Heather's comments (member since Jul 08, 2007)

Heather's comments from the Guilty Pleasures group.

oh, thanks for posting about them, alex! i found them a very long time ago, then apparently forgot. lots more there now--looking forward to checking it out!

CAConrad: what concept is difficult to grasp, specifically?

i'm sorry to hear about your boyfriend, that's horrible. religion is a powerful tool, and unfortunately, any tool can become a weapon.

well thanks courtney and robin for the blog kudos/visits! i was just sharing, but validation is nice. ;)

robin i've put yours in my bloglines, so will be catching up with you!

and lynne's comment:
I found that conservative churches seemed to be fueled by "loving-hate", but that liberal churches seemed to be fueled by the *same* loving-hate, just run in a different spirit.

made me remember something i heard on the colbert report the other day. he was interviewing a guest, who said "political parties are just a way of organizing our hate." i think quite a few churches work off the same premise. churches splinter over clashes of what's right or wrong, with each group thinking the other is somehow evil or misled...and therefore encourage love the sinner, hate the sin-type mentality.

i suppose this is just borne of our need to belong, to feel secure and that we are right in our beliefs but... i don't know, it's sad.

hey lynne, happy almost-anniversary! a month ago min and i celebrated 12 years. goes fast.

i know we're tangenting but i'll never forget the summer after i came out to my parents. i had been away at school, and got my hair cut right before. i told my mom on the phone and she said, you didn't cut it ALL off did you?

and i just knew from her tone (plus her asking that, which she'd never asked before) that the impetus behind that was "now that you're gay, do you think you need to chop your hair short".

i just rolled my eyes and said no. my parents are also very cool now--that was a long time ago.

i'm also glad i've never felt like i needed to conform to the Dominant Lesbian Paradigm, if you will. i'm just me, and me means medium length hair and staying true to my me-ness. :-p

courtney said:
To introduce my P as my partner (and correct people when they say roommate or friend -- which irritates me to death).

not only do i agree, i ranted about it quite recently.

and i would comment more on all the other issues y'all have brought up, but i have to get to work. i just want to say that even though i'm mostly lurking, you guys are intellectually stimulating in the best way possible and i hope you keep talking for a long time. :-)

i'm with alex. looking at the context, the original texts, the motivations behind the bible's various authors, not to mention that of the folks who formed the canon used today...well, that could shatter the foundation of faith for so many. christianity wouldn't have the social and political oomph it has today, if people had to consider all these things when making decisions about how to act in this world. it's so much easier to just have something handed down. the world is hard enough. there's just no reason to complicate it with thoughtful analysis when you can simply be told how to think and act.

congrats! looks like a great collection.

that book looks interesting, thanks for the rec!

i haven't read RWS altho i saw and mostly enjoyed the movie. i have read a bit of burroughs beside, though, and he is stellar.

that looks interesting. congratulations, sarah!