tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5869202751274661308..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Rustling in the AzaleasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-10176922444378956862019-04-22T10:44:27.769-04:002019-04-22T10:44:27.769-04:001. that's a nice photo of the lake
... 1. that's a nice photo of the lake<br /> <br /> 2. that's a good-looking cat<br /> <br /> 3. the wikipedia article about poetess mary karr says 'A third memoir, <i><b>Lit: A Memoir</b></i>, which she says details "my journey from blackbelt sinner and lifelong agnostic to unlikely Catholic," came out in November 2009. The memoir describes her time as an alcoholic and the salvation she found in her conversion to Catholicism. She describes herself as a cafeteria Catholic.'<br /> <br /> 4. the wikipedia article on cafeteria catholicism says 'Some notable Catholics have either been explicitly associated or identified with the term. Politician James Carville, a Democrat, has been described as "the ultimate cafeteria Catholic". Carville said, "Everybody in some way or another takes what they want. The real thing is how we treat each other." Author Mary Karr, a convert from agnosticism, was also reported to have been a dissenter of some Catholic teaching. Having been a feminist since she was 12, Karr is pro-choice on abortion and she supports the ordination of women to the priesthood. British actress Patsy Kensit said in an interview with The Guardian that she is an à la carte Catholic, though appreciative of "all the pomp and ceremony" of the church.'<br /> <br /> 5. spouse and self participate in the choir of a local catholic church, and more than one of our fellow choir members have indicated they don't agree with ALL the official positions, although no one has used the term 'cafeteria catholic' to describe themselves<br /> <br /> 6. i am not a fan of james carville but sometimes he says something sensible<br /> <br /> 7. speaking of the 'pomp and ceremony' of the church, at the easter vigil mass we got as ceremonious and pompous as we ever do at our local parish - i enjoy the singing in latin, but this year in particular the incense really annoyed my throat<br /> <br /> 8. in reading about related concepts, i discovered the term <b>nicodemite</b>, usually used pejoratively - despite the fact that the biblical character is a good guy <br /> <br /> 9. 2f)i also encountered <b>Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD)</b> - 'a term that was first introduced in the book <i>Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers </i>(2005) by sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton:<br /> <br /> <i>God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions. <br /> The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.<br /> God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.<br /> Good people go to heaven when they die.</i><br /> <br /> <i></i><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-12160642259856357282019-04-22T10:19:57.728-04:002019-04-22T10:19:57.728-04:00City walking is second only to country walking. I ...City walking is second only to country walking. I too had several hours to explore on my recent (very first) trip to SanFran. Walked and walked, took tram, had lunch, walked some more, snapped some snaps, walked, had a beer, and walked some more ad lib. Glorious!Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.com