tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post8687959344696802148..comments2023-03-25T06:56:06.572-01:00Comments on The Stroppy Rabbit: No to bigotry, yes to lifeYewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-22173991555202514662009-01-15T15:57:00.000-01:002009-01-15T15:57:00.000-01:00Yes, because of its claims to be in possession of ...Yes, because of its claims to be in possession of the ultimate truth and the only means to access the Divine.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-3828394513507546452009-01-15T15:37:00.000-01:002009-01-15T15:37:00.000-01:00My experience of christianity in a multicultural s...My experience of christianity in a multicultural setting was that it divided communities, intentional or not. As youngster, I became acutely aware of the 'middle-class-ness" of christianity. That was reason enough to be wary.anilsayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725031475553089492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-65916339465377027442008-12-11T16:36:00.000-01:002008-12-11T16:36:00.000-01:00Christians pestering me about the "unsaved" condit...Christians pestering me about the "unsaved" condition of my "soul" and my "failure" to "know" Jesus moved me to respond--jocularly--that I worshipped KALI, the Great Tantrik Goddess. <BR/><BR/>In the fullness of TIME--which wasn't very long--KALI had ensured that I did--in fact and deed--WORSHIP HER!Pitch313https://www.blogger.com/profile/02361916461539770151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-91443843149948247872008-12-09T09:30:00.000-01:002008-12-09T09:30:00.000-01:00Hi JarredI agree strongly - that thought was impli...Hi Jarred<BR/><BR/>I agree strongly - that thought was implied by the adjective "life-denying" - but clearly needed expanding upon!Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-84990604613710681652008-12-08T16:17:00.000-01:002008-12-08T16:17:00.000-01:00Very well said!I'd also note that some of us also ...Very well said!<BR/><BR/>I'd also note that some of us also became dissatisfied with a religion that for the most part seems to profane this life as nothing more than a "test" or something to be endured until we make it to the "real party" in the afterlife. I like that my new faith celebrates this life, warts and all.<BR/><BR/>-- Jarred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29809530.post-38689143628152732292008-12-06T19:35:00.000-01:002008-12-06T19:35:00.000-01:00"So, no thanks, we don't need the narrow, warped, ..."So, no thanks, we don't need the narrow, warped, cramped, life-denying, exclusivist, dreary creed of the sort of Christians who write utter drivel like "Generation Hex"<BR/><BR/>Very well said. To quote one of the insectoid agents from Interzone in David Cronenberg's 'Naked Lunch', "these are words to live by!"genexshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624705835921067185noreply@blogger.com