So-Called Seaweed

So-called:  Called by such a name, with a very strong connotation that the item is not worthy of that name.

And then there's this: ". . . any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer (that is a prayer asking for explicit guidance), is a particularly disconcerting individual.  To any questioning or criticism of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small.  He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance."

I like that phrasing: "so-called."  That there phrase is a very classy slap in the face.  There is nothing worse than someone who thinks that they're getting information directly from god.  I think this is why houses of worship annoy me so much and by extension why the men's meeting book is so annoying: the idea that a human can interpret god's will better than I can and then tell me where I'm lacking is more than I can bear, especially since so many people seem to cherry-pick what they think is important.

"With the best of intentions (and that's another kind way of hinting that the intentions do, in fact, suck the big one), he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction."

Oh, please.  :)