Sunday, September 20, 2009

Username Becomes Real Name

I've decided to bite the bullet and start signing off with my real name.

After all, Dennis Crawford, International Secretary of the Vampire Research Society has done so well subverting my attempt at anonymity (see also: "Unmasked!"), I figure there's not much point in continuing to use my "Overseer" moniker.

It's a username he's previously hijacked, himself, after hypocritically chastising me for its usage:
I suppose as a Baptist you intend the title "Overseer" to indicate "parish officer" as distinct from "Bishop" which your denomination does not recognise as an episcopal office? I nevertheless refer you to the first nine words of St Paul's First letter to Timothy (3: 2-7) which describes qualities required of an Overseer: "An overseer, then, or bishop, must be above reproach ..." The Revised English Bible uses the word "bishop" whereas the New American Standard Bible employs "overseer." An overseer in ecclesial terms is a bishop.
Needless to say (but I'm gonna say it anyway), that usage was certainly not my intent:
My title/membership name, i.e., "The Overseer" is meant as a reference to my role as manager of this group, not a religious reference. I was not making any such comparison and indeed, was not even aware of the Scriptural verse you mentioned.
In further displays of his level of originality, he also hijacked my forum's name, which he also shamelessly uses for his blog.

3 comments:

Lindsay said...

Hey there - you want to do a guest blog for my 31 Days of Halloween?

http://vampirebooks.blogspot.com/2009/09/31-days-of-halloween.html

I have already secured a few guest bloggers and giveaways and would love to know if you are interested.

Thanks!

Lindsay said...

The only criteria is that the subject matter must be vampire-related.

Would October 13th spot work for you?

Thanks

Anthony Hogg said...

That'll be fine, no probs! :)

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