Whoot new thread.
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Aug 02, 2006 9:30:47 am PDT #19 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DavidS - Aug 02, 2006 9:36:11 am PDT #20 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wow, that was some damn tasty natter to close out the last thread.
Can't believe all the Job haters in the hizzouse. Jesse, I thought you were a PK?
The Book of Job adresses the tough questions like, "Why do bad things happen to good people" and "Why does God allow suffering and evil?"
It's easy to keep faith when you've got all the sheep in the meadow and lots of comely daughters and stout sons.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2006 9:38:57 am PDT #21 of 10001
brillig
The Book of Job adresses the tough questions like, "Why do bad things happen to good people" and "Why does God allow suffering and evil?"
The Book of Job also says that the answers to those questions are "God's got a bet on with the Devil on how faithful you really are." Not a reassuring thing to base a faith on.
Calli - Aug 02, 2006 9:39:06 am PDT #22 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's easy to keep faith when you've got all the sheep in the meadow and lots of comely daughters and stout sons.
But if you're the comely daughter or stout son who gets offed to make a point, the faith may take on a different feeling for you.
Volans - Aug 02, 2006 9:43:32 am PDT #23 of 10001
move out and draw fire
::keeps misreading "stout" as "stoat"::
::backs out of Natter::
Calli - Aug 02, 2006 9:45:06 am PDT #24 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
::keeps misreading "stout" as "stoat"::
That's the furry discussion. The Stoats and the Redshirts should be friends.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2006 9:46:38 am PDT #25 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Furry, or otherkin?
DavidS - Aug 02, 2006 9:47:22 am PDT #26 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
::keeps misreading "stout" as "stoat"::
What makes a stoat comely anyway?
the answers to those questions are "God's got a bet on with the Devil on how faithful you really are."
That's not the answer, that's just plot mechanics. I know folks read for narrative, but that's not the best reading of Job. Also, God is not supposed to be understood to be an asshole in the OT - that's a fairly contemporary reading.
Though that is one of the answers in Job: "Quit being a punk-ass bitch expecting God to be your magic genie of good luck. It's not about what God has done for you lately. It's also not about what God has done to you lately."
Vortex - Aug 02, 2006 9:49:06 am PDT #27 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That's the furry discussion. The Stoats and the Redshirts should be friends.
as should the farmer and the cowman
Pix - Aug 02, 2006 9:52:23 am PDT #28 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
New thread!
This is also the first time I am completely caught up in a Natter thread in months. Yes I know there aren't even 50 posts yet. Hush.