could be worse. When I was in first grade my *teacher* -- an ancient nun who insisted on calling me "Dandelion" --- was telling me my *parents* were going to go to hell ;) So believe me I see the issue and would even if my Dad hadn't spent a lot of time in Ireland covering the various bombings. I've definitely heard all about the troubles there, at least from the Catholic perspective.
But I have also known some really good people who were religious ;) Christians in the best sense of the word ;) Honest :) Whether they are outweighed by the abortion-clinc bombers of the world is an open question, but they definitely exist. So pardon me for getting on my high horse about the absolute statement.... as I said I am irritable lately and not in a mood to get bent out of shape over a movie or a writer's strike or a Wall Street Joutnal editorial ;) Dana On Dec 8, 2007 1:55 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 1:38 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not > > > > ahhh. Well yeah given the current Golden Compass froufrala yes you > > might see > > this, especially if there are a lot of fundamentalist people around > > you. > > Personally I think that's a manufactured issue (it's a *movie* people > > get a > > grip) but I'm feeling more than usually impatient about now.... > > Yeah... I definitely think I've become thinner-skinned since the move > (from > Boston to Scranton). > > It just wasn't a real issue there. I don't think that atheists were > really > more common there (although maybe) but there was definitely a broader > sense > of inclusion in general. > > I was no less passionate about my beliefs but at the same time I didn't > feel > such a need to pronounce them. > > For example public schools here get out 1/2 early every Tuesday. This was > originally because the diocese had religion classes on Tuesdays. Although > now there's no "official" reason (wink, wink). > > Although it was (so far) a one-time deal my son came home crying once > because the other kids wouldn't stop telling him that he was going to > Hell. > > It's not like we've got villagers with pick-forks here or anything but > there's definitely an undercurrent. For the most part, the far larger > part, > I actually really like it here: my kids are generally happy, have lots > more > room and it's rare (but poignant) when religion causes any real concern... > but there's definitely a different vibe. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247975 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
