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Richard Day — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:51:32 +0000

In reply to Gesundheit

hahahahahahahahahahah

So I wasn't experiencing a

Beetlejuice — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:24:59 +0000

In reply to That was Jesus weeping in

So I wasn't experiencing a rapture then? He really did say it?

Correction. I would have

Oxy Mora — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:35:47 +0000

In reply to I would guess, Emerson, that

Correction.

I would have guessed, Emerson, that you are a transcendentalist.

Sorry for the confusion. I

Oxy Mora — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:28:09 +0000

In reply to I typed a long reply on the

Sorry for the confusion. I was thinking Ralph Waldo Emerson was a Quaker. I was wrong, he was a Unitarian. And a transcendentalist. They were quiet.

Unitarians pray. To God and not through Jesus. As a college freshman I went to New York to hear the great Theologian Paul Tillich speak. He prayed to "God above God."

I think quiet prayers might be the only kind that God might hear.

That was Jesus weeping in

Oxy Mora — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:13:53 +0000

In reply to I was listening to an on-line

That was Jesus weeping in despair at the corruption of his essential message of humility.

So funny, so truly true.

Ramona — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0000

In reply to Welcome to the Republican Christian Olympics

So funny, so truly true. Good job, G. But "calculating and un-Christian"? Of course they are. The voters wouldn't have them any other way. Love the picture they chose over there at CNN. Menacing but reassuring.

Okay, I laughed out loud at this pp:

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty discovered his inner Honest Abe at the Faith and Freedom Conference in June. Heedless of the risks to his campaign, Honest Tim read from the Bible and thundered to the mostly evangelical audience, "We need to be a nation that turns toward God, not away from God!" (Note: My use of the word "thunder" in this context is artistic license. A more accurate but less dramatic rendering would have been, "stated woodenly without apparent emotion.")

I was listening to an on-line

Beetlejuice — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:21:23 +0000

In reply to Welcome to the Republican Christian Olympics

I was listening to an on-line news feed that carried parts of his speech. I noted he said something to the effect that God doesn't pick a political party. And I noted a few other statements that basically distanced God from politics.

Seems what I thought he was saying was the exact opposite of the reason for the prayer meeting.

Or was I just picking up some stray and random noise on my internet feed?

Gesundheit

Donal — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:30:50 +0000

In reply to Nah, the religious right

Gesundheit

I typed a long reply on the

emerson jr. — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:09:31 +0000

In reply to I would guess, Emerson, that

I typed a long reply on the little keyboard on my phone. The page reloaded before I sent. My writing disappeared. Here is abbreviated version. Not sure what you mean. I suffered through 3.5 hour government audit. Now have double vision in left eye. Perhaps not understand because of that. Research Quakers. See they do quiet prayer. Is that what you meant? I like quiet contemplation. But not what I meant. I meant quiet pray-ers, as in one who prays. Grew up Catholic. Was religious as child. Prayed before lunch. No one knew because I did it quietly without needing audience. Suspect some use religion for collective ego.

Seriously, I'm not sure if this is shorter than my original. What the heck?!

Trash talking a person's

emerson jr. — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:50:22 +0000

In reply to Thanks emerson. Yeah, I try

Trash talking a person's yellow teeth is about as original and clever as calling someone an Obamabot.

I never noticed yellow teeth but I have often thought you look like the young man who plays Harry Potter. That's a compliment. Harry's cool.