It's so much fun to come in here on your birthday!
And Trudy! Wow - you rock!
I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.
Willow ,'First Date'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
sumi - Nov 15, 2007 8:35:08 am PST #2465 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
flea - Nov 15, 2007 8:35:19 am PST #2466 of 10001
information libertarian
Sister dear, look 4 posts above you.
ETA: Yeah, you looked.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2007 8:37:03 am PST #2467 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy birthday, Sumi!
I've been sailing through Blogger's "next blog" feature, and because I'm that girl, flagging the inappropriate ones.
Sparky1 - Nov 15, 2007 8:38:58 am PST #2468 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Happy Birthday, sumi!
msbelle - Nov 15, 2007 8:40:33 am PST #2469 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am unfocused and craving food that is not readily available in my house.
OTOH, mac choose a righteously nasty day to have his fever, so thank dog I don't have to be out in it.
Daisy Jane - Nov 15, 2007 8:40:55 am PST #2470 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think it is more the attitude of "I'm going to vote for someone who shares my values" rather than "I'm not going to vote for a Jew". Maybe it boils down to the same thing, but the first one sounds more reasonable. I think the crazy part is the assumption of a direct correlation between religious affiliation and values.
I don't care if I vote for someone who worships Satan in his/her personal life. You really just kind of have to take someone's word for what they believe.
Now, do his/her actions match up with my ideals of equal rights for everybody, fair wages, fair housing etc. Other than that be a member of Church What Thinks We All Were Barfed Up In A Giant Kitty's Hairball.
megan walker - Nov 15, 2007 8:44:26 am PST #2471 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Happy Birthday Sumi!
Sue - Nov 15, 2007 8:50:40 am PST #2472 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I am still hungry and I have eaten all my food. Also, I forgot my wallet this morning and have to meet my old co-workers for drinks after work. Le Sigh.
Trudy Booth - Nov 15, 2007 8:55:27 am PST #2473 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
In my experience, part of the "Not a real Christian" thing comes from an ethos where people are Christians or they are Not Christians. There are only two choices. So its less an analysis of the specific expression of faith than a "are they us or them" sort of thing. And Not Christians are pretty much all the same as one another cred-wise. (and that cred can vary wildly among the assessor) In that dichotomy a Catholic, a Mormon, a Jew, a Muslim, a Wicca or even a Presbyterian such as myself who believes in ::gasp:: evolution is in the Not Christian category.
(Eventually I got used to being described as "not really a Christian" by some of my more country classmates. Its like Jews who go to Utah and find out that they're Gentiles.)
What always cracked me up the phenomenon that saying someone is a "Good Christian" is tantamount to saying they are a good person. Like, even if they aren't actually a Christian. "I like Dr. Greenberg, he's a good Christian" is a perfectly cromulent thing to say.
Nutty - Nov 15, 2007 9:04:03 am PST #2474 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Its like Jews who go to Utah and find out that they're Gentiles.
No, YOU'RE a gentile! No, YOU are!