Someone gave me a copy of The Watchtower at the bus stop this morning. (She was very pretty, dressed smartly and smiled at me. I would have taken a live badger had she handed it to me) I wonder if it would be more effective reading material than comic books or novels at keeping people from effing talking to me. Seriously, last night I had to resort to actual rudeness (as in, no longer looking up from book, smiling or nodding) and he still wouldn't stop talking to me.
I had a college friend that, when asked "Is anyone sitting there?" would reply "Just the Lord." He said it was very effective at keeping people away.
I thought it was a joke that some people regarded Catholics as not Christian.
Oh, man, I got in a HUGE fight with my 4th grade teacher about this. In public school. My hackles are STILL raised about it and I'm WAY lapsed.
A delivery driver just did a double-take at me doing the happy dance in the box offrice window because I just got off the phone with my mechanic who says I can pick up my car tomorrow for $50! Yay! If you are in the Los Angeles area and driving a German car you must let me give you his number.
In my religious background world (and I'm not saying this is right or wrong), Christian and Catholic are different--Christian means "born again" or "saved" or whatever, and Catholic is separate from that. Just like Lutheran would be separate, as well.
I think I'd say "born-again Christian" or "evangelical" or even just "Protestant."
Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I really mucked that up. And I wasn't trying to say anything about that at all.
Thank doG for airport WiFi.
It looks like First Class is full though, so I doubt I'll be able to get an upgrade.
I think I'd say "born-again Christian" or "evangelical" or even just "Protestant."
well I don't know about "born-again" but there are evangelical Catholics. And they are all Christian! As far as I remember.
Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I really mucked that up. And I wasn't trying to say anything about that at all.
Oh, yeah, no problem!
I just had TOTALLY forgotten about that fight. Part of my history of not taking bullshit from nominal authority figures. Sometimes to my detriment.
well I don't know about "born-again" but there are evangelical Catholics. And they are all Christian! As far as I remember.
That's true, but I think the term still defaults to a subset of Protestants.
Thing is, ALL the terms are confusing. I can say I'm Presbyterian, but there are so many flavors of Presbys that by itself that doesn't tell you much. I'd have to go on to say that I'm PC-USA, which is mainline and the most liberal flavor of Presbyterianism, but that my church is evangelical, but lefty-evangelical what with ordaining women and so on, and that I'm liberal by my congregation's standards, and by then you've probably fallen asleep.
My exact denomination is "evangelical free," which sounds like it's on the really evangelical/conservative side, which it's actually not. Well, at least not compared to some churches I've been in. It is really confusing. And kinda stupid, actually. I mean, not entirely stupid...we each need to know where we stand, but I sometimes really hate that there are all of these divides. Why can't we just get along?
But, we can't, and blah, blah, blah. And I'm gonna shut up before I step in anymore guac.
