now i know...

[klhart]

why i feel so squeamish at the thought of ever becoming a part of organized christianity. someone replied to a friend's post that it was immature of students at centenary to protest the president's visit. while my qualms with this are another post completely, more power to those who went out onto the cline yard and stuck it to the man. with chop

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<raises hand>

[mrmumbles]

"... perhaps if i had more examples of well-spoken, intelligent, rational, interesting and worthwhile individuals who also professed a faith in god i'd be more prone to try it out in its prepackaged, ready-to-enact form."

Hello Katie, I don't believe we've met.
My name is Dameian, and I'm a "well-spoken, intelligent, rational, interesting, and worthwhile" individual who professes to have fundamental faith in God.
Nice to meet you!

:O)

Re: <raises hand>

[klhart]

yes, i understand at least a little of your faith in god, but you are still an overwhelming minority in my sphere of experience. i am still avidly gathering info. but i don't think i'll ever be a productive member of the church. tell me more about your methods of belief.

what about me

[dangerousp]

Hello? Anyone? Oh Hi Katie, it's YOUR BOYFRIEND! Maybe in almost a year you picked up that I was not a sappy, contradictive, irrational idiot, yet still professed a faith in God and beyond that have a clear understanding of the key to Heaven in Jesus. WTF? Why does it always have to be about the born agains and the low-churchers screwing it up for you. Why can't you see that there is a whole history of intellectual forward thinking religious. Thomas Merton, Mother Theresa, Oscar Romero, Karen Armstrong, Mary Brilliant, the list goes on. The freshman at Centenary on any other day about any other thing would have been ignored by you but instead you used her "religiosity" and her ignorance to your advantage to lash out against the church, shame on you for that

Re: what about me

[klhart]

it's not just the freshman, it was almost everyone one. it's always more of that mentality than the one you maintain. i'm giving up on the church part of it and looking for a method that cuts out all the silly middlemen and women who make it so repellant to me. shame schmame, you know the majority rules in this fine country. and the majority resembles the kids i went to school with, and you know this. i'm not being simplistic and taking jabs at the church. i'm stating my opinion on the matter. and i'll continue to hold my own opinion despite your attempts to scold me for them. i'm not denying your faith or intelligence. but yours alone doesn't make me have it, only lets me know its possible

Re: what about me

[dangerousp]

Do you know where the local Democrat meetings were during the last term? Superior Grille. Did I attend? Yes, once. Why Once? because all they talked about was local democratic politics which is dominated by who else but our fart of a mayor. I do not feel like it is in the best interest of the party or the left to sit and listen to Theron Jackson and Ced Glover talk about what a great idea it is to start a capital campaign for a larger than life sized sculpture of HILLRY FUCKING IMPRISONED HUCKABY. There's your local democrats for you. As for organizing a public forum...hmmm...in between the 9 hours at work and the 3 at work after work and the 2 in the middle of the night working at work I really did not get a chance to sit down and plan that one out. The school I work at used to register children of voting age to vote and then it fell out with the Diocese. Because I raised my voice with others we registered kids this past election season

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

[klhart]

i AM NOT taking one person's actions...that's what i'm trying to tell you. having been removed from school for almost a year now had allowed the memories of the fellow students to soften and be removed from the forefront of my conscious. seeing that post and then reading those lj pages brought it all back with terribly vivid colors. and no where in any of this have i tried to go out of my way to insult you beliefs. i am commenting on the same old "masses=asses" thing, only in teh context of church. where you'd hope people would try to embody the teachings of jesus. esp. when they profess such stringent belief and faith. its upsetting to me that even the fundamentals of acceptance and brotherhood are lost on these people and they choose to maintain some offchutes of christian values, like optimism and hospitality, while ignoring reality and the issues therein. and i am also not saying that i believe everything i was taught in school. stop being so snotty to me.

[sooperglu]

wow....

that's amazing that someone would say that...

I wonder how she would act if someone told her to not be religious for the sake of something else. I wonder if there was some group or person speaking where she was that she did not agree with if she would protest...if so she's just a hypocrite.

[dangerousp]

she's probably too dumb and too far up Wal Mart's ass to be a hypocrit. That bullshit about the rainbow was so jaw droppingly inane.

[m_a_dinkins]

hello

please see: http://tinyurl.com/3rblt

thanks,
gift from god

[skipgo]

oh and don't forget me, lil ol shannon. i too am of the christian type, and i think i'm one of those rational, intellegent folks you pine for. I'm with sara, though. I think i'll try to avoid religious conversations for the most part. But I know that you are close to at least three of us who don't fit into the typical "bible belt" mold. (and randall's a good example too)