Can anyone explain this to me?
Um, some Christians are being told over and over that they are?
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
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Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
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.
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2008 10:20:08 am PDT #3607 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DebetEsse - Jun 17, 2008 10:22:15 am PDT #3608 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
She cited a specific example with a friend of one of her kids who was undoubtedly being an ass (and misusing of the word "Evangelical").
More broadly, she was talking about needing to create an environment where kids feel safe to be Christan (at school).
Jesse - Jun 17, 2008 10:22:28 am PDT #3609 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
People who think the US should be a Christian theocracy probably feel persecuted because it isn't.
I don't know why ita put mushrooms on those fries.
Tamara - Jun 17, 2008 10:22:37 am PDT #3610 of 10003
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
It's those wars on Christmas that the far right talks about every year. Funny, we still keep having Christmas.
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2008 10:23:18 am PDT #3611 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
msbelle - Jun 17, 2008 10:24:27 am PDT #3612 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think that it is a basic lack of understanding of what being persecuted is. I have heard people singing the refrain of "our way of life is being attacked from all sides", when what they really mean but cannot seem to grasp is that "people who disagree with us are now vocal enough and/or a large enough minority that we have to acknowledge them or adjust our lives in ways we don't want to.".
amych - Jun 17, 2008 10:28:26 am PDT #3613 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What msbelle said. I hear the "Christians are oppressed" stuff all the time from some of the fundies I know, and it always pretty much comes down to "someone disagreed with me".
Jesse - Jun 17, 2008 10:28:31 am PDT #3614 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously?!? "Every child deserves a mom and a dad"?!?
I mean, I'm glad to have two swell parents, and it's fine that one of them is male and one is female, but for crying out loud.
msbelle - Jun 17, 2008 10:31:37 am PDT #3615 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
grr, the board ate a post
I doubt any public school teacher in the US has told her class that Christians are horrible people, or going to hell, or ignorant fools, BUT the same most certainly has been said about other religions or atheists.
ION - My stand on the "Every child deserves a mom and a dad" thing probably does not need to be stated. I Hate Some People!
sumi - Jun 17, 2008 10:38:32 am PDT #3616 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!