Comments on: Pets More Comforting Than Priests

By: Mriana

Mriana — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:49:37 +0000

*Mriana waves to Joe’s wife* Hi Joe M’s wife. Glad to hear the wife agrees and she’s not about to kick my butt for not laughing at her husband’s “joke”.

By: Joe M

Joe M — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:45:10 +0000

That’s okay, M. My wife always tells me I’m not funny, so it’s helpful to have a third party confirm it

By: Mriana

Mriana — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:00:16 +0000

It was a joke? I didn’t know. Sorry.

By: Joe M

Joe M — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:39:28 +0000

Darn, a perfectly acceptable Internet porn joke just ruined.

Thanks, Mriana

By: Mriana

Mriana — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:46:43 +0000

I don’t think so. I have never heard of a story that pets molest children and if they do bite or attack, it is because the human provoked them. Pets don’t usually attack unless provoked or abused. I have had a lifetime with animals and if anyone should be wary of anyone, it’s the pets. I’ve seen too many abused and neglected, and then they are misunderstood.

By: Joe M

Joe M — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:27:30 +0000

“Jimbo-B said,

November 26, 2007 at 7:49 pm

Let’s not forget that pets don’t molest children…”

Jimbo, if there’s one thing the Interwebs have taught me, it is that your statement is provably false.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:51:38 +0000

George Washington famously refused to have a priest or minister called to his deathbed.
I don’t think he called for the cat though.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:04:03 +0000

I have three furry feline daughters. They are my babies.

Find me a priest with those qualities and we’ll talk.

I can’t even find a man with those qualities you mentioned.

Besides, I have yet to see a priest visit anyone but the old in the hospital. My sons each had a turn in the hospital (different years) and were there almost a month. They said they wanted someone from the church to visit. I told the priests (there were 3- 1 male 2 female), they said they would drop in, and the whole month (or almost a month) they were there none of the priest visited them. When I was there for a week after giving birth, no one even said “hi” or even congrats. One thing I’ve learned, you’re on your own if you get sick or have a new baby- with some complications that keep you there for a bit. Oh but if you are old and dying, those priest will be there and give you last rites if you desire.

Now when my mother had breast cancer surgery 6 years ago (stage 3), her minister was there constantly and it was constant “God’s gonna do this.” “God’s gonna do that.” Excuse me, but no, the drs are going to do this and that. They cut off my mother’s breast and treated her. Eventually she was cancer free. Regardless, they gave absolutely no credit to the drs. I have news for them: If it weren’t for the drs, my mother would be dead right now. Of course, they’d say that is God’s will. I don’t THINK so! Now that we have the scientific knowledge on how to treat breast cancer, more women survive it, esp if caught early enough. So, it was human knowledge that helped my mother.

Either extreme is rediculous and worthless in my opinion. I could tolerate a happy medium, esp if they gave the drs credit.

However, when it comes to my girls they are always there to comfort me, without preaching or telling me what to do or anything like that, regardless if it is just a momentary and passing frustration.

By: HappyNat

HappyNat — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:58:47 +0000

When my mother died two years ago, the pastor who came to the house might have been the biggest ass I’ve ever met. He did the standard line of she is in a better place/isn’t feeling anymore pain etc. and then went into how he couldn’t do the service because he was leaving for Colorado the next day to go skiing. With a big smile on his face he kept talking about how much he loved Colorado. Not sure how/if it helped my dad, but it got me to the anger phase of greif pretty quick.

Instead of punching him like I wanted, I walked into the other room and cried while petting my parents cat. The kicker is that when I got home late that night I found our cat dead on the stairs. Glad we also had a loving Aussie Shep to help us deal with both losses.

By: Anatoly

Anatoly — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:48:41 +0000

Well, as a person who suffered a passing of a loved one during his lifetime, I can say that when you’re mourning you want somebody who listens to you not the other way around. Priests, at least the few I’ve met, have a habit of talking instead of actually listening.