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southernhybrid · 05-29-2002, 04:11 PM

My thoughts are that your mom believes what she finds the most comfortable for her. She likes the things that give her warm fuzzies. She rationalizes away the things that she is having a hard time buying.

MzNeko · 05-29-2002, 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by Corwin:
Sure... we can consider the Bible to be a love story between God and Us.

Of course, we could also consider the love story that is the Ike and Tina Turner movie......

War of the Roses also comes to mind...

The Other Michael · 05-29-2002, 06:47 PM

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Originally posted by Laera:


I doubt she gets them from either person, since she thinks fundamentalists are evil. (they misrepresent god's message and confuse people who would otherwise know the love of god)

Hi Laera,

there's your excuse for the recent difficulties - blame it on the fundies!

Your mom has to buy that!

cheers,
Michael

BibleBelted · 05-30-2002, 11:15 AM

One of my favorite love stories is Sleeping with the Enemy.

I cried at the end.

It was so tragic that Julia Roberts' husband loved her so much, and yet she still couldn't accept his free gift.

Godless Dave · 05-30-2002, 11:34 AM

Arrowman · 05-30-2002, 09:42 PM

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Originally posted by MzNeko:
War of the Roses also comes to mind...

Actually, I was thinking of The Story of O

Anyway, I don't have huge problem with your mum's interpretation - I think that is more or less what most liberal Christians would think.

While I still think that the whole god thing is hogwash, I have more respect for those who see the Bible in the way your mum describes it (that is, a sort of fuzzy and flawed documentation of what the people at the time saw of God) than the fundies who try to make it all 100% literal despite the overwhelming inconsistencies in that view and the hopeless irrationality of thought required to sustain it.

But both fundy and liberal views have the same problem - where the fuck has this god guy been for the past 2,000 years?. As Al Pacino said in The Devil's Advocate - "God is an absentee landlord".

schu · 05-31-2002, 05:02 PM

Ah yes, the philosophy of love. The philosophy that George Bush thinks is the greatest on earth. Something like JC says, "Love me with all your heart or I will send you to burn in hell forever." Yes yes, the love of the bible would warm the heart of only the greatest fiend ever invented in mythology. To bad it is such a travesty of what love really is.

Shake · 05-31-2002, 08:45 PM

Love thy neighbors ... just don't get caught!

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05-29-2002, 04:11 PM	#11
southernhybrid Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: heavenly Georgia Posts: 3,862	My thoughts are that your mom believes what she finds the most comfortable for her. She likes the things that give her warm fuzzies. She rationalizes away the things that she is having a hard time buying.

05-30-2002, 11:15 AM	#14
BibleBelted Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 891	One of my favorite love stories is Sleeping with the Enemy. I cried at the end. It was so tragic that Julia Roberts' husband loved her so much, and yet she still couldn't accept his free gift.

05-30-2002, 11:34 AM	#15
Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762

05-31-2002, 05:02 PM	#17
schu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Texas Posts: 707	Ah yes, the philosophy of love. The philosophy that George Bush thinks is the greatest on earth. Something like JC says, "Love me with all your heart or I will send you to burn in hell forever." Yes yes, the love of the bible would warm the heart of only the greatest fiend ever invented in mythology. To bad it is such a travesty of what love really is.

05-31-2002, 08:45 PM	#18
Shake Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Folding@Home in upstate NY Posts: 14,394	Love thy neighbors ... just don't get caught!

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