Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 01:21:05 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Chaya wrote: > Nick wrote: > >> 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. >> > > I was glad to have avoided Catholic school. Just had to deal with > CCD... I had, uh, 6 years of CCD and 2 years (junior high) of Catholic school. Not many nuns involved though, certainly no whacking. -- Tyler Trafford It's important that people know what you stand for. It's more important that they know what you won't stand for. .