tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post2930247881894605124..comments2024-03-17T09:38:01.251-05:00Comments on Adventus: Of Pearls and Pigs--Second Thursday in Lent 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-52983155859522491842010-02-25T20:11:55.668-06:002010-02-25T20:11:55.668-06:00Reminds me (seriously) of being in the pulpit. No...Reminds me (seriously) of being in the pulpit. Not that I wouldn't return, but the first thing you learn (and it's a DAMNED hard lesson) is that some people won't take you the way all your friends have, and may even treat you to vilification instead of great love and respect.<br /><br />Pastors, however, are expected to work through these problems (and they should; it comes with the territory). How they do it is largely an individual tale, but when they succeed, it's a spiritual success. Something Mr. Dawkins would never understand. <br /><br />Which is the funny thing....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-47019940100490353572010-02-25T17:19:48.266-06:002010-02-25T17:19:48.266-06:00Sharl, you made my day. See what a good Christian...Sharl, you made my day. See what a good Christian I am? I was rolling on the floor. Where's Dawkins been? He seems quite fragile and, until now, must have led a sheltered virtual life. Is this the first time Dawkins faced ugly comments? Now he's had a taste of what certain religious bloggers experience.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-61571910285572079732010-02-25T17:01:04.384-06:002010-02-25T17:01:04.384-06:00On the topic of Richard Dawkins, don't know if...On the topic of Richard Dawkins, don't know if you've seen this - <a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/02/richard-dawkins-unleashes-tirade-against-fans.html" rel="nofollow">"Richard Dawkins unleashes tirade against fans"</a>.<br /><br />You strike me as too good a person to seek out, let alone enjoy, any moments of <i>schadenfreude</i>, but maybe there's some kind of lesson you can pull out of all the chaos over in <i>Team Dawkins</i>.<br /><br /><i>Sigh.</i> This was prophesized in Monty Python's <i>Life of Brian</i>. I wish the Judeans would just pick one revolutionary organization and stay with it...Sharlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-15868767017678869752010-02-25T10:41:49.056-06:002010-02-25T10:41:49.056-06:00Yeah, pretty much my problem, too. Mostly, I'...Yeah, pretty much my problem, too. Mostly, I'm just tired of it. It's an endless argument with no point and no referee.<br /><br />Although I've found a couple of good things over there, which I'll post about later.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-72937459605964496862010-02-25T09:18:55.183-06:002010-02-25T09:18:55.183-06:00I suppose it's good of Huff Post to give space...I suppose it's good of Huff Post to give space to the discussion of religion, but I doubt that I'll be there often.<br /><br />From the already resident atheist-in-chief: <br /><br /><i>Great! Now, why don't you join me in pressing Arianna to have Hitchens, Harris and Dawkins give their views on religion. Or, are they too intolerant and fundamentalist for your taste?</i><br /><br />I wouldn't join in pressing for the presence of the Big Three, because, across the board, they display far greater ignorance of religion than I display of science. Since I'm fairly ignorant of science, I know better than to hold forth with pretend authority on a subject about which I have little knowledge.<br /><br />As you say, Robert, Lent is hard enough.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com