Now that’s a visual image I d   
Now that’s a visual image I didn’t need.
A favorite line from a PC game: "To build a better butter Buddha". Please don’t ask, get hold of a copy of Journeyman 3 and find out yourself.

• Posted by elwedriddsche • 2004-11-19 10:03:26

Better to dodge it than bite it   
But watch for the shrapnel.
Our neighbor’s son asked my son to attend church with her. Grant asked which god his church was for. Upon noticing the very confused look on the other child’s face, Grant said, ‘Well, some people think there’s this really big god who made everything, and some people thing THAT god is a girl, and some people think there’s lots of god for lots of things, and some people think there aren’t ANY gods at all the the whole world was made when a big piece of space blew up.”
  “Well, what do YOU think?”
“I don’t know. I’m only 6.”

loki

• Posted by Loki • 2004-11-19 13:34:31

Y’know, we could just swap ‘e   
Y’know, we could just swap ‘em at the airport. I could use a little more estrogen in the household.
When I heard Grant’s conversation, I was both proud and a little scared. It’s wonderful to see he’s listening when we talk to him; and I will never drill him on what he should or should not believe, but I wonder how it might affect him later in childhood. Will he be relieved I haven’t forced a set of beliefs on him, or will he feel ostracized by NOT subscribing to a specific religion, or by NOT stating wholeheartedly that he’s atheist?
Then there’s my family of STRICT Southern Baptists. But that’s another rant for another thread;-)

• Posted by Loki • 2004-11-19 13:46:47

Ooh, that just might do the t   
Ooh, that just might do the trick!
But, is there a dress code?

• Posted by Loki • 2004-11-19 14:12:41

Re: yes.   

Black lace tangas are required.  Even for the menfolk. 

Is this every day attire, or just for special celebrations?

• Posted by skwurt • 2004-11-19 15:13:51

I think I’ll stick with the N   
I think I’ll stick with the Northern Epistemological Conference ... they wear toques ... much more comfy than tangas.
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and many are the dead men, too silent to be real.
-G Lightfoot

• Posted by skwurt • 2004-11-19 15:37:27

It’s odd…   

It really seems like a lifetime ago but I still remember being required to drag some poor childhood friend of mine to church on Sundays as part of my father’s family outreach program. Looking back, I recall telling other youngsters they were doomed to eternal hellfire if they didn’t accompany me and find the Lord™.

I don’t remember anyone responding in the same manner as Loki’s son, albeit I was only 12 or so, but I do remember fending off their unaswerable inquiries with something along the lines of just show up and see if God talks to you. And I wonder why I didn’t have many friends as a child? Hmm…

• Posted by deadscot • 2004-11-21 16:14:22

You’re very welcome.

• Posted by elwedriddsche • 2009-01-14 07:06:51