Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Chaya Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 02:25:06 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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. > Yeah, volunteer parents and stuff where I grew up. If I had any nuns, they were the nice kind. .