tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post2699525378438414577..comments2023-03-25T06:26:31.520-04:00Comments on A Little Rebellion: That's Me in the Spotlight, Losing My ReligionKashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919872862510660397noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-27321948756393622082010-02-10T15:44:36.623-05:002010-02-10T15:44:36.623-05:00I totally loved this post! I have found myself say...I totally loved this post! I have found myself saying so often that I'm "culturally Seventh-Day Adventist" and not even knowing what that means other than several generations of people were good members and I grew up with it. <br /><br />But, my Mom also explored a whole set of religious beliefs which meant everything from celebrating Jewish festivals to attending pentecostal Queen Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373167995185554648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-2447225142338166432010-01-31T10:58:43.467-05:002010-01-31T10:58:43.467-05:00What a happy-making post. :) I was raised in the &...What a happy-making post. :) I was raised in the "Go out and do good" Presbyterian model. Be a good person, love your neighbor, and don't be a hateful person. I'm a bit naturish, I teach the children to respect the trees (hey, Dr. Seuss had really good ideas), and my relationship isn't bothered by who someone else is married to. Just that simple.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136795287735910531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-86554603428324720472010-01-31T10:58:26.155-05:002010-01-31T10:58:26.155-05:00What a happy-making post. :) I was raised in the &...What a happy-making post. :) I was raised in the "Go out and do good" Presbyterian model. Be a good person, love your neighbor, and don't be a hateful person. I'm a bit naturish, I teach the children to respect the trees (hey, Dr. Seuss had really good ideas), and my relationship isn't bothered by who someone else is married to. Just that simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-88013772013017125732010-01-30T01:51:50.881-05:002010-01-30T01:51:50.881-05:00Thing is, though, there's no way Jesus was eit...Thing is, though, there's no way Jesus was either conservative or fundamentalist (in the negative sense). In almost every story, he is challenging the status quo and championing equality and humanity rather than following rules and doctrines. In fact, he comes across a lot like the kind of person that fundamentalist Christians disapprove of!Keznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-70098702882883702902010-01-29T13:49:54.298-05:002010-01-29T13:49:54.298-05:00this post makes me happy. especially this part:
&...this post makes me happy. especially this part:<br /><br />"I've never stopped thinking Jesus was the cat's pajamas. Awesomesauce. The bee's knees. Et cetera."<br /><br />Quite possibly one of my favorite quotes ever. :)Keciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345339359371866085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-63679902877924022892010-01-28T17:17:47.894-05:002010-01-28T17:17:47.894-05:00Yeah, the Marietta UCC doesn't do it for me, e...Yeah, the Marietta UCC doesn't do it for me, either. We tried them first before we went to Central and then again a couple of months ago. I dunno. They seem nice, anyway. <br /><br />SM--you mean ELCA vs. Missouri Synod? I know about that, and that,counter-intuitively, I want evangelical when it comes to Lutherans. I'm big on obsessive, stalkerish online research before I ever set footGretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081092234118387690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-15885728026962641962010-01-28T16:36:11.497-05:002010-01-28T16:36:11.497-05:00Also, thanks for the love, Cara & Sarah. :)
...Also, thanks for the love, Cara & Sarah. :) <br /><br />Daisy - yes, I know we disagree. :D I just wish there were more Christians like you. :)Kashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919872862510660397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-33467820697419112352010-01-28T16:34:42.115-05:002010-01-28T16:34:42.115-05:00@Gretchen - Yeah, there's a few parts of the b...@Gretchen - Yeah, there's a few parts of the book I explicitly disagree with it, but overall I found it to be a decent book, and most of it is backed easily by other (less readable, though) sources. <br /><br />We have visited the Marietta UCC church periodically over the years but it just felt... I don't know. Not the right fit, anyway.<br /><br /><br />@Smrt Mama - "Christian"Kashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919872862510660397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-76586047613535363452010-01-28T14:22:01.965-05:002010-01-28T14:22:01.965-05:00My mother doesn't believe that Christ is her p...My mother doesn't believe that Christ is her personal savior or the sole son of God, but still considers herself Christian, despite our break with the Southern Baptist church in my early childhood (largely over women's rights issues, though partly over their witch hunt of everything "New Age"). She and I have very similar spiritual beliefs, yet I do not (and don't remember aSmrt Lerninshttp://smrtlernins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-15928599995090832772010-01-28T14:16:43.795-05:002010-01-28T14:16:43.795-05:00Gretchen, Luthernism seems to be ABS - All 'Bo...Gretchen, Luthernism seems to be ABS - All 'Bout the Synod - means a congregation could be very progressive or very NOT. Check out the Synod first!Smrt Lerninshttp://smrtlernins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-49933627657636628112010-01-28T12:13:53.354-05:002010-01-28T12:13:53.354-05:00by Jim Webb? Interesting. Jim Webb's an inte...by Jim Webb? Interesting. Jim Webb's an interesting guy.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081092234118387690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-70933711791031527652010-01-28T12:09:05.057-05:002010-01-28T12:09:05.057-05:00Pretty much from the time we moved back (7 years a...Pretty much from the time we moved back (7 years ago) until last spring, we went to a UCC church (Central Congregational) in Atlanta. We'd been thinking of leaving for awhile because it was so far away, and then they hired a new senior pastor, and I wasn't fond of him or the changes he brought with him, so that finally pushed us out the door. Since then we've tried the UCC in Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081092234118387690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-36229589515241826762010-01-28T11:48:41.512-05:002010-01-28T11:48:41.512-05:00Gretchen, that is a perfect summation of my experi...Gretchen, that is a perfect summation of my experience as well (though I've always lived in the South). I have a friend in Providence, RI who attends a UU church there, and her descriptions of services sound more excited about Christianity than nominally Christian ones here! (Out of curiosity , what churches have you tried around here?)<br /><br />Have you read <i>Born Fighting</i>? It's Kashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919872862510660397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-2138062585856809792010-01-28T09:15:10.930-05:002010-01-28T09:15:10.930-05:00I grew up a mish mash of Catholic and Baptist. It ...I grew up a mish mash of Catholic and Baptist. It was a very long process to figure out how to separate the Jesus from the fundamentalism. Anne Lamott helped. Had I stayed in grad school, my dissertation would likely have been a further working out of my feelings about evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Jesus, Southern culture, Southern literature, country music (I'm still bummed I never got toGretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081092234118387690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-12986145229275284732010-01-28T08:29:30.273-05:002010-01-28T08:29:30.273-05:00ILU:) While I don't apply the label Christian...ILU:) While I don't apply the label Christian to myself anymore - or Christo anything - the reason I'm no longer Christian have more to do with what you said. I was always doing it wrong, anyway, so why not find something I can do right;)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796789884748383186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-55862993012098654022010-01-28T02:01:39.009-05:002010-01-28T02:01:39.009-05:00While you *know* we see things differently, I deep...While you *know* we see things differently, I deeply admire your honesty. <br /><br />You'll get no lecture and you gave no offense.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315109355687283907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18336804.post-83043424688656789612010-01-28T01:13:48.655-05:002010-01-28T01:13:48.655-05:00OMG I could of written this post. Love it!OMG I could of written this post. Love it!Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111798750353239914noreply@blogger.com