tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post4680214235128007045..comments2024-02-12T08:34:18.666-05:00Comments on The Long Road: Not HotCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-76635854779032601832012-08-24T17:41:21.829-04:002012-08-24T17:41:21.829-04:00Gee M - who do you think I was talking about? Hee...Gee M - who do you think I was talking about? Heehee...<br /><br />Thanks!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-17189906146921501922012-08-22T15:55:38.295-04:002012-08-22T15:55:38.295-04:00That's a really good point about the stereotyp...That's a really good point about the stereotyping being okay if it's directed at fat people, I never thought of that before. Also..."pretty guys who look like Tolkien elves" mooahahaha!! XD And I love that picture!!Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-29486035808761342172012-08-20T15:55:46.970-04:002012-08-20T15:55:46.970-04:00Thanks! I like that picture too, Ted's smile ...Thanks! I like that picture too, Ted's smile looks a bit lascivious and it always makes me grin.<br /><br />I am guessing here, but I don't think my other commenter meant to say that the bible literally classifies the mark of the beast as a metabolic disorder (because obviously it does not) - so much as jerks who were falsely claiming the title of Christian around her have behaved as though it did. Hopefully that makes sense.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-66807269091366461872012-08-20T15:53:24.933-04:002012-08-20T15:53:24.933-04:00I remember Howard Stern, but you're right I di...I remember Howard Stern, but you're right I didn't listen to him. I could tell even from a distance that his particular form of abusive humor wasn't for me, so I stayed away.<br /><br />I have to admit, it doesn't sound to me as though any of these people you're talking about are actually Christians. And by Christian - I mean someone who follows the teachings of Christ, which lean toward love and acceptance of all people - not blind and pointless hatefulness. I've read the Bible, believe me, nowhere in there does it instruct parents to hate and abuse their sick children. Absolutely nowhere.<br /><br />Sure, someone can SAY they're a Christian, but if their actions utterly fail to back up the words then the words are devoid of any meaning. I can say I follow the peaceful teachings of Budda, but if I do that while simultaneously slaughtering a bag of kittens - obviously I'm full of it and my words mean nothing. This is really the same thing.<br /><br />I am sorry that you don't seem to have encountered real Christians who can show you the love that you deserve to be shown.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-18281773784217259002012-08-20T07:55:55.484-04:002012-08-20T07:55:55.484-04:00Carolyn: Wow, yes, that is a really terrible remar...Carolyn: Wow, yes, that is a really terrible remark by Preston or Steve. And that's a lovely picture!<br /><br />Anonymous: "As best I can tell, contemporary interpretation of scripture has determined that the mark of the beast is a metabolic disorder."<br /><br />Whaaaaaaat? I'm a born-again Christian who goes to a born-again church and listens to Christian talk radio and was married to a juvenile diabetic and I never even heard of such a thing. It doesn't make the slightest bit of sense; the mark of the Beast is something one will accept from the government (of the Beast); only those who accept it will be allowed to buy and sell in the marketplace. Contemporary interpretation would be something like a UN-issued personal ID number used to track and tax sales for a world VAT.Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-63381329400569193792012-08-20T00:57:18.818-04:002012-08-20T00:57:18.818-04:00Two points. One: Apparently you missed Howard Ste...Two points. One: Apparently you missed Howard Stern before he went to satellite radio. I worked with a size 2 "Intellectual" who thought he was god, so I got to hear all his pronouncement on what physical attributes makes a woman worthy. The physical was all that mattered. Two: You talk about seeing the beauty in everyone. I agree with that; I recently met an 80 years young old man with the brightest, most joyful manner I've ever seen in anyone over the age of ten. But there are people, whether you like to admit it or not, who have nothing beautiful about them. They're so angry and hateful it's even distirted their appearance. I see beauty all over the place, in all manner of people, but not when I look in the mirror. Beauty goes beyond appearance; it's "in the eye of the beholder" (your point). I can't see it in the mirror; I know too much. As best I can tell, contemporary interpretation of scripture has determined that the mark of the beast is a metabolic disorder. I've met too many good people who believe that to really argue; my parents and grandparents believed it. I'm a juvenile diabetic, I've met other diabetics, good christians, baffled by thier good christian parents hatred of them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com