Comments on: Dongtini — Episode 17

By: stephy

stephy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:24:03 +0000

I like that. My thing is kind of not complying with people who can't think without labels and need to fit people into boxes. David Dark says that we're all agnostic and I think there's something to that.

By: snowy gurl

snowy gurl — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:59:59 +0000

re: discussion on how you define yourself (or not) as a Christian. Stephy, have you heard the term 'reverent agnostic'? I like it, gets people thinking -you can see the brain cogs whirring. Sometimes when asked I say that I'm an anti-establishment, non-conformist ratbag Christian (add extra adjectives etc). These type of descriptions are needed for the benefit of those who can't think without labels and need to fit you into a perfect box. If I'm talking with fundies, I usually say with a straight face 'mmm, sometimes I'm a Christian'. With lukewarm, back-sliding overtones that usually does their heads in !

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:40:27 +0000

I really like the discussion about whether certain virtues are more exclusively "Jesus virtues." I'm pretty well convinced that all humans have the capacity to do as much "good" or "bad" as they want. I am a more compassionate person than my oldest sister (she would admit this), yet she's the one who is a Christian. I am glad some of my friends are Christians, because I don't think they'd be very nice people if they weren't motivated by something a book tells them is Right.

Also, I want a friend with whom I can resort to dong-talk whenever I want. Craigslist it is.