tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post4570203174079456654..comments2023-08-06T02:22:31.490-06:00Comments on clarity2009: Whackjobs for JesusRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-22236249472373571272009-08-20T00:58:14.293-06:002009-08-20T00:58:14.293-06:00@A. - Sadly true. The British have become a skepti...@A. - Sadly true. The British have become a skeptical curry-slurping ungodly lot. We don't even pray for you heathen any more.<br /><br />"Whackjob" is from the Irish. Middle Irish.<br /><br />@Stephanie B. - Shuler! That's the guy. Garden Grove. Or West Covina. Behind the Target store off Harbor Blvd. South of Anaheim. You know - the greater Disneyland area. And what a place it is! But he hasn't forgotten his roots - he still has outside speakers set up for drive-in cars. I'm sure they can't escape the collection bucket though.<br /><br />They are pretty bad. I'm not sure I would go so far as to group them with lawyers. That's a bit harsh.<br /><br />@Angelika - 'bout time you showed your face. :)<br /><br />@Soubriquet - What?<br /><br />@Debbie - Can't picture you at Oral Roberts. I still picture you on that billboard. It's hard to reconcile the two in my mind. :) But I'm glad you decided to do it on your own. Whew.<br /><br />@Princess - I liked the previous post better too. This one was too hard to write. You don't actually have to read them. Just comment. :)<br /><br />@Soubriquet - I think I take offense at that. And that, and that. :)<br /><br />I will address your comments in a point-by-point detached manner:<br /><br />1. Yes, I have a fine nation.<br /><br />2. Like Yorkshire is the center of enlightenment.<br /><br />3. Yes, my fine nation comes with its own built-in entertainment.<br /><br />4. Our reverends don't wrestle snakes. They let snakes bite them to show God won't let them die. You forgot the strychnine-drinking. It is all very scientific.<br /><br />5. Ah, the random harmless folk at Guantanamo. So true. And lack of access to medical care, dying everyday. Like flies. Like British toothaches. I don't know. :)<br /><br />6. It isn't as bad as all that. You are just in a melancholy mood today.<br /><br />7. The current generation cares nothing about patriotism, so don't despair.<br /><br />8. Okay, I'm going out on a limb and thinking you are not PRAISING any of this fabulous stuff?<br /><br />9. You unfairly malign the teeth and education of West Virginians and Vols. I think. Maybe not.<br /><br />10. On the other hand, we are not dumb enough to support a huge family of royals. So there's that.<br /><br />You didn't think I was going to be able to find 10 points, did you? Ha! An A. requirement I have learned/learnt to comply with with ease. :)<br /><br />PS- good to have you back. I was beginning to think the RD mule had permanently distracted you. Welcome back.<br /><br />@Descartes - I had almost forgotten the permanently-smiling Falwell and his university. And Bob Jones as well. This subject is just too large. I have bitten off more than I can chew. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-47848293976558774662009-08-16T16:39:52.334-06:002009-08-16T16:39:52.334-06:00There must be something in the human physce that c...There must be something in the human physce that craves this kind of thing. <br /><br />The Wife almost went to Jerry Falwell's Liberty University-ah the path not taken. . .Descarteshttp://www.ifyouwriteit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-33706617579995002172009-08-16T15:38:31.623-06:002009-08-16T15:38:31.623-06:00I was even planning to pretend I'd read this. ...I was even planning to pretend I'd read this. Bugger me because the effort was too much. I'll try again tomorrow. I liked the previous post better. :)Princessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-67193803052024677832009-08-16T11:59:36.221-06:002009-08-16T11:59:36.221-06:00I paid my way through school, because the only way...I paid my way through school, because the only way Mumsy would pay and let me leave the nest was to go to Oral Roberts University. I am still in recovery, ;)Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15059528663560612371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-61026388459162004072009-08-16T07:24:12.295-06:002009-08-16T07:24:12.295-06:00I think Soubriquet has a point, too.I think Soubriquet has a point, too.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-63273048187552761072009-08-16T06:41:23.753-06:002009-08-16T06:41:23.753-06:00These people are a symbol of something that mystif...These people are a symbol of something that mystifies me about the United States. <br />Clearly, you have a great nation which is at the forefront in many fields, a great place of learning and ability, yet at the same time, you have a huge poulation of superstitious, ignorant people. <br />You have populations who believe in the fire and brimstone end of days, you have snake wrestling reverends, in states across America, you have militias, marching, readying themselves for war with their own country's government, you have sheriff's departments and police departments at virtual war with each other, quite frankly, I'm amazed that America spends so much effort on invading other countries, and incarcerating random folk in Guantanamo, it seems that just serves to distract you all from the chaos within.<br />How can a country, a nation, that can send probes into the outer reaches of our solar system, remotely operate machines on the surfaces of other planets, need the same sort of charity volunteer medics to fly in and treat its citizens as the poorest countries on the globe?<br />A country that, to observe the internet, has a built-in joke about british dental treatment, yet doesn't seem to be aware of West Virginia, or Tennessee.<br />Where is Mr Roberts when people are dying from lack of access to medical care?<br />I'll stop there. I'm not accusing all of you of mass insanity, just a significant proportion. As with your mass worship of "The Flag", words fail me.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-13613262516631469792009-08-15T16:06:07.044-06:002009-08-15T16:06:07.044-06:00I agree with Stephanie B. Well said! :-)I agree with Stephanie B. Well said! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157990727797664266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-9225929036532326612009-08-15T10:50:07.196-06:002009-08-15T10:50:07.196-06:00I wish I hadn't been eating when I came across...I wish I hadn't been eating when I came across this.<br /><br />(BTW - started in a drive-in and now has "Crystal Cathedral" - Robert Schuler).<br /><br />The whole lot of them are one rung below lawyers in my estimation - and that's saying something. <br /><br />I used to live in Oklahoma (home of Oral Roberts University) and I can remember Oral Roberts telling everyone "God was going to take him back to Heaven" if his followers didn't cough up $6 mill. I personally felt more inclined to pay money to get him to drop dead (though I really didn't care enough either way), but I was astonished that the gimmick not only worked, he upped the ante to $12 mill and got that, too.<br /><br />Which argues to me that these whackjobs (your word) are just the tip of the iceberg. Crazy/stupid, yes, but not as crazy/stupid as the people who follow them.<br /><br />Unfortunately, because these are the "Christians" who get the most press, many also equate Christians in general with these people - and that gives decent thoughtful Christians everywhere a bad rep.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148507369837201034.post-35370216889806104932009-08-15T04:23:35.800-06:002009-08-15T04:23:35.800-06:00I'm vaguely pleased that these people don'...I'm vaguely pleased that these people don't seem to appeal to the great British public, though I have no idea why that should be. We certainly have our share of whackjobs. (Thank you for that addition to my vocabulary - I looked it up to see if it was safe for me to use. Moderately. I won't go hog wild using it though.)A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.com