I completely forget - was there a similar series of events with Gomorah? Was/were their crime(s) the same as Sodom's? It always seems to get left out of the discussion.

It was wiped out at the same time/for the same reason. It's kind of like Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Kind of OT, though in line with Nutty's post - at my old firm there was a guy whose last name Word kept wanting to change to Gomorrah. I was laughing about this and my cow-orker, twelve years of Catholic school, and I think a Catholic university, *didn't get it.*

Sometimes, being able to quote scripture is a real pain, because it makes clear how little some "believers" actually know and have thought through their foundational documents.

Heh, this reminds me of one of The Colbert Report's "Get to know a district" bits where he was interviewing a rep who was making a lot of noise about getting the 10 Commandments allowed in schools/court houses, etc. When Colbert asked him to actually name the commandments, I think he was only able to come up with 2 (maybe 3).

Woot! Your iPod is magic!

It's on your wavelength, that's for sure.

Hee. That's like the time I was driving on the freeway past shrift's former city of residence, and the car CD flipped over to the Hard Core Logo soundtrack.

at my old firm there was a guy whose last name Word kept wanting to change to Gomorrah.

It would be so much funnier if Word wanted to change it to Gamera.

It was wiped out at the same time/for the same reason. It's kind of like Minneapolis/St. Paul.

::Makes plans to visit the Mall of Sodom::

Not well, I'm afraid. We thought he was much better Tuesday night, but yesterday he was right back to the scary dark mood and worry about disaster scenarios every waking moment. I'm hoping the anti-depressant starts kicking in consistently soon.

Matt, I hope things improve soon. I recall from when friends switched medication in college that there was usually a week or two where things seemed worse before they got better.

I don't really relish the idea of eternal life. It sounds sort of boring to me. But then, I'm hard to please.

I'm good with living a few hundred years in this life. That's all I want. Yes, I know, that makes me a materialist, and that's badbadbad.

But I saw Syriana a couple nights ago, and I keep thinking of the last wishes of the kid who blew up the LNG tanker: The next life is the true life. That mentality frightens me so much, because once you start thinking like that, anything and everything in this life -- including murder, rape, torture and genocide -- can be justified, provided it was done for the glory of God.

Also, I want to chime in in support of ita's statement of appreciation about Steph's input, and expand it to include others, especially JZ. Y'all have delicious spicy brains, and though I don't share the beliefs and understandings you espouse, I like hearing them, because I feel they're at least as well thought out as my own areligiousness, and they help me to understand you better, as well as help me to understand my own thoughts and beliefs on this subject.

It would be so much funnier if Word wanted to change it to Gamera.

Gamera is really neat. He is filled with turtle meat.

On a more serious note, much mental health-ma for Matt's dad.