tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post114928484607830967..comments2023-09-28T05:21:47.397-05:00Comments on BLAXPLANATION: Heathen ManifestoAnother Conflict Theoristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611335993936210835noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1150740431839434222006-06-19T13:07:00.000-05:002006-06-19T13:07:00.000-05:00Thank you for this post. I totally agree. And it ...Thank you for this post. I totally agree. And it doesn't take a Bishop Pimp to back me to the wall either. Your standard ordinary television evangelist (sucking money out of my mother like so many vampires) leave me incredulous. I wouldn't buy a used car from these people (<B>PRAISE</B>! God) let alone ask them for spiritual(?) guidance.<BR/><BR/>I cringe and shrink inside whenever somebody starts raving to me about their "really WONderful" church where the "pastor" is SO different from all those other guys...sigh.<BR/><BR/>My pediphilic father and raving, leg-whipping mother were pillars in our church for the duration right up the time when he blew his brains out at 75 just before he could be arrested. Now, there's a tricky question: heaven or hell? I sure hope it's heaven because he and mom lived their whole lives in hell and saw to it that their five kids did, too. I've worked through the bitterness and the self-hatred, but I can't help but wonder if they <I>might</I> have been able to get some help in a situation where "we've prayed about it and it's gonna be all right" wasn't the instant--and only--answer to everything.changeseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350201531677548579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1150037881572499242006-06-11T09:58:00.000-05:002006-06-11T09:58:00.000-05:00BTW. I do believe in the Bible, and deity that is ...BTW. I do believe in the Bible, and deity that is said to come with it. I choose not to be pushy or closed minded about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1150037733578750772006-06-11T09:55:00.000-05:002006-06-11T09:55:00.000-05:00That's interesting. Are you saying that the hypocr...That's interesting. Are you saying that the hypocritical people help shape your decision? Your Biblical argument I can see. A lot of people have problems with the Bible. I'm not too keen on the "pretenders" either. For example. Oprah was trippin because "people should not be wearing tennis shoes and jeans to church!" But she's living with her boyfriend of 20 years. I am really really happy that i have a black and blue past. It reminds me that I have no business telling someone else how they should live their life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1149516614545660422006-06-05T09:10:00.000-05:002006-06-05T09:10:00.000-05:00Nice food for thought :) And, I looove this line. ...Nice food for thought :) And, I looove this line. [[I’m sure if I were ever unfortunate enough to have a conversation with the Bishop it would vacillate between concern for my soul and “hos” on the stroll.]] ... Still gasping for air!!<BR/><BR/>Also, thanks for stopping by!Mahogany Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082117105191984555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1149382595843442012006-06-03T19:56:00.000-05:002006-06-03T19:56:00.000-05:00it's very interesting the ways in which religion c...it's very interesting the ways in which religion can be used as a way of pre-empting judgement.<BR/><BR/>obviously, one fashion is by the morally decrepit but otherwise priviledged...<BR/><BR/>but there can be some really interesting rejections of state authority going on there too, where people who are judged their entire lives by the state/secular culture choose to affiliate and idenitify with a religious idenity to supercede that critism. <BR/><BR/>Paula Cooey writes about this in "Women's Religious Conversions on Death Row: Theorizing Religion and State." It's in the Dec 2002 Journal of America Acadamy of Religion. i thought about this in regards to the Bishop Pimp...who may well be as backslid as they go...but it raises the question...but why conversion made sense to him as a reaction to his situation? It might be a facade, but there's a reason why he (and these other folks) affirm these rhetorics in the face of their shortfallings.benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082138040950123534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1149369795048873102006-06-03T16:23:00.000-05:002006-06-03T16:23:00.000-05:00You already know where I come out on this issue. T...You already know where I come out on this issue. This is one that has been big with me lately. I have been trying to understand how we as humans ignore the physical things we see and believe in words that don't reflect our reality. Some may call it a lack of faith. I call it a strong grip on reality.Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389032037779987856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1149286291455105072006-06-02T17:11:00.000-05:002006-06-02T17:11:00.000-05:00Deep subject that requires a lot of intellectual t...Deep subject that requires a lot of intellectual thought. I agree with you in that just because you don't sit in a church you won't go higher up vs. hell. I was raised Southern Baptist myself and I felt guiltier leaving church than before I went. We do have a lot of hypocrites in this country and I really wish people would quit thinking that just because comments like you received would change others. Guess what if people want to go to church they'll go on their own terms no just because someone tells them they'll go to hell. Bullshit plain and simple! Yes I believe that everyone should have some spirituality in their lives but that could be yoga or reading the bible, torah or whatever. Religion and spirituality are two separate issues. People need to realize that just because you and your wife don't believe in their God does not condemn you to a life of damnation. Come on nobody is perfect, I happen to believe in God but even I know that every fact that we read, hear or perceive is simply not the gospel truth. I do believe that we are rewarded by him for leading "normal lives" but "normal" means totally different things to different people. Now there is no excuse for ignorance in those who choose to drink, use drugs, beat others because they will get their due someday whether it is from God, the police or by someone pointing the barrel of a weapon in their face. So I say to you and your family choose whom or what you believe in and continue to defend your choices, that is what this country is all about, the freedom to choose and the choice to listen to others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com