HOW can fundies support someone who doesn't even have a church home? How is is possible to manipulate such a literalist community while not walking the talk?
Pro-Life, Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Gun
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 61*
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.
Gudanov - Oct 03, 2008 7:10:52 am PDT #2271 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
beekaytee - Oct 03, 2008 7:20:29 am PDT #2272 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Pro-Life, Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Gun
I get that, but if she doesn't have a religious home she can point to and say 'this is where my beliefs come from', I just don't see how church-bound folk could trust her. Then again, this goes back to my original fear, which is that it doesn't matter if you have a moral leg to stand on as long as you look like Mickey Mouse or have white, white teeth.
Gudanov - Oct 03, 2008 7:23:25 am PDT #2273 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I thought an interesting part of the debate was when they agreed on the issue of gay-marriage/civil unions. It may have been my imagination, but I got a vibe of "that can't be right" from Palin.
msbelle - Oct 03, 2008 7:24:06 am PDT #2274 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
There is also a mindset of a certain type of religion-spouting Christian that emphasizes the "personal relationship with God". They appear to look down on the idea that a community of believers lead by persons who have studied the texts in a formal way is necessary or even beneficial. It is another side of the anti-intellectual coin. They do not need others telling them what their God means or thinks is right, they know.
Toddson - Oct 03, 2008 7:24:31 am PDT #2275 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I wish Molly Ivins were around - I always do, but I'd love to hear her take on this whole thing.
amych - Oct 03, 2008 7:27:59 am PDT #2276 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
msbelle says it better than I could wrt the personal relationship thing. Also* keep in mind that in Fundie theology just as in Fundie politics, having the right beliefs is far more important than paying too much attention to the correct rituals. Saying that someone has to show membership papers might as well be Papist.
* is anyone else feeling awfully self-conscious about that word this morning?
Steph L. - Oct 03, 2008 7:29:27 am PDT #2277 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Diagramming Palin's sentences: [link]
megan walker - Oct 03, 2008 7:30:02 am PDT #2278 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I thought an interesting part of the debate was when they agreed on the issue of gay-marriage/civil unions. It may have been my imagination, but I got a vibe of "that can't be right" from Palin.
I thought that too. I'm assuming she's not the one that pushed for same-sex benefits (or whatever it is that they have) in Alaska.
I keep hoping that after the election the Obama "gay marriage" position will turn out to be "That's right, I don't support "gay marriage", but rather marriage equality for all." A girl can dream.
Kathy A - Oct 03, 2008 7:30:17 am PDT #2279 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Toddson, there's a wonderful article at Salon today by Anne Lamott about how much Molly would have loved this campaign season.
beekaytee - Oct 03, 2008 7:34:12 am PDT #2280 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
msbelle and amych, of course you are right. Ugh.