Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 23:02:28 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Nick wrote: > >> Chaya wrote: >> >>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>> >>>> Nick wrote: >>>>> Nick wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Nick wrote: >>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Trouble wrote in >>>>>>>>>> news:e7mdnUw5H4cD2oPeRVn- rQ@comcast.com: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in either heaven or hell. It's one of >>>>>>>>>>>> those beliefs without any evidence that seem to abound >>>>>>>>>>>> when you mention you are an athiest, like the one that >>>>>>>>>>>> because we don't follow the rules layed down by some >>>>>>>>>>>> guy off his rocker in the desert that we have no morals >>>>>>>>>>>> at all. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Wait you mean to tell me that fucker got lost in the >>>>>>>>>>> desert for fourty years and you expect me to FOLLOW >>>>>>>>>>> him... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> And it's not as though it's a BIG desert, I mean the >>>>>>>>>> Sahara I might be able to believe. Maybe he just didn't >>>>>>>>>> want to ask for directions, you know all the Israelites >>>>>>>>>> behind him going are we there yet? are we there yet? can >>>>>>>>>> I eat the picnic? NO you'll get it all over the place, >>>>>>>>>> you can have your milk and honey when we get there. Be >>>>>>>>>> fair though he did give the earliest example of >>>>>>>>>> ghost writing ever known, of course it was writing of his >>>>>>>>>> own death and the events afterward but whats a little >>>>>>>>>> thing like snuffing it to a guy like that. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You realize you're all going to hell, right? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> (The lapsed Catholic in me needed to say that.) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (purgatory) >>>>>>>> (Now drop and give me 56 Hail Marys and a novena) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (I seem to recall that Catholics don't believe in >>>>>>> purgatory.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (YEARS of church school.) >>>>>> >>>>>> Apparently they were wasted years. >>>>>> Catholics are the ones who do believe in purgatory. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (13 years of catholic school) >>>> >>>> Hmm, I could have sworn a nun told me... oh well, I must have >>>> just got it backwards. >>> >>> >>> I was raised Catholic--we definitely believed in Purgatory. >>> >> >> And you let it all go? :O >> I am calling Sister Gloria[1] right away! >> >> [1] My elementary school principal. >> > > Was she of the whacking variety? I had IHM nuns. They were, and I > say this with the greatest affection, hardasses. She was primarily the evil figurehead. There were other designated whackers. Have you guys read "The Last Catholic in America" and "Do Black Patent-Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up"? Both books are about growing up in Catholic school. "Last Catholic" is elementary school and "Patent-Leather" is high school. I find them hysterical. My wife finds them horrifying. Ahhh, the memories. .