'Dirty Girls'
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I get really snarly about the expectation that bible knowledge is a prerequisite for a major political career.
Here's the factbook breakdown of US religions: Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.). Knowing the bible is part of knowing your electorate. Believing the bible shouldn't be.
I found the nearest $300,000 house to my area. [link]
I believe that God knows every one of us, and loves us -- even all the people who special-interest groups say God doesn't love. That includes gay people, Muslims, AND republicans.I think especially. I think He has a special concern for the much-loathed, scorned, abused and neglected. And I think that he is way more angry when W does something to hurt that homeless, HIV-positive, gay, divorced, addicted, single-parent welfare mother, than when she makes a crack about W.
And I said, “So you know what Acts is about?” And I saw sort of this blank thing go over his eyes and then sort of a quick look of panic and he said, “No.” And I was absolutely shocked. And I said, “Well your tax cut so heavily favors the rich, and Acts is so socialist almost.” And he said, “But, ah! Acts contains the Parable of the Talents.”
Oy. In the guy's defense, the Parable of the Talents also appears in the Gospel of Luke (although in the translation I've just checked with, it's 10 Minas, instead, but it's pretty much the same parable, complete with the 'well done, good and faithful servant'). Acts is written by the same author, and picks up where Luke leaves off. Still, there are no parables in Acts. Jesus had left the building.
I get really snarly about the expectation that bible knowledge is a prerequisite for a major political career.
I think it's part of my top ten list of things I hate about America.
Do you think it is a prerequisite, or do you think that when someone pretends to have the knowledge, we reject them when they don't?
It's listed at $699,500
In my neighborhood, that would get me a 1-br condo.
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In the guy's defense, the Parable of the Talents also appears in the Gospel of Luke
I'm not so sure it would be his defense -- he identified it as part of Acts. Again, getting his books mixed up.
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I'm guessing no, since these are small lots, and the zoning in this part of town is rough on anything other than mother-in-laws.
What's the lot size?
Mother says it's pretty easy to get a variance in Seattle proper, or was when she was still selling real estate. Given the number of townhomes I've seen going up around the city, I don't expect it's somehow become harder in the last few years.
One of the most depressing things about Ballard was seeing little single family affordable homes get snapped up and turned into monster townhomes, and those were generally on the standard issue 5000 sqft lot.
I'm not so sure it would be his defense -- he identified it as part of Acts. Again, getting his books mixed up.
I know, but Acts is really Luke pt. II, and if he studied them together (which is how I read the initial blurb), I could see him muddling them some, after the fact. Still--if there's no Jesus in the book, there are no parables in the book. It's an easy NT rule of thumb when you're faking up your Bible knowledge.
Also, I think the guy may have completely missed the point of the parable, but that's another riff.
but Acts is really Luke pt. II
Ah. It's been a long time.
Ah. It's been a long time.Well, and in your defense, they're not ordered as such.
In today's NYT, there's an article about a co-op in Manhattan going for $50 million dollars: [link]