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#136 |
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I have a dream of making a cracker brand called "body of christ" and they'll come in all sorts of different flavours. Ranch, for instance
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Look for shit's sakes, Dominos already did that. That was the gamechanger.
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#139 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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I don't get the hate. I certainly understand disagreeing with a church teaching(s), and there have obviously been tragic mistakes made by the HUMAN BEINGS who have been in positions of authority within the Catholic Church. I hope this new Pope focuses on humility, the sins of the recent and distant past, and opens up a path to forgiveness, healing, and justice for every single person who was ever hurt, in any way, by someone who was in any way a part of the Church. The only thing I know about the new Pope is what I saw the night he was recently introduced. Before he gave the traditional "first blessing", he stopped and asked that everyone please pray for him instead. He simply held a moment of silence to let those in St Peters Square, along with millions of viewers, to do that in whatever way they saw fit. My prayer was simple and described in the paragraph above. I hope this forum can still be a place where civil discussion and debate can be had on Spiritual issues that really do matter. If there is no one here interested in that, then to each his own, and I can find those discussions else where. And posters here are absolutely free to carry on any way they want to. Not trying to change the "culture" of this forum...just wondering if there are any posters left who do, as Bono used to say, "Ask the Big Questions?" Just curious, as it's been at least 7-8 years since I used to visit this place and find some very interesting discussions. Maybe I have the wrong forum in mind...if so, I do apologize. May all of you have a blessed day. |
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#140 |
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It seems that FYM has always been political, not purely spiritual. Certainly religion and politics intersect, but I've always taken this particular part of Interference as a place where people debate the issues and events of the day. This is what it was like when I started posting in ... 2003?
Good gravy, has it been 10 years? |
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This is what I've been asking myself, though with "good gravy" replaced by "fucking hell".
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#142 |
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I've been lurking here for twelve years. And I can say, in all truthfulness, that it has changed only insofar as some old faces have gone and a couple of new faces have come. Probably the dismissiveness toward religion has gotten a little more in-yer-face, but nothing compares with the threads of doom immediately after 9/11.
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#143 |
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I agree the tone towards religion is more unfriendly compared to when I started posting here. While I know that there are some who disagree with the idea of God, spirituality and such, I don't understand the snarky comments that give little to the discussion and are more self-serving. I know snarkiness is the nature of the Internet, but it's still off-putting to see them when it is possible to have a good natured discussion.
But like Kieran said, back in the day, there was a lot of tension here over the war in Iraq and terrorism, so there was snarkiness and snappy tones there too. I guess those aspects found another topic. Wow, I said back in the day. I've been on Interference for over 10 years (I had another name before registering under this one). Clearly, I have no life. |
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I've gone through some of the (very) old threads, and what I found shocking was the homophobia and outright anti-gay attitudes by some of the regular posters (an AchtungBubba springs to mind). Melon was really alone back then.
I think what's also happened in here is that our "religious" posters present a very cartoonish version of Christianity, and this it's more easily mocked. It is true that FYM is a shadow of its former self, but that's due to Facebook and a wealth of other social media that didn't exist in 2004/5. And the fact that it takes U2 half a decade to record an album. |
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I think some of the difficulty comes in for many of the threads when the discussions have two opposing sides arguing broadly and tediously and repetitively ad infinitum as opposed to two kind-of-the-same sides arguing in a narrower, shaded and much more interesting and less predictable dialogue.
We've certainly had several religious present interesting arguments here so I'm always uncomfortable with a broad brush, although I suspect that Irvine's quotes around "religious" added a little additional commentary, narrowing the brush stroke some. Me? If the discussion is good enough, I don't care whether I agree with it or not. |
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#148 |
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You misjudged my thetan levels
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On Gay Unions, a Pragmatist Before He Was a Pope
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I don't know who writes this guy's material, but he deserves a raise
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