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oldgoat
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posted 21 November 2003 11:48 AM
Not everyone does their best work before noon. I sympathize with the poor fellow. Besides, I liked the article. As a thoroughly lapsed Catholic, I'll have to remember the line "I sir, am an apostate from the TRUE church". I didn't bother looking at any of the other articles on the site.I've always thought the comparison of the present day US with a Cromwellian theocracy was interesting, and have posted on it before. That's the way they're headed. Hell-to-pay's other thread is kind of confusing. Maybe it should just be cleared like he wanted. I never post before my morning coffee. [ 21 November 2003: Message edited by: oldgoat ]
From: The 10th circle | Registered: Jul 2001
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statica
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posted 21 November 2003 12:02 PM
just to touch upon the article for a second, reminds me of when -- just recently, the "it's-not-ok-to-be-gay" conference rolled up in toronto, or when HLI (Human Life International) came around a few years ago. creepy stuff, but when looking at who was attending this toronto conferences, most attendees were actually americans who have driven up ...praise the lord and pass the ammunition. anyway, ya...sounds like hell-to-pay is just new and nervous. audra, does babble have some r/l or virtual rep we don't know about? laff, hell to pay: don't panic, anonimity!
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Smith
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posted 21 November 2003 03:24 PM
That is an interesting (if vicious) take on it. I've despaired at the way Focus On The Family Christianity seems to locate all potential for sin and salvation in the individual's crotch, but then, if I subscribe to that kind of doctrine, if I believe that being a good Christian means chastity until (hetero) marriage and rejecting the doctrine of evolution, period, end of criteria, I am going to feel a heck of a lot more important and successful in my universe than a Christian who thinks Christianity requires political engagement. I must say, from a purely aesthetic standpoint (and that's about all I can offer, blaspheming heathen that I am), I much preferred the Anglican services I've attended to the United Church ones, although of course it does vary from congregation to congregation. Still. Certain newish churches (particularly Protestant ones) seem to be built on the notion that ugliness and mediocrity are the holiest things on earth.
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