilized to the detriment of the first party's apparent intelligence.

I feel very strongly about this and if you decide to press the issue it may very well get me banned because I am obstinate and can be obsessively voluminous on the subject.

[hyperdulia again]

letters are onlie simbolyk of saunds. korekt spellling duhz not egzist.

[spathariossa]

[quote name='hyperdulia again' date='Jan 10 2005, 04:04 AM'] letters are onlie simbolyk of saunds. korekt spellling duhz not egzist. [/quote]
Well that's not precisely true. Yes, letters are in a sense arbitrary as is spelling. Spelling conventions in the English language are rather modern - the last 300-400 years or so. However, to say that correct spelling doesn't exist would be a mistake I think.

[hyperdulia again]

whate'er bunny hairytick

[spathariossa]

[quote name='hyperdulia again' date='Jan 10 2005, 04:07 AM'] whate'er bunny hairytick [/quote]
The Ordo Bunnicorum will get you. We know where you live. We know where you sleep.

[Kilroy the Ninja]

Look I live with one of the world's more notorious bad spellers. If I had a dollar for everytime I've been asked how to spell some word (especially since there is a HUGE unabridged dictionary sitting right at the computer), I could buy a new car. I have my Associates Degree in English and was a Literature major (but am now considering changing to History). Regardless, my point is I feel your pain regarding spelling mistakes and grammar usage. However, I have come to the realization that I cannot correct everyones posts, nor should I. And pointing out mistakes is not only intolerably rude, but potentially intolerably cruel. Many times people are caught up in the "passion" of the post, sometimes they realize their mistake too late and are unable to edit it. Sometimes it's on purpose.

But pointing it out a mistake to one and all and correcting it in public is just plain rude. It is totally unproductive to dialog (unless needed for clarification purposes), and usually just turns the correctee completely against the corrector and generates ill will and bad feelings.

The spelling nazi thing was clever the first time. Continued usage however will simply degenerate into ill will and perceived snobbery.

[Benedict]

So far, it seems like you are the only one here who thought my action was rude or even potentially rude. Not only did Dreamweaver not respond as such, but she actually went and linked to a dictionary entry, showing that the one line of my post had its intended effect.

I point out as well that my post went on to discuss the topic of the thread for another paragraph so there is no such rudeness in making a post only to correct someone. Unlike, for example, [url="http://phorum.phatmass.com/index.php?showtopic=27112"]this thread[/url] where, according to you, crusader1234 was being intolerably rude and potentially intolerably cruel. Yet we do not find Thessalonian biting crusader's head off or turning against him or running to cry in the corner. What we find is that he now knows how to spell Seuss.

To get to my point, I see no justification at all for your claim that correction is in and of itself rude (let alone intolerably so), unwarranted, unwanted, and potentially cruel.

As for the picture, I have used it 6 times in my almost 600 posts. Twice in reference to my own post, once in reference to myself during the "guess who"/"guess whom" thread, once here, and twice elsewhere.

[quote]However, I have come to the realization that I cannot correct everyones posts, nor should I.[/quote]
Nor do I nor have I. While the Nazi has appeared on 6 occasions, I have only corrected people in 3. That means one half of one percent of my posts included a correction. Not exactly a compulsive habit.

[Kilroy the Ninja]

Look, as a moderator here in this phorum, I'm asking you politely to cease and desist with the image.

Thank you.

[DojoGrant]

I could be confused, but could have sworn they were selling little things of holy water at the gift shop at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, AL (where Mother Angelica is).

[DojoGrant]

But, reading more thoroughly, I suppose it's most likely that they were selling the bottles, which merely contained holy water. Or maybe they were empty, and just the bottles. Isn't memory mean sometimes?

[Colleen]

[quote name='DojoGrant' date='Jan 10 2005, 04:00 PM']But, reading more thoroughly, I suppose it's most likely that they were selling the bottles, which merely contained holy water.  Or maybe they were empty, and just the bottles.  Isn't memory mean sometimes?[/quote]
It could be that instead of selling it, they asked for a donation instead. I can't remember which missionary group it was, but if you send a donation, they'll send you a bottle of Lourdes water. That way, they're not [i]selling[/i] it, but your donation covers the cost of the bottle. If that makes sense.