Right, then.
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silveradeptJust got pack from seeing the stage show my little brother was in at my old high school. Luckily, I've been out of there long enough that the only people who would recognize me there are the staff.
...heaven help us all if I have to sit through it again. Admittedly, there were two sketches that were reasonably funny, but not because of the acting. It was definitely a high school production, shall we say, and leave it at that. Onward with the linktastic-ness, which is what you're all really here for.
The Semi-colon's Journal of Dreams. See what a little-used punctuation mark has to say for himself.
The Sun is a dangerous, dangerous, thing and should be destroyed!. Much like dihydrogen monoxide.
Did a pornographic novel predict what would happen to Patty Hearst?. Maaaaaaaaaybe. Or maybe things just lined up in a weird coincidence sort of way. You never know, with these things.
If you're feeling down, and just need a random compliment to cheer you up, try Sam's Complimentary Service. He'll give you a personalized, unique compliment that applies specifically to you (do give him some details about what you'd like the compliment to be about).
The government has finally done something that we were wondering about for a long time - The government went hunting for criminals' blood. Nevermind, of course, that this was a hacker, and that he offered alternative for their DNA testing, and even cited what should have been the trump card, potential religious objections to having blood drawn, and yet, the government still wants his blood for their files. Something about this is just slightly off-kilter, don't you think? Must be that he's not one of the recognized religions in the country, which could be anything from Islam to a different synod of Baptist.
Speaking of religion, I think I like the attitude that these street preachers take: Salvation from Proselytization, using the tried and true methods of the people who claim we're all going to hell in a handbasket on the street corners and meeting places and public transport devices. Isn't it nice to have someone on the street who's not going to judge you?
The final triple shot link is all about sex. Well, mostly, anyway. Okay, so maybe there's not so much sex involved, but a lot of talking about sex... okay, talking about the attitudes that some people have towards it, really. The people we're interested in are the types who hold things like Purity Balls, which takes the idea of the "no-sex-until-marriage" virginity vow, and makes it into a public oath-swearing. Guess that the girls just don't have the willpower to say no on their own, and so they have to have a nice group pressure and the potential public humiliation to keep them in line, right? Coupled with the extraordinarily effective sex-education courses they'll be receiving, which rightly espouse the superiority of abstinence and all the evil things that happen when you have sex with someone else, and don't tell you at all about sinful things like contraceptives, then they're going to be happy virgins just waiting for their husband and their wedding day, and not be tempted at all by any sort of earthly or fleshly pleasures.
Psst. It doesn't work. Check out this article on the failure of Purity Balls, which shows that people who make their virginal pledges are quite likely to break them, and that they're not really any better about dangerous things than anyone else. They might even be more inclined to dangerous sex because they haven't been informed about contraceptives and preventing STDs and other such fun things. Also, they may not end up being good lovers even then, with little experience and a mindset that tries very hard to prevent them from enjoying or finding out what sort of sex is good for them. Rather than try to hide the fact, let's just admit that people do have sex, and quite a bit of it outside marriage. From there, let's then inform them on how to have safe, enjoyable, empowering sex so that they're not afraid of it.
Who's to blame for this? The Slacktivist says Origen and Augustine are the culprits, especially since they couldn't keep Neoplationist ideas out of their interpretations of Scriptures. So, the answer to the question "Why do Christians hate sex?", is that it's all their fault. Thanks a bunch, guys.
...heaven help us all if I have to sit through it again. Admittedly, there were two sketches that were reasonably funny, but not because of the acting. It was definitely a high school production, shall we say, and leave it at that. Onward with the linktastic-ness, which is what you're all really here for.
The Semi-colon's Journal of Dreams. See what a little-used punctuation mark has to say for himself.
The Sun is a dangerous, dangerous, thing and should be destroyed!. Much like dihydrogen monoxide.
Did a pornographic novel predict what would happen to Patty Hearst?. Maaaaaaaaaybe. Or maybe things just lined up in a weird coincidence sort of way. You never know, with these things.
If you're feeling down, and just need a random compliment to cheer you up, try Sam's Complimentary Service. He'll give you a personalized, unique compliment that applies specifically to you (do give him some details about what you'd like the compliment to be about).
The government has finally done something that we were wondering about for a long time - The government went hunting for criminals' blood. Nevermind, of course, that this was a hacker, and that he offered alternative for their DNA testing, and even cited what should have been the trump card, potential religious objections to having blood drawn, and yet, the government still wants his blood for their files. Something about this is just slightly off-kilter, don't you think? Must be that he's not one of the recognized religions in the country, which could be anything from Islam to a different synod of Baptist.
Speaking of religion, I think I like the attitude that these street preachers take: Salvation from Proselytization, using the tried and true methods of the people who claim we're all going to hell in a handbasket on the street corners and meeting places and public transport devices. Isn't it nice to have someone on the street who's not going to judge you?
The final triple shot link is all about sex. Well, mostly, anyway. Okay, so maybe there's not so much sex involved, but a lot of talking about sex... okay, talking about the attitudes that some people have towards it, really. The people we're interested in are the types who hold things like Purity Balls, which takes the idea of the "no-sex-until-marriage" virginity vow, and makes it into a public oath-swearing. Guess that the girls just don't have the willpower to say no on their own, and so they have to have a nice group pressure and the potential public humiliation to keep them in line, right? Coupled with the extraordinarily effective sex-education courses they'll be receiving, which rightly espouse the superiority of abstinence and all the evil things that happen when you have sex with someone else, and don't tell you at all about sinful things like contraceptives, then they're going to be happy virgins just waiting for their husband and their wedding day, and not be tempted at all by any sort of earthly or fleshly pleasures.
Psst. It doesn't work. Check out this article on the failure of Purity Balls, which shows that people who make their virginal pledges are quite likely to break them, and that they're not really any better about dangerous things than anyone else. They might even be more inclined to dangerous sex because they haven't been informed about contraceptives and preventing STDs and other such fun things. Also, they may not end up being good lovers even then, with little experience and a mindset that tries very hard to prevent them from enjoying or finding out what sort of sex is good for them. Rather than try to hide the fact, let's just admit that people do have sex, and quite a bit of it outside marriage. From there, let's then inform them on how to have safe, enjoyable, empowering sex so that they're not afraid of it.
Who's to blame for this? The Slacktivist says Origen and Augustine are the culprits, especially since they couldn't keep Neoplationist ideas out of their interpretations of Scriptures. So, the answer to the question "Why do Christians hate sex?", is that it's all their fault. Thanks a bunch, guys.
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Date: 2006-05-15 04:59 am (UTC)