Are own experience on B.org with veterans gives a strong hint that a lot of people in the military are good people, and not reactionary. Of course, in terms of politics, you are going to find more reactionaries at West Point than you will at (say) a liberal synagogue or liberal unitarian church. On the other hand you might find fewer reactionaries than you would at a (politically) conservative synagogue. (Note when I use the term "conservative" I'm referring to political organization, not denomination. That is in our town the "Conservative" synagogue is politically more liberal than the "Reform" synagogue, because of course the terms refer to religious practice, not politicaly leanings.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Typo Boy - Nov 13, 2009 2:26:45 pm PST #458 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hil R. - Nov 13, 2009 3:00:40 pm PST #459 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A friend of mine from high school went to West Point. I figure if it's filled with people more or less like him, it's OK.
I finally got Beatles Rock Band set up. This game is FUN.
sarameg - Nov 13, 2009 3:12:33 pm PST #460 of 30000
One of my professors at a Quaker college guest-lectured at WP a lot after he retired. And he's about as pacifistic liberal reluctantly-ex-commie as you can get.
EpicTangent - Nov 13, 2009 4:05:36 pm PST #461 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Just poking my head in (I'm supposed to be participating in an online discussion for my current class, but I've got nothing to say over there just this minute) - to offer to smonster, perhaps the preacher was referring to the idea/illustration of gold smelting - God tests us to find the dross and burn it away, leaving us pure gold? Just thought I'd throw that out as a possibility. Though increasingly more exasperated with "The Church" me thinks he's probably being more like my now former pastor, who clearly needs to be reminded that we are not owners of the Earth, but that we were put here to be good stewards of it. I mentioned the "now former", right? Grr.
WindSparrow - Nov 13, 2009 5:53:24 pm PST #462 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Hil, if the Jewish Chapel is as beautifully done as the Protestant Chapel, you might find it interesting to at least visit for the interview.
smonster - Nov 13, 2009 5:59:16 pm PST #463 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh, Epic, I should have been clearer. These dudes are crazycakes. Like they have a whole long list on a sign about who will burn that includes not only the usual gays and non-Christians but Catholics and Masons and evolutionists and, no lie, lukewarm Christians.
Kind of you to try to explain, though. I didn't mean to imply that all Christians thought that way.
WindSparrow - Nov 13, 2009 6:14:20 pm PST #464 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
These dudes are crazycakes. Like they have a whole long list on a sign about who will burn that includes not only the usual gays and non-Christians but Catholics and Masons and evolutionists and, no lie, lukewarm Christians.
If this is how God really works, I want nothing to do with him. I really hope it's not, though.
Zenkitty - Nov 13, 2009 6:15:21 pm PST #465 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Doesn't it actually say that, though, about lukewarm Christians, somewhere in the Gospels?
Calli - Nov 13, 2009 6:21:45 pm PST #466 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Rev. 3:16
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
Dana - Nov 13, 2009 6:25:58 pm PST #467 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Oh, well, if Revelations says so, it must be true. And not crazy at all.