Probably Jews for Jesus or a similar organization, and I think the theological concept behind it is kosher in the broader sense of pure/clean--translated into, say, Baptist, it would be "Jesus cleansed me from my sins."
t /ex-fundamentalist
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
Susan W. - May 17, 2008 1:10:51 pm PDT #7518 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
brenda m - May 17, 2008 1:15:40 pm PDT #7519 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Huh. In that case it seems kind of assholish confrontational.
dcp - May 17, 2008 1:21:54 pm PDT #7520 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I went to a Civil War re-enactment today. Had a good time, didn't get too sunburned, and took a bunch of pictures: [link]
There was a Union camp, a Confederate camp, a civilian camp, and sutlers area. They seem to take their costuming pretty seriously, and there were some interesting historical/modern contrasts as the re-enactors and the spectators milled about together.
billytea - May 17, 2008 1:47:58 pm PDT #7521 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Amusingly, the first cite I found for this was on an ultraconservative pre-Vatican II bitter hardcore website ranting about the ghastly moral relativism of it all.
I would just like to mention how impressed I am that these guys made a website pre-Vatican II. That shows real foresight.
Are we still talking religion? 'Cause I saw a guy downtown today wearing a t-shirt that said "Jesus made me Kosher." What does that even mean??
It means he's edible! Or, possibly, that thanks to Jesus, he's no longer one of the following:
A capitalist pig.
An imperialist running dog.
Eddie Rabbitt.
Scrappy - May 17, 2008 1:56:06 pm PDT #7522 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
hey BT! I am going to see an fine antipodean group tonight--Crowded House. I know they are NZ and not Aussie, but still from that neck of the woods.
billytea - May 17, 2008 2:08:46 pm PDT #7523 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
hey BT! I am going to see an fine antipodean group tonight--Crowded House. I know they are NZ and not Aussie, but still from that neck of the woods.
Good stuff! Actually, while Neil Finn is a Kiwi (and Tim Finn when he was in the band), the other two musicians in the original line-up (Nick Seymour and Paul Hester) are Australian (were in Hester's case, he killed himself in 2005). I think the new line-up has a couple of Americans in it too.
Pix - May 17, 2008 2:35:07 pm PDT #7524 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I love Crowded House! Have a great time at the show.
Pix - May 17, 2008 2:39:57 pm PDT #7525 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
This may just be the best thing I've ever seen. Drag Queen Affirmations. The write up about the service is in the first link. To check out their actual site, follow this link, but beware! The second link has audio. A drag queen singing (loudly and off key), "You are so wonderful! You are so wonderful!"
Jesse - May 17, 2008 2:50:22 pm PDT #7526 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dagnabbit. I just remembered I forgot to get either bacon or bananas at the grocery store! I guess it's pb&b after all...
Hil R. - May 17, 2008 2:54:50 pm PDT #7527 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm making vegan Spanish omelette for dinner (potatoes and onions in a tofu/saffron/garlic custard -- REALLY good), but it just overflowed a bit while cooking, so now I'm going to have to clean my oven. Ick. (I'm fine with most cleaning chores. I just really hate scrubbing, especially at awkward angles like in an oven.)