I'm quite sure I could find more than a few serial rapists who turned up at Church every Sunday and were quite good and singing the hymns
Well, the BTK killer was a minister at his church. \

It does frustrate me when people hold a double standard about religions - for example, any crime in which someone mentions Satan was obviously the work of every Satanist and witch in the world, yet David Koresh somehow isn't a Christian, even though he often talked about Jesus. Then again, according to many Christian religions, myself being raised by Papists already makes me a handmaiden to the dark ones.

If "by their enemies ye shall know them," then what does it say about an organization or religion if by and large, those enemies are largely imaginary?

It is 48F/9C here. I demand summer back forthwith.

It does not help that I spent the weekend helping my mother dispense with 55 years worth of basement storage, so I was off yesterday. I must turn my brain back into a business brain....

You want Satanic, you want Pay-Rod.

You mean the guy who pulled a child out of the path of an oncoming truck to save his life last spring? Yeah, he's evil all right.

If the Yankees want to jettison him, I'd be happy to see him in Dodger blue, but it won't happen because even Steinbrenner isn't that stupid.

It's 19C here. That means that everyone is dressed for an entirely different sort of weather, though for most it means combinations like thick corduroy jackets and huge wool scarves worn over mini-skirts and flip-flop sandals.

I just found out that my grandmother bought a condo and is moving out of the house she's been in for nearly forty years. I can understand why since she's living alone in a two-bedroom split-level that so far requires several of her children's help to maintain. But still....over the years I've managed to bleed or faint or vomit or loose in tooth in every one of those rooms. I don't want to have to start over with a new place.

Anyone else see the Colbert Report last night? I enjoyed it quite a bit, though I kept wondering how they were going to extend this to any kind of long-running series - it felt a little one-note for a while. However, I do have to say that when they got to the gravitas duel between Colbert and Stone Philips I ended up laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. More of that kind of thing would be a lot of fun.

Considering it was a premiere episode, it was pretty damn funny. I'm curious to see if and how they can keep it fresh.

If "by their enemies ye shall know them," then what does it say about an organization or religion if by and large, those enemies are largely imaginary?

What's that from? All I can think of for biblical references are

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. (Matt. 5:43-45)

and

By their fruit you will recognize them. (Matt. 7:16, which in older translations like KJV would read more like, "Ye shall know them by their fruits.")

By their fruit you will recognize them.

I suppose that works for picking Carmen Miranda out of a line up, but what sort of fruit does Satan have?

Well, that's actually about false prophets, but I suppose Satan has no fruit at all--just highly sugared, high fats carbs--probably Devil's Food Cake.

I had a whole sermon written about Evil as a bowl of stew (I was trying to come up with something both period and Tick-like, and this was the best I could do), but I never got to deliver it due to the stoopid laryngitis. Which continues. Bleargh.

Frank! When he started on the What to do to die today I damn near died. But that was personal baggage on top of the inherent funny.

I'm not sure how long it can last. I think it depends on the guest, and there's a good chance they've got other things planned for recurring bits. I hope so, at least. Given that it's parodying something I think of as more limited than "the news"...I'll wait and see.