tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post114310024280317972..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: I Lost My Religion, and No, Thanks, I Don't Want To Borrow YoursJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143237527906059632006-03-24T16:58:00.000-05:002006-03-24T16:58:00.000-05:00What does this guy want? The contradictions in his...What does this guy want? The contradictions in his thoughts are just mind-boggling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143184080161700242006-03-24T02:08:00.000-05:002006-03-24T02:08:00.000-05:00I didn't set out to write this comment with this i...I didn't set out to write this comment with this in mind, but it became clear to me that the base of this entire neo-traditionalist sensibility is hiding their political intentions through religious conviction. It quickly because clear in doing my research that almost everyone I'd spoken was in some serious way a political operative claiming religious belief. Why is that? I think it's because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143146676396042452006-03-23T15:44:00.000-05:002006-03-23T15:44:00.000-05:00You keep getting nastier and funnier and smarter a...You keep getting nastier and funnier and smarter and more perceptive, Doghouse. I suspect it's all linked. <BR/><BR/><I>Why do I find it much easier as a Catholic to talk to a Southern Baptist or an Orthodox Jew about matters of faith, politics, society, etc., than with liberal members of my own church?</I><BR/><BR/>My assessment? Because your politics are more near to your heart than your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143134079413408162006-03-23T12:14:00.000-05:002006-03-23T12:14:00.000-05:00doghouse, that's about as funny and laser-targeted...doghouse, that's about as funny and laser-targeted a one-liner about these dweebs I've seen yet. Cast it in bronze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143131659624832352006-03-23T11:34:00.000-05:002006-03-23T11:34:00.000-05:00R., it is curious that someone who can't talk to l...R., it is curious that someone who can't talk to liberal members of his own sect will spend weeks on end patiently discussing endless minutiae with people who keep yelling, "Get a haircut, hippie," at him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143131513543973662006-03-23T11:31:00.000-05:002006-03-23T11:31:00.000-05:00Thanks, Doghouse. While I'm at the counter, I'd l...Thanks, Doghouse. While I'm at the counter, I'd like a box of immutable, transcendent, objective Truth*, some Raisinets and a Penthouse, please.<BR/><BR/>Bruce<BR/><BR/>*Patent pendingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143127167722844052006-03-23T10:19:00.000-05:002006-03-23T10:19:00.000-05:00Excellent, and just swell. I really don't know wha...Excellent, and just swell. I really don't know what it is these people want, other than to reclaim the word "society" so they can assuage a mild case of unclear conscience. Unfortunately, it seems to put them in a permanent state of dissatisfaction that everyone doesn't share their beliefs... excuse me... Truth. And the idea that utter nonsense like this is somehow superior to those damn mutableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1143110391885015602006-03-23T05:39:00.000-05:002006-03-23T05:39:00.000-05:00you're right about the sexual morality schtick tha...you're right about the sexual morality schtick that these fools and knaves preach.<BR/><BR/>neo-victorians, the lot of them.T.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10118736826323475876noreply@blogger.com