Hold on to your hang-ups, iiiit’s… CAP Alert!! Watch in amazement as those wacky fundamentalists review movies such as: The Matrix! Fight Club! (Remember that the trapped wolf will attack the one trying to free it!!) And, horror of horrors: SOUTH PARK!!
It doesn’t end there: Spawn! Ghost Dog! Down By Law! This site puts the “fun” in fundamentalism. I especially like the little “W.I.S.D.O.M.” bar-graph of each movie’s heathen content.
I had to go to three different churches today ranging from cool to tolerable, to un-fucking-believable. (no offense to anyone who happens to belong to a born-again christian cowboy church..)
See, I’m taking Sociology of Religion, and part of our grade is to go to four different churches, preferably some that make us uncomfortable, and write a paper on what we observe. In a class like this, you have to respect everyone’s religion and try not to offend the southern baptist in the back row. So I’m used to discussing religion from a sociological point of view right?
It’s such an experience for someone like me who never belonged to a church to have to go to church (when I’m usually sleeping mind you) and participate in rituals and prayers that one, I’m not familiar with, and two, don’t agree with. It’s such a trip to sit there and listen with respect to someone who is talking about “wacko eastern religions” and “Satan is talking to people who ignore the true word that we’re sharing with them.”
He was totally disrespectful to other Christians even! amazing. this has been an incredible learning experience for me…
Question: I’ve come to terms with the fact that people assume that I’m some sort of christian even though I’m not… but Scott also assumed I was baptized even though he knows my family never belonged to a church. Do most denominations baptize people?
You know, shit is just getting ridiculous.
Friends, I have seen the light! After carefully reading a pamphlet given to me by a man at the bus station, I have been born again, and I am making changes in my life. I have renounced my wicked ways, and I have taken a vow of celibacy to atone for my former sins.
And as one who has seen the Truth, it is my duty to try to save my friends, who are on the path to damnation. I call on each of you to follow the one true path into the light.
Miles: Isn’t it obvious that philosophy is just another tool of the Devil to trick you into renouncing the True Faith?
Steve: I know the pornographic website we ran together brings in a lot of money, but all the money in the world will not save you on Judgment Day!
Urn and Pat: As the best customers on our shameful website, your souls are in danger as well!
KT, Annie, and Jester: Stripping may pay the bills, but it is still a SIN and you will pay for it in the here-after.
Alex: Your girlfriend may not know that you’ve been wearing her underwear, but God does!
I’m sorry if that was painful for any of you, but it was necessary! Having seen the light, it is my duty to attempt to save you all from yourselves! It’s not to late to change your wicked ways!
Lately I haven’t been posting as frequently as I used to, because it doesn’t feel like much happens around here. I go to work every day, I hang out with Eric and Jill a lot, and that’s about it. I’ve been rereading MicroSerfs, though, and I’m filled with the desire to post short, humorous stories about things that happen to me and the people I know, but not a lot has been happening.
For anyone who’s interested, the earthquake in Olympia did effect us here in Ellensburg. According to my dad, it was measured at 4.8 in Portland, and I think we got about the same here. It was a long (nearly a minute) side-to-side motion, and afterward, they evacuated all the buildings on campus to check for damage.
Speaking of earthquakes, lately, it seems to be a trend among people we know to ask when Annie and I are getting married. I guess when you date someone for nearly three years, and you’re not in high school anymore, everyone assumes that’s what’s next. The funny thing is that it doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it would. I think Annie and I will get married at some point, but it’s not like we’ve made firm plans about it. We do joke about what our wedding will be like, though.
The other day, in fact, as Annie and I were watching Friends, and they were talking about weddings, we started talking about it, and she casually mentioned that maybe she didn’t even want a minister at ours.
“We just say our own vows. It’s really romantic,” she said. Now, I’m fairly open about what she wants at our wedding. My take on the whole thing is that this a mostly for her, so let her do what she wants with it. And while neither one of us is very religious, and we don’t want a huge god-fearing ceremony, I do want someone to run the ceremony. As I told Annie, without a minister, it’s basically just a party, not a wedding (yes, I know legally we would still be married, but that’s not the point).