I'm sorry your work place is getting less fun, sarameg.

There was an editorial in Analog some time in the last 20 years about whether 20th century American culture should apply its ideals of tolerance towards allowing other cultures to be intolerant or whether we should insist on tolerance as a universally desirable good.

I believe in Intelligent Design, I just don't believe it's a science. As a matter of faith, it need not be proved by scientific method. It also shouldn't be taught in public schools. And this whole push by the ID community to teach it alongside evolution really annoys me because it opens up religion in general to ridicule. You want your kids to learn religion? Send them to a religious school, or teach them at home.

Wolfram is me.

They also love the Left Behind series which she just doesn't get. The bad writing bugs her more than the shoddy theology I think.

Thanks for the warning. I have a copy of Left Behind at home I've been meaning to get around to. If the writing quality is questionable, it'll be moving even farther down the to-be-read list pile.

If this was the standard, then we'd all have Ascended already. Sadly, here we are.

I think this parallels to the earlier Customer Service discussion. It's the X% (X = hopefully very small number) of I'm-right-because-and-you're-going-to-Hell types who really draw attention. (And make others occasionally trepidatious to out themselves as Christians - don't want to be associated.)

Riiight. So when you resend a message because your company is doing a server switchover and you're not sure when your outgoing and incoming mail is going to suddenly stop, and you get a one line reply:

what you sent me earlier was WRONG?

With no greeting or salutation back from your client, your client is a rude god damn son of a bitch, right?

Epic -- don't read Left Behind, go to Slacktivist, [link] he does Left Behind Fridays. He's been reading and reviewing the book almost page by page. There's an archive so you can get caught up if you want.

The writing is more than questionable. The lead character spends lots of time on the phone and not caring that all these people have disappared. Actually most people don't seem to care. And the writers have shoddy geography. The last Slacktivist installment was mocking their bad knowledge of New York.

And, Wolfram is me too.

I am watching the Gnome Mobile between chores today. I am just wondering if it is a true picture of the Faith. Or is it distorted? so far gnomes love trees - hate loggers, and want thier kids to get married and have gnome babies.

your client is a rude god damn son of a bitch, right?

And a moron.

what you sent me earlier was WRONG?

With no greeting or salutation back from your client, your client is a rude god damn son of a bitch, right?

Not only is your client a rude god damn son of bitch, said client should be staked to a hill, have molasses poured in uncomfy areas, and fire ants should be released on said client while you laugh an evil laugh.

your client is a rude god damn son of a bitch, right?

Unless you guys are Pals who use this kind of casual shorthand regularly - Yep.

You know, I'm usually pretty good at coming up with justifications for seemingly inane behavior, but shrift's one-liner client has me stumped.