Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 01:28:11 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Tyler Trafford wrote: > 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. Man, you missed out. .