'Why We Fight'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
but they can cover 50% of my March COBRA costs (which means I'm covered, but DH pays his own way
Hey, it's a start. Good luck!
I'm in the Columbia South Carolina airport. And it has free wireless! Whoot! Now if only I'd brought my plug--I only have half a laptop charge left, and an hour until my flight boards!
And I have to say "Mmmm, CAKE MIX!". Now I want brownie batter.
Oh, yeah, I'm glad that all came out as I intended!
I'm so glad all of you took my weird questions re: Catholic practices in the spirit in which they were intended -- genuine curiosity with just a tinge of nonbeliever snark.
Thanks for being reasonable, nice people who can discuss het-up issues without getting het-up. It's so rare.
Oh, I feel I'm saying this badly, but suffice it to say that I am doubtful and leery of any organized religion as a WHOLE, but I respect many individuals who are faithful members of those religions as INDIVUDUALS.
Nah, you're not saying it badly. There's strength in numbers--power, and power does corrupt. Any organization (religious, political or otherwise) full of humans has terrific potential for both good and evil, I think. And certainly the Christian church and other religious institutions, and groups of religious people have worked their share of evil.
I try to not mix up those who believe in a particular faith with the irritations and arguments I may have with the ORGANIZATION of religion.Most religious people who think (and I've found they think at about the same rate as non-religious), also have irritations and arguments with it. I don't know if that helps. I believe that Christianity is true, but I do not think Christians have anything approaching a monopoly on truth, if that makes any sense.
Despite this, I believe there is A God -- some higher animating force behind the universe, something we are all a part of that is a part of all of us. I can sense that. I pray, sometimes, though I'm not sure what I'm praying to. I like the ceremonial trappings of Catholicism, and the deep faith I see in Catholics like JZ. If I could just get over the whole "not believing Jesus was more than a great teacher" thing...
I start the same place you do. I just end convinced of that empty tomb, and the actions of his followers, after its discovery. I am (somewhat unsuccessfully) fighting the urge to gently proselytize (although hopefully in a non-yucky way). Questions aren't that, right? What makes you think he was a great teacher?
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Cindy, after I typed that I realized I probably should have commented in your LJ instead. Feel free to use that however you wish.
That doesn't matter, Maria. I'm just glad to know more of your story.
What makes you think he was a great teacher?
My religious education stopped in seventh grade, and as such is woefully lacking of the tools I would need for any sort of adult discussion. So it isn't really something I can logically defend, though I probably should be able to if I'm going to say it in a place like this.
That said ... I like not judging. I like being kind to those who are not kind to you. I like clothing the naked and feeding the hungry. I like that he accepted people who were cast out by mainstream society.
All the usual things lefties who don't really know the bible will say, I suspect.
Cindy, that was utterly gorgeous.
the deep faith I see in Catholics like JZ
Half the time my faith feels skin deep. It's a constant struggle -- a worthwhile one, that strengthens and deepens me, but I'm incessantly plagued by doubts and scruples and a ghastly Lovecraftian horror of the vastness and indifference of the universe. But I think I have the faith gene that Lyra and Jen lack (possibly I have both of theirs as well as my own, which would explain a great deal). I'm physically incapable of un- believing, doubts and fears and all.
ION, heh. I just got a call from the mock clinic people. They desperately need someone this Sunday and I couldn't turn it down -- they want me to be a sullen, irritable, heroin-addicted singer in a rock band with infective endocarditis. I kind of think I have to do it.
a sullen, irritable, heroin-addicted singer in a rock band with infective endocarditis.
They want you to be Charlie! With endocarditis.
Can you BE sullen in bloomers?
Must ask Jilli.
Can you BE sullen in bloomers?
Must ask Jilli.
Yes. It's a bit tricky, but it can be done. One can also be sullen in a stripey skirt, velvet jacket, and top hat, as I've discovered today.
I suppose I should go image-Google track marks so I can do the makeup, but the thought makes me faintly queasy. It's much more fun to think about costumes.
How close will the audience be, JZ? I mean, can't you just do some arm and leg bruises, surrounded some scar tissue?
I'm sorry you were channeling Sullen!Goth today, Jilli. But I'm sure you were sullen and pretty.