okay, so i got annoyed yesterday when someone told me i looked like debra winger.
i find her most unfeminine and unattractive.
but it doesn't piss me off half as much as when i'm told i look like liza minelli.
a few years ago when I was doing some 'extra' work in Hollywood I was told by my agent that I looked like melanie griffith with black hair. this was around the time of her movie Mulholland Falls. Hey Mouthy--I used to play Snow White for kids parties!
Ravyn
(i have added italics where i felt like it :)
moore's law .
the immorality of the ten commandments.
It is not you Yeru, or christians like you---it is the fundys that I personally am so opposed to.
let me tell you a story about a 'friend' of mine in TN near the AL border...
he is a church of christer(that is what he calls himself--it is not a slur) but right now he is angry at god and so he 'aint living right'. which is exactly why he tells my husband and myself that he is friends with us---since we are catholic and 'goin to hell' he figures he will have some company.
this is exactly what he said. he also would not attend our wedding(for our 5th anniversary we had our church wedding last year since we had not been married in the church)becoz we are catholic and he cant go into a catholic church with all our 'abominations(idols)'. he was going to be the best man.
so, IF this controversy might have been in CA or NJ, I MIGHT have been on the other side of it--however since it happened in AL I know darn right well who what where and why is going on---and it has little to do with christianity and much to do with fundyism and southern 'pride'.
and I am not ashamed to say that I HATE fundyism and fundys who would rather see me burning in Hell than to attend my wedding. friggin Jerry Springer rejects.
Ravyn
i admit to it (as i'm spraying on my chanel christalle and putting on my make up.
spent last night tearing through vogue; my mani/pedi appointment is tonight.....).
no, "admit to it" isn't the correct sentiment.
I am 'all woman' according to my husband. but I don't think of that as 'girly'. when I hear 'girly' I think of some of the ninny friends I have had who were helpless and stupid just because they thot it would get them a date.
Ravyn
(i have added italics where i felt like it :)
moore's law .
the immorality of the ten commandments.
If we just fulfilled these two Commandments (found in Dueteronomy and Leviticus) the whole of the law (it's spirit) is fulfilled...and the world would be a better place. -Yeru
ok so why then don't they put that scripture on a statue instead of the Ten Commandments? Could it be because the particular rabid sect of xtianity they represent still believe in the literal interpretation of those archaic rules? Aren't they nailing Jesus to the Cross over again everytime they back track like that? Esteeming his blood as of ordinary value by not giving it the achnowledgement of fulfilling that old law and instituting a new one that surpasses it?
And are these paritcular groups of xtians the only people on this planet who believe in the principle of love? I think not. If they are supposed to be the best examples of it--we are doomed.
This country was built on the broken backs of Irish and Italian Catholics and Chinese Buddhists. These religions deserve atleast equality with fundys.
Ravyn
(i have added italics where i felt like it :)
moore's law .
the immorality of the ten commandments.
I thot our laws were based on Roman Democracy, Dane's Law and the Magna Carta....
I believe it was already discussed that the Ten Commandments have little to do with any laws we have in this country---two or three...do not steal and do not murder---what is so unique to the Judeo-Christian philosophy about those? Every civilization has supported that philosophy. And the Founding Fathers founded this country on no religion, even if they had specific religions as individuals. That was the whole point--religious freedom. You don't need religion to have morals. And you don't need laws to have morals.
The mix up I think is with the Jewish religion being a religion based on laws. Just because they combined 'church and state' so to speak does not mean everyone else has to. It does not have to be combined in order to promote peace and morals. In fact doesn't history teach us just the opposite? Every war that has ever been is a result of religion and politics falling out with each other. come to think of it--combining the judicial branch with the executive branch was not the Jewish god's idea either--he tried to talk them out of it and was disappointed they wanted a King!
Ravyn
some billboards are getting attention in
some reported seeing one or two messages, but the newspaper listed all of them.
here's a list of all variations of the "god speaks" billboards.
Dear Yeru,
I know you are not a fundy. But the people who put up those billboards are no better than the ones who knock on your door on saturday mornings with Watchtowers and Awakes. It is religion at its most extreme being force fed to people who do not believe the same way. Spiritual Rape is the modus operandi of all southern(and midwestern) fundys and this is where most of these billboards are.
Does the Christian God really want followers who have to be forced to serve him? I don't believe this God is being properly represented by that nonsense as FunkyDerek so aptly called it. And if this God is being properly represented, then I want nothing to do with a stalker-god who kills you if you don't accept his 'love'. That is sick.
One reason why I have more respect for Catholics and Mormons is that once you are one, they don't plague you and make you regret your choice. You can be an inactive Catholic or Mormon right up till you die and still be counted. And neither tell you what you can learn or read(nowadays). I just can not believe there is only one truth and xtianity has it all. If there is One Truth it is not within human grasp at this time and religions are but pieces of the puzzle. ALL religions. So what does it matter to anyone but me and my deity which piece I place first? If I finish the puzzle--who cares whether I did it by framing it in first or looking at the picture on the box?
Ravyn
(i have added italics where i felt like it :)
moore's law .
the immorality of the ten commandments.
You are right Yeru. But Christians do not have dibs on the 'golden rule' and love. The Ten Commandments have no place in a government building unless it is a display celebrating all religions.
Paul said everything is lawful but not all things are advantageous---the Wiccan Rede states ' If harm ye none, Do what thou will' ---see what I mean?
If Judaism-cum-Christianity is represented then so should Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, Wicca, and most especially something representative of Native American teachings--after all they were here first!
See how it could get out of hand? So maybe no religion should be represented except in their churches?
These fundies in AL are taking it way too far...and THAT is exactly why other religions protest it! These people are worshipping this statue like an altar! And these same people burned out my Catholic Church and smashed their little statue of St. Joseph(on CHURCH property, not a public government building) for the EXACT SAME REASON! Hypocrites! Ignorant, arrogant, hypocrites.
Give em an inch and they take a mile. Some people can't handle the freedom you are fighting for Yeru.
Ravyn
some billboards are getting attention in
some reported seeing one or two messages, but the newspaper listed all of them.
here's a list of all variations of the "god speaks" billboards.
I am not angry at god--I am pissed at the friggin fundies who put up moronic billboards. like god needs more bad PR. Stupid ignorant idiots. why would god even WANT someone like that to be his follower?
Ravyn
some billboards are getting attention in
some reported seeing one or two messages, but the newspaper listed all of them.
here's a list of all variations of the "god speaks" billboards.
Heaven called----they are missing their idiot...
Ravyn
i found thes illustrations on a jw site that made me realize how nice it is to not have mind numbing rhetoric served to me several times a week.
what a sad position i used to be in.
stay close to jehovah's organisation
what will the Borg ever do if all their Bananas Split on Sundays?
Ravyn, of the make mine with extra nuts class
