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jlhI hate to see that "teh" is the new plebe sarcasm, since it's a big typo of mine and now I'm all freaked out in chat that everyone is going to make fun.
Every year on Ash Wednesday, I think about returning to the church, because it was the faith I was raised in and really the one with the most resonance for me. On the other hand, the actual structure of the church is so removed from the faith that I never do. Yeah, I know, that was Martin Luther's whole point, but those tenets led to church services that to this Catholic feel more like town council meetings than celebrations of the Lord. I mean, there's a reason that Madonna is a Kabbalist now—once a mystic, always a mystic.
Never mind the positions on women, abortion, and homosexuality, or the anti-Semitism during WWII. And don't even talk to me about the stand against Communism, because that was more self-interest than anything else. (The worst mistake Lenin ever made, and that China is making now, is telling people to drop the religion, because that's the kind of thing that pisses people off.) But the history of irresponsibility in developing countries, especially South America, completely turns my stomach. Telling people in countries with entrenched poverty and sky rocketing birth rates not to use contraception—because at the end of the day, that's what this ridiculous story is really about, about not using contraception—is just wrong in my book.
Also, I think the clock is ticking on the American church breaking off entirely. We'll see what the new Pope brings, but with the Cardinals that were just named, I'm thinking they'll continue to protect their own—and alienate thinking Catholics like me. So, for another year, I'll be saying "no thanks" on Ash Wednesday.
Okay, people, enough with the sarcasm. Anyone who pays any attention to CA politics knows a few things: (1) The proposition process has made the state into an experiment in direct democracy. We'll see if it works. (2) This has also resulted in a fairly weak-governor, like in TX. (3) Arnold as governor of CA was a foregone conclusion. He has actually been politically active for quite some time. His name has been bandied about for a good ten years, and the only real reason he didn't run in the last election was film commitments. Can he actually get California out of the mess that the weak legislature, the power disaster, and propositions that all but tie his hands on budgeting have put the state into? I'm not sure, but hey, at least he won't be invading Utah or declaring a Defense of Pumping Up Week.
Back to Fenway. Off to Florida. Keep hope alive, kids.
I saw School of Rock and have an unholy crush on the drummer. I'm now off to see Kill Bill. I hope to see Intolerable Cruelty before the weekend is over. And there is my fascinating life for you.
Every year on Ash Wednesday, I think about returning to the church, because it was the faith I was raised in and really the one with the most resonance for me. On the other hand, the actual structure of the church is so removed from the faith that I never do. Yeah, I know, that was Martin Luther's whole point, but those tenets led to church services that to this Catholic feel more like town council meetings than celebrations of the Lord. I mean, there's a reason that Madonna is a Kabbalist now—once a mystic, always a mystic.
Never mind the positions on women, abortion, and homosexuality, or the anti-Semitism during WWII. And don't even talk to me about the stand against Communism, because that was more self-interest than anything else. (The worst mistake Lenin ever made, and that China is making now, is telling people to drop the religion, because that's the kind of thing that pisses people off.) But the history of irresponsibility in developing countries, especially South America, completely turns my stomach. Telling people in countries with entrenched poverty and sky rocketing birth rates not to use contraception—because at the end of the day, that's what this ridiculous story is really about, about not using contraception—is just wrong in my book.
Also, I think the clock is ticking on the American church breaking off entirely. We'll see what the new Pope brings, but with the Cardinals that were just named, I'm thinking they'll continue to protect their own—and alienate thinking Catholics like me. So, for another year, I'll be saying "no thanks" on Ash Wednesday.
Okay, people, enough with the sarcasm. Anyone who pays any attention to CA politics knows a few things: (1) The proposition process has made the state into an experiment in direct democracy. We'll see if it works. (2) This has also resulted in a fairly weak-governor, like in TX. (3) Arnold as governor of CA was a foregone conclusion. He has actually been politically active for quite some time. His name has been bandied about for a good ten years, and the only real reason he didn't run in the last election was film commitments. Can he actually get California out of the mess that the weak legislature, the power disaster, and propositions that all but tie his hands on budgeting have put the state into? I'm not sure, but hey, at least he won't be invading Utah or declaring a Defense of Pumping Up Week.
Back to Fenway. Off to Florida. Keep hope alive, kids.
I saw School of Rock and have an unholy crush on the drummer. I'm now off to see Kill Bill. I hope to see Intolerable Cruelty before the weekend is over. And there is my fascinating life for you.
