Who Here is into Jesus?
NateBizzo
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How many Jesus heads are up on Soul Strut?Gospel listening does not count.Technically I'm half Jew (dad)/Catholic (mom) but my parent's are maad new age so I've actually never been to church a day in my life outside of weddings and funerals.Am I missing out?
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but I feel a special kinship with this fellow b/c we celebrate birth on the same day.
when i drink scotch on this special day, i toast to the Carpenter.
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, J-MAN!!
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME HOBBIES:
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An agnostic calling organised religion retarded is amusing.
I always thought that if i did find religion I'd prefer to find one with a high enrolment, preferably one of the top three - safety in numbers etc.
mormon
were you born in march too?
Rastafari
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ."
Surriously....
I was brought up Catholic, and like about 80% of the Catholics I know, consider myself "lapsed".
Reading up on Jeebus can't hurt, but getting in line behind his self-appointed representatives is extremely
I'm not agreeing with Hitchens', point for point so much as the general sentiment that he's espousing.
Some of my unpleasant memories include:
1. Watching abortion videos in religion class. Regardless of your stance on the issue, this is not a pleasant experience.
2. I was never an altar boy, but my friends who were said the monsignor of our parish used to reek of whiskey at 7:30 mass every day.
3. When the sex scandal stories were first breaking, we got a speech that claimed allegations were overblown and not that widespread.
4. Having a teacher tell the whole class that she believed every word in the Bible literally, and that evolution is utter bullshit. NAGL in an academic environment.
That said, all the nuns I had were cool, I never got any rulers rapped on my knuckles or ass-paddled like my father did. And we were real good at sports, Catholic schools run high school athletics where I grew up. I was on the team for two state football titles, knocking heads in an NFL stadium was a memorable experience. And I was Jesus in the 8th grade Stations of the Cross play.
Word up. Though I was brought up Episcopalian--Catholic Lite, I guess. I lapsed in my teenage years and haven't looked back. I do think there are good things to be drawn from the Bible and the teachings of Jesus and all that, but I don't go for the whole ball of wax. And like many folks around here, it seems, I definitely separate faith (which I think can be a good thing) from organized religion (which I find to be highly
being in the industry that i work in is hella difficult to lead a strong christian life. im sure that some folks might think different by some past experience of me but im a human like everyone else.
jesus is that dude
"Nice avatar, my son."
- Jesus
I've been an agnostic bordering on athiesism for most of my life. A lot of that comes from going to a Jewish day school for years and seeing how much of a persons personality goes into teaching "religious beliefs"
I've been struggling the last 2 weeks to find an idea of spirituality to believe in for my own benefit. I do believe that spirituality is out there and those that have it are able to rely on it through tough times.
Christopher Hitchens and I have been sharng the same beliefs for a while I guess, although I'm trying to look past his disdain and into what keeps a hundred and 115 year old man saying "I thank god for giving me such long life", or gets a gospel singer to belt out a chune with such love.
Matthew 13:17
"smacketh that, all on the floor, smacketh that, giveth me some more..."
sheeeeeit, lumin's avatar makes me say "YES THERE IS A GOD!"