A student excused herself because she said she took the bible literally word for word and couldn't accept that it was being taught otherwise.
A serious question: how do people like this function in a multicultural society? It's got to be awfully difficult, going to work every day and meeting people who are, e.g., different religions or downright atheists. Do they just end every conversation with a mental "You're going to hell, you sinner"? I think probably they have to do a lot of mental gymnastics when they make friend with a Unitarian or something.
Oh, and for Nutty: wasn't it St. Peter who got crucified in Rome?
I think probably they have to do a lot of mental gymnastics when they make friend with a Unitarian or something.
They don't make friends with Unitarians, Nutty. Though they might pray for their soul if they were feeling charitable.
When I first read Genesis I was pissed because there were no dinosaurs. It was pointed out that they hadn't said they didn't exist, just that they hadn't been mentioned by name. Didn't matter. Dinosaurs were so big, I thought they had to be in there.
DH works with an actuary who will not let his son play with toy dinosaurs, since they're not in the bible. He thinks the fossils were placed here on Earth to test man's faith.
A serious question: how do people like this function in a multicultural society?
They mostly interract with people like themselves? They are more likely to live in small towns or in the country?
Yup. Upside down, even.
Didn't he ask to be crucified that way, because he was all macho and shit?
Yes. But a Catholic friend of my acquaintance was horrified at my New Testament vaguery. I could recite what INRI stands for (Latin for Jesus of Nazareth, Kong of the Jews) (I mean King there, but
Kong of the Jews
is SO FUNNY!), but learned a lot of the ambient details from Ben-Hur, which I saw when I was 19.
DH works with an actuary who will not let his son play with toy dinosaurs, since they're not in the bible. He thinks the fossils were placed here on Earth to test man's faith.
There are very very few people like this in San Francisco. One of the reasons
why
I live in San Francisco. I mean, I'd have to bite my tongue every two minutes so I wouldn't say, "You're a fucking idiot!" Which is rude. But it would involve a lot of effort not to.
how do people like this function in a multicultural society?
Makes perfect sense to me. Remember -- this was a course, with exams. She might have to lie to get credit, effectively, and I can see not wanting to do that.
Listening to other opinions is one thing -- being taught them is another. I'm walking out of any class that requires me to be taught as if I'm a religion that I'm not.
