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10 years ago @ http://www.rageagainst... - The value of friends w... · 0 replies · +1 points

Fundamentally, yes. But it's a hard position to have, as a commenter. What does it look like, when you agree with so much that one person writes, but when something comes up and you want to respectfully push back? I remember your posts about sexuality, posts that rang true for a lot of people yet didn't for me, and I remember when I commented in that way, getting a response that put me automatically in a "dissenter" category, even when all I wanted to do was engage in the conversation. So yes, yes, good post, but I also wonder what that caring about one another and one another's ideas looks like in our internet reality, and when you can gauge the time ripe for a conversation instead of a quiet, affirming comment.

(I'm not criticizing you for the way you responded, just to be clear. Just brought it up because it, to me, exemplifies how hard the blog writer/blog reader relationship can be and how hard it is to gauge intention on the internet.)

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Having a Black Belt in... · 0 replies · +1 points

I haven't seen kill bill, but I have seen the death touch referenced in The Men Who Stare At Goats. Awesome movie. Go see it.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Church Names. · 0 replies · +1 points

Nope, we're oldschool. (And not evangelical. Traditional protestants tend to not get really creative with names.) We're the Dutch Reformed Church of ___ (our town). Very exciting.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Joining a new small gr... · 0 replies · +4 points

except that it puts pressure on people to open up before they should. I've found - as an introvert - that it creates a fake sense of intimacy that will get me to share, but I'll walk away thinking: wait, I didn't want to tell them that. Not because of shame, but because it's perfectly alright for me to keep my own counsel and decide on my own time when to trust others.

Giving the gift of going second, yes. Force-feeding it in the first meeting, no. Just a thought.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Joining a new small gr... · 0 replies · +1 points

I bet those heavenly bodies that used to be Jewish would love that: not only are they in heaven, they also finally get to indulge in two big culinary no-no's: pork and shellfish.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Baby Sunday School · 0 replies · +5 points

That teaching Baby Sunday School is the easiest way to start disliking children.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Secretly being liberal. · 1 reply · +3 points

Democrat, liberal, pro-choice, non-evangelical Christian here. So I don't totally fit the pigeonhole, unfortunately. This blog is still a little bit of seeing "how the other half lives" for me, hence the fascination.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Predicting which summe... · 0 replies · +1 points

Vampirism is a form of the occult that I doubt the bible condones. Now, I don't care about that, but I'm sure that some of the literalists objecting to HP on the basis that it's magic (thus occult) should, if they want to be consistent.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Predicting which summe... · 0 replies · +1 points

not only is Twilight a horrible bastardization, what about all the wrong messages about romantic relationships contained in that book? Don't get me started on this.

Christopher Moore's Bloodsucking Fiends, on the other hand, is a much better example of a vampire romance (especially since it's not meant to be taken seriously). His vampires burn in the sun like they're supposed to.

13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Predicting which summe... · 4 replies · 0 points

Wait, Harry Potter comes from the devil but Twilight is just fine? This is all that's wrong with christianity in a nutshell.

(and just so I don't get flamed, no, I am not serious. There is much wrong with christianity that has nothing to do with fictional characters.)

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