tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post4552732940322369054..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Shhhh!Anne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-85492136043973879132007-05-23T20:51:00.000-04:002007-05-23T20:51:00.000-04:00Cat, I do think you're correct. I myself come from...Cat, I do think you're correct. I myself come from such a background. Grew up a Christian, but it never worked for me. And as it got more political, it worked less and less and less. Then the bored gods and goddesses showed up one day with a fruit basket. I'm so much happier now.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-25089920329032330772007-05-23T16:00:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:00:00.000-04:00That fundie family doesn't scare me, Anne... becau...That fundie family doesn't scare me, Anne... because fundamentalist Christians turn out to have a terrible time at generational retention.<BR/><BR/>And how many times has the Pagan next to you at the fest turned out to be a former fundamentalist, a refugee from a hidebound, rule-bound, no-fun Christian upbringing? Often enough that I can't help but wonder if those large fundamentalist families aren't raising <I>our</I> next generation?<BR/><BR/>OK, that was catty. And I don't mean it that way. But--and maybe living in the only state in the union wise enough to recognize same sex marriage has distorted my viewpoint here--I do not believe we are entering the Age of Evangelism. The "Kristians with a K" as my kid calls them are not making friends and influencing people quite the way they used to... including among their own kids.<BR/><BR/>Just thoughts.Cat C-B (and/or Peter B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-31880031782760806822007-05-22T21:22:00.000-04:002007-05-22T21:22:00.000-04:00I really enjoyed your entry today. Humor helps. ...I really enjoyed your entry today. Humor helps. Especially if you've literally been run off the road in small town WI. More than once. That and more was all coincidence, of course.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I've read arguments such as ADF's regarding practicing in the open and ones like yours -- they both make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-26068888877476632262007-05-21T16:27:00.000-04:002007-05-21T16:27:00.000-04:00I don't care which Anne you are, I like the one wh...I don't care which Anne you are, I like the one who makes me look up words like oligarchy just to be sure I understand her message. You are by far the best Anne Johnson in the whole world!Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754214529181108490noreply@blogger.com