I have told my former editor Robert "OldCoder" Kiraly (of Final Minetest, minetest.org, chillcorner.org, etc) that I no longer wish to be contacted. Do not provide him with information to contact me or anyone else.
If he says he represents me, be aware he does not.
People familiar with his previous work will say "I told you so," and well, my bad for not considering spiritual elements and his stated root causes (views of what people are) and solutions rather than just strictly the facts regarding what he's said on minetest.org and Haggis Hell. I did my best to be accepting and he was helpful and encouraging at the time of helping as editor. At the same time I thought if I listened enough and loved enough, maybe that would break through barriers he created in himself against God. Regarding minetest.org I also tried to be a peacemaker between Nathan Salapat and Robert, but they just thought I was intruding on Robert's behalf and sharing e-mails and/or e-mail addresses with him which I did not. I did all this in good faith and with genuine concern and hope. After years of assisting each other he started to apply dehumanizing rhetoric toward me after I pointed out his dehumanizing rhetoric wasn't in good faith and disagreed with his political takes. He did so again after I described his own behavior back to him regarding that and regarding violating my personal boundaries regarding frequently sharing one-sided (mainstream) news stories with me. It became clear these behaviors weren't due to his immutable traits as he claimed, but selective, and I pointed out to him how he demonstrated that as well. He continued the behavior in a group e-mail, so I confronted him in a group setting as well. He proceeded to create another group e-mail using e-mail addresses that I didn't provide, in order to attempt to contact my loved ones and former school.
What caused me to start the Overcomers book was to warn people off specific people in my life who abused authority as leaders in Churches and Bible studies as well as using that as a credential thereafter unbeknownst to their credulous supporters. However, the book became a message for a broader audience by discussing the issue of "just love on them" (in certain cases disregarding 1 Timothy 3:6) vs confronting and choosing leaders and connections wisely. Ironically this applies to me in terms of choosing an editor. At the time I didn't really have anyone whom I knew or who knew me who could advise me in a way I could trust over my own understanding (but then, there's also Proverbs 3:5-6 and I may have missed something). My current church has been helpful and encouraging.
The last iteration of the book was helpful to people who were survivors at some level, but others found it offensive. Humor can help people stay engaged, and I think there is a place for mocking evil. However, having an editor who wasn't a Christian may have placed too much emphasis on that, and distracted from an important goal: To help people separate their view of Christians (or phonies) who failed them from their view of God.
Discussing matters of public concern publicly was intended to prevent further harm. Doing so and even naming names even occurred several times in the Bible (B.C. and A.D.). Hopefully if I rewrite this I will say "what people need to hear in such a way that they want to hear it," as my speech professor tried to teach me. However, it is counterproductive and part of cover-up culture to focus on projecting a good exterior and in so doing fail to pursue justice to protect people from harm.
Check back for a rewrite by way of a different editor or in my own words.
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