On Psalm 109 and Faith - Page 8

scaeagles · 11-24-2009, 02:03 PM

Crap. Level headed? That sucks. The LoT might get back to being what it was supposed to be then. I don't know if I can take that.

Betty · 11-24-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Whew! I'm glad to have another angry atheist on board. Now I can go back to being contrarian and believing in god. And homeopathy. And Andrew Weil.

Don't forget Santa!

Alex · 11-24-2009, 02:09 PM

No, I"m going to have to stick with "Convincing your kids of the existence of Santa is morally abhorrent and a minor form of child abuse."

That's just too fun of a position to give up.

scaeagles · 11-24-2009, 02:14 PM

When my son Jake discovered there was no Santa, he cried that a nice man such as St. Nick was actually dead.

Alex · 11-24-2009, 02:27 PM

I can't actually remember believing in Santa so I don't recall how I felt (I do know that when I was 7 I helped my mom fill the stockings for my sisters so I was onto it by then).

scaeagles · 11-24-2009, 02:36 PM

Am I bad to hope that my youngest figures it out so I don't have to pretend anymore?

Alex · 11-24-2009, 02:44 PM

No! You were bad for lying to him in the first place, you mild child abuser (told you this position is fun to have).

Tell him the truth now! Then you can team up and lie to other children!

Strangler Lewis · 11-24-2009, 04:10 PM

I recall an Easter sermon by the liberal minded bishop who ran Grace Cathedral where he said something along the line that you don't have to believe that the resurrection actually happened to be a practicing Christian. I think that's ridiculous.

I also think that while the phenomenon of cultural Judaism is real, it's also a little lazy. Our kids are raised in my wife's church because I didn't want to be one of those atheistic Jewish men that I read about in Alan Dershowitz's "The Vanishing American Jew" who marry Christian women but insist that the children be raised Jewish, not because they believe in God or love Judaism but because they hate Christianity. I've tried to revive a personal practice of Judaism and, at the end of the day, I truly can't be bothered. Maybe it's my loss, but there it is.

So, GD, and, perhaps, CP, I must ask, and by asking, I don't mean to badger, but . . . if you don't believe as a matter of historical fact that the Old Testament God told someone referred to as Abraham, "Do this!", then why are you circumcising your son?

Betty · 11-24-2009, 04:21 PM

Cause everyone else does it?

and by the way - if they give you the option to watch, I highly recommend against doing so.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-24-2009, 04:24 PM

I believe I've said this before. The state of my child's penis is not a topic in which I intend to engage in this forum.

11-24-2009, 02:03 PM	#71
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Crap. Level headed? That sucks. The LoT might get back to being what it was supposed to be then. I don't know if I can take that.
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11-24-2009, 02:09 PM	#73
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	No, I"m going to have to stick with "Convincing your kids of the existence of Santa is morally abhorrent and a minor form of child abuse." That's just too fun of a position to give up.
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11-24-2009, 02:14 PM	#74
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	When my son Jake discovered there was no Santa, he cried that a nice man such as St. Nick was actually dead.
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11-24-2009, 02:27 PM	#75
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I can't actually remember believing in Santa so I don't recall how I felt (I do know that when I was 7 I helped my mom fill the stockings for my sisters so I was onto it by then).
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11-24-2009, 02:36 PM	#76
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Am I bad to hope that my youngest figures it out so I don't have to pretend anymore?
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11-24-2009, 02:44 PM	#77
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	No! You were bad for lying to him in the first place, you mild child abuser (told you this position is fun to have). Tell him the truth now! Then you can team up and lie to other children!
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11-24-2009, 04:10 PM	#78
Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	I recall an Easter sermon by the liberal minded bishop who ran Grace Cathedral where he said something along the line that you don't have to believe that the resurrection actually happened to be a practicing Christian. I think that's ridiculous. I also think that while the phenomenon of cultural Judaism is real, it's also a little lazy. Our kids are raised in my wife's church because I didn't want to be one of those atheistic Jewish men that I read about in Alan Dershowitz's "The Vanishing American Jew" who marry Christian women but insist that the children be raised Jewish, not because they believe in God or love Judaism but because they hate Christianity. I've tried to revive a personal practice of Judaism and, at the end of the day, I truly can't be bothered. Maybe it's my loss, but there it is. So, GD, and, perhaps, CP, I must ask, and by asking, I don't mean to badger, but . . . if you don't believe as a matter of historical fact that the Old Testament God told someone referred to as Abraham, "Do this!", then why are you circumcising your son? __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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11-24-2009, 04:21 PM	#79
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Cause everyone else does it? and by the way - if they give you the option to watch, I highly recommend against doing so. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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11-24-2009, 04:24 PM	#80
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I believe I've said this before. The state of my child's penis is not a topic in which I intend to engage in this forum. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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