Comments on: Houses of the Holy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:16:30 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DesertRat http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6249 DesertRat Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:59:24 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6249 <p>To paraphrase Mark Twain, any magazine that does not publish Amy Sullivan is a better magazine, even if it leaves the pages blank.</p> <p>Jeez what a waste of space. By the way, not only does Amy Sullivan get faith and Democrats wrong, but she’s also borderline racist to boot with this one. In other words, she’s hit the moron trifecta.</p> To paraphrase Mark Twain, any magazine that does not publish Amy Sullivan is a better magazine, even if it leaves the pages blank.

Jeez what a waste of space. By the way, not only does Amy Sullivan get faith and Democrats wrong, but she’s also borderline racist to boot with this one. In other words, she’s hit the moron trifecta.

]]> By: redoubt http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6211 redoubt Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6211 <p>Oh, <strong>hell</strong> no. “Outsourcing religion” to African-American churches? And then defending herself by using a secondhand anecdote as data? This former Chicagoan smells <em>Bridgeport Mentality</em>–she doesn’t like the fact that her party’s potential nominee is African-American and will happily vote for McLame in November.</p> Oh, hell no. “Outsourcing religion” to African-American churches? And then defending herself by using a secondhand anecdote as data? This former Chicagoan smells Bridgeport Mentality–she doesn’t like the fact that her party’s potential nominee is African-American and will happily vote for McLame in November.

]]> By: merl http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6169 merl Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:28:16 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6169 <p>Sorry, aimai, I thought you’d like it.</p> Sorry, aimai, I thought you’d like it.

]]> By: jnfr http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6137 jnfr Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:08:46 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6137 <p>This is the holy grail of all writers.</p> This is the holy grail of all writers.

]]> By: SteveM http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6136 SteveM Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:35:14 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6136 <p>By the way, how do I get a job writing exactlyt the same thing over and over again and getting paid for it each time as if I’ve written something new?</p> By the way, how do I get a job writing exactlyt the same thing over and over again and getting paid for it each time as if I’ve written something new?

]]> By: SteveM http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6135 SteveM Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:33:20 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6135 <p><i> the Democratic party outsourced religion to black churches</i></p> <p>Yes, and apparently Republicans have outsourced group slander to phony Democrats like Amy Sullivan, Joe Lieberman, and Kristen Powers. Beats getting your own hands dirty.</p> the Democratic party outsourced religion to black churches

Yes, and apparently Republicans have outsourced group slander to phony Democrats like Amy Sullivan, Joe Lieberman, and Kristen Powers. Beats getting your own hands dirty.

]]> By: humboldtblue http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6134 humboldtblue Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:57:59 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6134 <p>Just remember folks … every time you vote Republican, God kills a kitten …. like this one …</p> <p><a href="http://lolcats.com/images/u/07/27/lolcatsdotcom504e1vz8dzb3ywrj.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://lolcats.com/images/u/07.....b3ywrj.jpg</a></p> Just remember folks … every time you vote Republican, God kills a kitten …. like this one …

http://lolcats.com/images/u/07…..b3ywrj.jpg

]]> By: captphealy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6133 captphealy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:57:01 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6133 <p>For my part, antipathy towards Ms. Sullivan and her ilk goes back to having been taught the idea that being a “noisy” Christian is its own reward, but being a “quiet” Christian gets you in good with Him.</p> <p>Or, to put it another way:</p> <blockquote><p>And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.</p></blockquote> For my part, antipathy towards Ms. Sullivan and her ilk goes back to having been taught the idea that being a “noisy” Christian is its own reward, but being a “quiet” Christian gets you in good with Him.

Or, to put it another way:

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

]]> By: xpurg8d http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6131 xpurg8d Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:19:58 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6131 <p>My guess is that people in Amy’s own church don’t listen to her, so she thinks they’re not “serious” enough about religion (meaning The Gospel According to Amy). It’s times like these I’m especially happy that I’m an atheist.</p> My guess is that people in Amy’s own church don’t listen to her, so she thinks they’re not “serious” enough about religion (meaning The Gospel According to Amy). It’s times like these I’m especially happy that I’m an atheist.

]]> By: Roket http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6130 Roket Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:38:36 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/03/20/houses-of-the-holy/#comment-6130 <p>My god. I had no idea we’d been outsourced. To black churches no less. I suppose this means that the republicans have been outsourced to stupid frigging zombie morons. I’ll settle for black churches. At least they are made up of human beings.</p> My god. I had no idea we’d been outsourced. To black churches no less. I suppose this means that the republicans have been outsourced to stupid frigging zombie morons. I’ll settle for black churches. At least they are made up of human beings.

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