Comments on: To Bid or Not to Bid http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/ by Hemant Mehta Sun, 27 May 2012 04:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mriana http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76373 Mriana Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:08:42 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76373 I'll get my magic wand. :lol: I’ll get my magic wand. :lol:

]]> By: Joel Sax http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76367 Joel Sax Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:55:07 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76367 Mriana, just remember the Vatican Rag when you think of things Catholic: Two, four, six, eight Time to trans-substantiate! ;) Mriana, just remember the Vatican Rag when you think of things Catholic:

Two, four, six, eight
Time to trans-substantiate!

;)

]]> By: Mriana http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76348 Mriana Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:51:24 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76348 No, I wasn't raised Episcopalian, but I did become an Episcopalian after I left home at 19 and spent almost 20 years in the Episcopal Church, which made a little more sense to me than what I was raised and far nicer to people also. I was sort of raised Evangelical Fundamentalist. What I mean by sort of, is that we went to church only when we visited my FM minister great uncle and his wife or my Church of God grandparents. When my mother became "born again" when I was 14 and had my uncle baptize us both (she lived under the philosophy "when mama is cold, baby wears a sweater" even when I was 14) she took me to a Lutheran Church (ELCA) because she knew I would fight her about an Evangelical Fundie church. Meanwhile, the only thing I got out of the baptism (in a river) was swimmer's ear. :roll: Gee, thanks Father, Son, and H.G., but a T-shirt would have been nicer. I wanted to make my own choices when I left home at 19 and I was free to explore my religious questions in the Episcopal Church too. So, I killed two birds with one stone- my own insatiable questions and an answer for my relatives when they asked if I was going to church. I'm getting it now though, because my answer to their question is "no". No, I wasn’t raised Episcopalian, but I did become an Episcopalian after I left home at 19 and spent almost 20 years in the Episcopal Church, which made a little more sense to me than what I was raised and far nicer to people also. I was sort of raised Evangelical Fundamentalist. What I mean by sort of, is that we went to church only when we visited my FM minister great uncle and his wife or my Church of God grandparents. When my mother became “born again” when I was 14 and had my uncle baptize us both (she lived under the philosophy “when mama is cold, baby wears a sweater” even when I was 14) she took me to a Lutheran Church (ELCA) because she knew I would fight her about an Evangelical Fundie church. Meanwhile, the only thing I got out of the baptism (in a river) was swimmer’s ear. :roll: Gee, thanks Father, Son, and H.G., but a T-shirt would have been nicer.

I wanted to make my own choices when I left home at 19 and I was free to explore my religious questions in the Episcopal Church too. So, I killed two birds with one stone- my own insatiable questions and an answer for my relatives when they asked if I was going to church. I’m getting it now though, because my answer to their question is “no”.

]]> By: Joel Sax http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76324 Joel Sax Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:13:17 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-76324 Mriana, if you were educated in Catholic schools like I was, you'd know that the communion wafer is the Body and Blood of Christ. You are not to touch it, drop it on the floor, etc. In Catholic dogma, it's much more than a symbol. Methinks you were raised Episcopalian or something like that. Mriana, if you were educated in Catholic schools like I was, you’d know that the communion wafer is the Body and Blood of Christ. You are not to touch it, drop it on the floor, etc. In Catholic dogma, it’s much more than a symbol.

Methinks you were raised Episcopalian or something like that.

]]> By: Mriana http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75928 Mriana Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:37:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75928 <blockquote>Now, mind you, the same people don’t mind if you sell tortillas that appear to have thin crust in the shape of the Virgin Mary….I wonder what it is like to eat her?</blockquote> Maybe as satisfying as eating the Chocolate Jesus. :lol: <blockquote>Is that blasphemy against the Spirit or just a bad joke?</blockquote> Just a bad joke. So, when are people going to learn that that little round wafer thin cracker is nothing but symbolism? Ever notice how it looks like a sunny halo when you put the cup in front of it? Yup, it's also the same halo around JC's head or symbol of it. It's also the sun, just as the halo deal around JC. I'd continue, but you all can guess where I'm going with all of this. Second question, when are people going to learn to do their research and find out where all these symbols and alike originated and all?

Now, mind you, the same people don’t mind if you sell tortillas that appear to have thin crust in the shape of the Virgin Mary….I wonder what it is like to eat her?

Maybe as satisfying as eating the Chocolate Jesus. :lol:

Is that blasphemy against the Spirit or just a bad joke?

Just a bad joke.

So, when are people going to learn that that little round wafer thin cracker is nothing but symbolism? Ever notice how it looks like a sunny halo when you put the cup in front of it? Yup, it’s also the same halo around JC’s head or symbol of it. It’s also the sun, just as the halo deal around JC. I’d continue, but you all can guess where I’m going with all of this.

Second question, when are people going to learn to do their research and find out where all these symbols and alike originated and all?

]]> By: Joel Sax http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75864 Joel Sax Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:58:03 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75864 I can tell you why the link was removed, Mriana: it was offensive to Catholics! (You don't muck with the holy cracker! Especially if it has been blessed because you're mucking with The Body and Blood of Christ the Crispy!) Now, mind you, the same people don't mind if you sell tortillas that appear to have thin crust in the shape of the Virgin Mary....I wonder what it is like to eat her? Is that blasphemy against the Spirit or just a bad joke? Tom: Jesus wouldn't bid because he wouldn't be carrying money? I can tell you why the link was removed, Mriana: it was offensive to Catholics! (You don’t muck with the holy cracker! Especially if it has been blessed because you’re mucking with The Body and Blood of Christ the Crispy!)

Now, mind you, the same people don’t mind if you sell tortillas that appear to have thin crust in the shape of the Virgin Mary….I wonder what it is like to eat her?

Is that blasphemy against the Spirit or just a bad joke?

Tom: Jesus wouldn’t bid because he wouldn’t be carrying money?

]]> By: Mriana http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75758 Mriana Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:17:55 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75758 It seems the seller removed the "wafer". It's no longer on that link at least. Of course, if someone bought it... I wonder how much money they are out of for buying it? It seems the seller removed the “wafer”. It’s no longer on that link at least. Of course, if someone bought it… I wonder how much money they are out of for buying it?

]]> By: Tom Freeman http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75736 Tom Freeman Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:42:00 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75736 <i>"if you’re a true Christian, you just have to ask yourself: How much is Jesus worth?"</i> Surely the question ought to be: What would Jesus bid? “if you’re a true Christian, you just have to ask yourself: How much is Jesus worth?”

Surely the question ought to be: What would Jesus bid?

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]]> By: Jen http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75597 Jen Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:41:09 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/10/08/to-bid-or-not-to-bid/#comment-75597 This is so fantastic that I may actually stop breathing from laughter. This is so fantastic that I may actually stop breathing from laughter.

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