The prairie princess.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 4 comments link this postYou remember Jim. Jim, in search of Old Truth.
According to Jim (not the TV show), I am a devious prairie princess in some lame-o Lord of the Rings allegory he's try to drum up as some kind of premature death knoll for a website temporarily down. Anyone who has ever said anything negative about the defunct web site has been labeled a "critic" blog, which would explain my posts on North Dakota, my cat, my family, music, art and all the other topics I spend time blogging on, the explanation being that I am solely focused on criticizing one blog and no other; that must surely be my entire life. Critics are also lumped into some kind of "emergent" category which is completely inaccurate and bizarre; I have no idea why anyone would assume that about me.
Happy Birthday, Julie. Your email inbox will contain direct emails and comments-to-be-moderated from "well wishers" telling me I ought to get a life, telling me I'm going to hell, telling me they will piously leave "God to judge my soul", and telling me I ought to be ashamed.
I stand by everything I've said here. At this moment, after reading Jim's post, I stand by it times ten.
I still believe Jim has plenty to work on in his own life and stretches that truth he claims to be preserving on his web site.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?
Jim would say no one has that right and has decided to use a cheap Lord of the Rings allegory to paint his friends favorably and his critics as little more than Orcs. As I said in a comment I left on his site, he has his own Orcs, and he sent them my way today. He will no doubt respond with great Christian charity.
This blog post will not be categorized with the "religion" label because there's nothing Christian about this ridiculous mess that I somehow walked right into. Good grief; I never learn. But I'll take the nickname of "Prairie Princess" with pride. It's kind of cool.
Thanks, Jim. You're wrong on just about everything and everyone you've summarized in your post, but the name you saw fit to throw my way is fine with me. On a serious note, feel free to email me directly for further discussion without the benefit of the hallelujah chorus backing you up.
On another note, thanks for all the blog traffic today. My hit counter has literally lit up.
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UPDATE: Read the follow-up post.
UPDATE 2: So...maybe things have cooled down. Maybe.
UPDATE 3; 11-17-07: In light of recent events (read here, here, and here) I withdraw any suggestion I may have made to readers encouraging them to visit Old Truth to find useful Christian information. While the excerpts from Whitefield, Spurgeon, et. al. are extremely good, the incestuous camaraderie in the comments section by the regular commenters forbids any disagreement without insult or accusation. You can find plenty of good, online repositories of those Christian sources elsewhere. I also do not recommend any non-believer going there in hopes of finding an answer, since the commenters and writers will see fit to use the Bible as a nearly literal sword only, seeing you as an adversary to conquer for the Lord.
I note that Jim has requested, in the comments section of this post, that I attend to the posts on this site which are inflammatory towards him. While I am sure that he is, as he repeatedly states, a fine father and husband, and no doubt a fine person in "real" life, his treatment towards other father's daughters and sons, and his behavior as an elder in the body of Christ whom I had initially looked to for guidance through his blog over a year ago, is in serious need of adjustment. Though I have been repeatedly asked to examine my heart and become humble and repent of my "rebellion", I see no evidence that those doing the asking are capable of seeing the same things in their own lives. I withdraw any support of Old Truth, and apologize for those I directed that way for helpful guidance in the past. I believe I was wrong in doing so.
Labels: blogging, prairie princess, slice of laodicea
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1/08/2007 05:40:00 PM
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4 Comments:
I think it's a nice name. I think you should go with it. It seems to fit.
Why not adapt it on your blog.
Prairie Princess Julie
Sounds Good to me.
By 
Gene Redlin, at
8/1/07 19:31
Actually, I like the sound of that: "Julie Neidlinger, Prairie Princess."
Right up there with "Dawn Eden, Petite Powerhouse."
By 
CGHill, at
8/1/07 19:43
There's precedent for the title: Woody Paul of the four-man cowboy trio Riders in the Sky wrote a sort of lullaby for his daughter called "Pretty Prairie Princess." It was on their Prairie Serenade album.
By MichaelBates, at
8/1/07 20:57
Cool.
Prairie Princess.
I should come up with a painting or story with that idea...I'm getting some ideas...
By Julie, at
8/1/07 21:45
