I started blogging about religion as a way to have arguments about religion with people who are not my boyfriend, since I didn\u2019t think it was fair to him or Catholicism to have him be my only source for knowledge about Catholic theology. \u00a0I thought it would be useful when I took RCIA classes during the inquiry period, but that didn\u2019t work out<\/a>. \u00a0I also hoped that the discipline of writing every day would\u2026 well, that certainly was not a success.<\/p>\n I follow a number of atheist or Christian blogs, and I noticed that a lot of atheist blogs were focused primarily on political problems, while the Christian ones spent more time on morality. \u00a0I\u2019m really grateful for the work that blogs like Friendly Atheist<\/a> do to keep me up to date on First Amendment violations, etc, but they weren\u2019t helping me answer my boyfriend\u2019s challenge to find other\u00a0atheists\u00a0who\u00a0believed\u00a0that morality was absolute and rooted in something outside cultural conditioning.<\/p>\n I\u2019m still working on expressing my beliefs, and the morality\/sin series<\/a> will get active again next week after I take a big midterm tomorrow.<\/p>\n I really appreciate the questions I get from commenters and the helpful exegeses provided any time I have a question about the bible readings<\/a> from Mass. \u00a0If you have any suggestions or requests for topics to be covered here, please leave a note. \u00a0I\u2019m glad to try to answer any questions about my experience of examining religion or anything else you\u2019re wondering about.<\/p>\n And now, since this is a milestone post, on to the round-up of funny search terms that have brought people to this blog:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Two people got here by googling \u201cWhat is the difference between Jesus and Santa Claus<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m no expert on Christian theology, but, as far as I can tell, although Jesus may send you to hell, only Santa will stuff you in a sack<\/a> and have you beaten by his slaves. \u00a0That\u2019s the extent of my knowledge, so I can\u2019t help the person who got here by asking \u201cDid the church ever try to kill santa clause<\/strong>\u201d [sic].<\/p>\n A number of you seem to have twigged that my half-Italian, half-Jewish heritage might make me an expert on schnozzes, or so I assume from the people who reached this blog by googling any of the following:\u00a0practices that may harm our nose<\/strong>, children poking nose<\/strong>, or\u00a0describe my nature according to my nose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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