tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post4322486248355760098..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Here's An Idea: You Go FirstJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-50263140404515132362010-03-11T01:57:54.740-05:002010-03-11T01:57:54.740-05:00Was it just me, or did Dipshit just pen an apologe...Was it just me, or did Dipshit just pen an apologetic for a wet dream? Really badly?Augustus Mullinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-80833976966247380512010-03-10T17:56:36.627-05:002010-03-10T17:56:36.627-05:00I know it's too easy, but can't you pick a...I know it's too easy, but can't you pick apart Glenn Beck's rant on telling parishioners to run away from churches advocating social justice?nanutenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-35932529177912612402010-03-10T14:01:21.644-05:002010-03-10T14:01:21.644-05:00Just send the Douchehat a copy of The God Delusion...Just send the Douchehat a copy of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and watch his tiny little head explodesUncle Omarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-36577644180754069942010-03-10T12:05:02.434-05:002010-03-10T12:05:02.434-05:00Seems douthat is saying that working for justice, ...Seems douthat is saying that working for justice, ministering to the poor, tending the sick really *is not* what Christianity is all about!<br /><br />Oh, no,no,no! Christianity is actually all about "the quest for the numinous, the pursuit of the unnamable, the tremor of bliss and the dark night of the soul."<br /><br />See, now conservative christians can be hate-filled bigots who Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-30796312482030651652010-03-10T10:19:32.920-05:002010-03-10T10:19:32.920-05:00It's almost worth reading Ross just to come he...It's almost worth reading Ross just to come here and be entertained watching you knock the bejeesus out of him. And holy Deepak Ch/oprah! This one enters Rod Dreher "hey you kids, get off my prayer mat" territory. It seems like Douthat's entire gig at the Times is "watch me bitch about yet another thing I cherish which is being destroyed by liberal democracy, scientific R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-29855027609150162732010-03-09T23:58:27.572-05:002010-03-09T23:58:27.572-05:00... and that number had climbed to nearly 50 perce...<i>... and that number had climbed to nearly 50 percent.</i><br /><br />Coincidentally, the percentage who know the definition of spiritual mysticism has decreased to the same extent.<br /><br />Likewise, the number of reported unrequested anal probes has increased; whether this is due to the mystical nature of The Church or curious extraterrestrials is a mystery (a word sharing the same root as cavjamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08432022308089888205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79154104196757102642010-03-09T22:44:21.839-05:002010-03-09T22:44:21.839-05:00Yes, faith should be all about mystic mysteries an...Yes, faith should be all about mystic mysteries and not about, you know, giving your fellow human being a break like a damn liberal. Thank you, Jesus, for the convenience.beejeeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-29086501736199925262010-03-09T22:09:45.018-05:002010-03-09T22:09:45.018-05:00Oh fuck you, Ross.
Just like Douthat to belittle ...Oh fuck you, Ross.<br /><br />Just like Douthat to belittle those who walk their talk, just because he feels like a douche in comparison. I mean, that's what it comes down to.TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16560499832193112892010-03-09T17:51:38.327-05:002010-03-09T17:51:38.327-05:00"Gallup found that just 22 percent of America..."Gallup found that just 22 percent of Americans reported having what they termed “a religious or mystical experience.” Flash forward to 2009, in a supposedly more secular United States, and that number had climbed to nearly 50 percent."<br /><br />Yeah, well. That's just because in 1962, nobody had watched "Ghost" on TBS.cleternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-10337794886623633782010-03-09T16:09:38.235-05:002010-03-09T16:09:38.235-05:00Wow, he sure does use some pretty words.Wow, he sure does use some pretty words.lawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-31559182423808867742010-03-09T15:56:18.059-05:002010-03-09T15:56:18.059-05:00Wow. Had to look up "plerophory". Than...Wow. Had to look up "plerophory". Thanks for the word!!fadografnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16965014743432055412010-03-09T15:11:36.913-05:002010-03-09T15:11:36.913-05:00"— the quest for the numinous, the pursuit of...<i>"— the quest for the numinous, the pursuit of the unnamable, the tremor of bliss and the dark night of the soul."</i><br /><br />The last two are no problem - I tremor every chance I get and the dark night of the soul is pretty much every night. But I don't know which way to turn to pursue the unnamable and what with Daylight Saving Time and all I'm not sure it's going toscriptohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899049404620738944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-19190114544869526222010-03-09T15:04:27.084-05:002010-03-09T15:04:27.084-05:00I still think the NYT should pay US, and I don'...I still think the NYT should pay US, and I don't even read his drivel, I wait until you do it.<br /><br />Going to yoga classes isn't the same thing as becoming a yogi--but joining a religious order isn't the same thing as becoming a saint or a mystic, either. (Several people I've known who joined orders at one point or another did so in order to help the poor, etc., i.e., to workNaryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.com