tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post6704726826964857799..comments2023-05-09T05:49:17.390-04:00Comments on magnolia: godmagnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459330762697628839noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-70571661781167119782010-03-28T23:27:04.450-04:002010-03-28T23:27:04.450-04:00OLP - you make an EXCELLENT point about the prayer...OLP - you make an EXCELLENT point about the prayer list thing. it's been my experience that, while some people say it and are totally sincere and sweet about it, "i'll pray for you" can be one of the most threatening things someone can say to me.<br /><br />anon - if everyone was as thoughtful and artistic about their religion as those writers, none of this would be an issue...magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06459330762697628839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-12593112922192067852010-03-28T18:53:01.898-04:002010-03-28T18:53:01.898-04:00I feel the same way about organized religion as yo...I feel the same way about organized religion as you. Grew up very active in a protestant religion, then saw the world and realized there is more to it than that. You should cut your family some slack though; most people need something more than themselves to believe in. If you confront them about their faith you will just end up on the top of their prayer list.OLPhttp://observinglifesparade.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-67327132767836821932010-03-28T00:10:13.598-04:002010-03-28T00:10:13.598-04:00take two doses of Rilke and Bulleh Shah call me in...take two doses of Rilke and Bulleh Shah call me in the morningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-15973065432991874512010-03-26T19:34:04.258-04:002010-03-26T19:34:04.258-04:00I love, love, love your blog. This post was a hard...I love, love, love your blog. This post was a hard one, but I agree with you. The smaller the mind, the bigger the religious belief. I actually had someone visit me in the hospital and suggest that some undiscovered "sin" is what caused my heart disease. Needless to say, they got a swift kick out by an irate husband. Just one more reason to keep him around huh? Keep on blogging and I Gillian O'Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800393970846497216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-740599922657172382010-03-25T18:59:29.059-04:002010-03-25T18:59:29.059-04:00Ha, I love Dogma as well :)
Seriously though, try...Ha, I love Dogma as well :)<br /><br />Seriously though, try growing up Mormon.<br /><br />I have friends and relatives that won't speak to me any more because I left the church as soon as I was able to. I agree with everything you said in your post, and I am so sorry to hear about your mother's situation. I and my mother have a psychiatric condition we share, and the only reason I'Anna Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501987629217550079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-33186431105013402432010-03-25T18:02:01.287-04:002010-03-25T18:02:01.287-04:00i love dogma. one of my favorite movies of all tim...i love dogma. one of my favorite movies of all time (and, strangely enough, one of my favorite quotes from the movie, too). i'm totally with you on doing right for right's sake as well.<br /><br />part of this rage thing is having spent the last 2 1/2 years in the buckle of the bible belt, in a city with three forty-foot-high crosses plainly visible as you enter town on the interstate. itmagnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06459330762697628839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312389532973474939.post-89736840171926231962010-03-25T14:41:20.155-04:002010-03-25T14:41:20.155-04:00Not sure what I believe. They say there are no ath...Not sure what I believe. They say there are no atheists in fox holes, and I spent many a cold, dark night on guard in the desert. <br /><br />However, I totally agree with what you're saying here about your cousin. <br /><br />As Rufus said in Dogma "He still digs humanity, but it bothers Him to see the shit that gets carried out in His name - wars, bigotry, televangelism. But especiallyFoggyDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934197854661226301noreply@blogger.com