Comments on: Chrism

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:04:46 +0000

Man cannot forget that he is an animal, no matter where evolution takes him.

Belief is in the mind of the beholder, not the beheld, and it is not a menu from which you can pick your ideology. The whole thing or nothing.

What we see here is a last battle – not of any apocalyptic kind, but realisation that ‘faith’, ‘belief’ and ‘religion’ are the last vestiges of superstition in the human mind, and the deep understanding that nothing really matters.

Mozart in 1000 years? The web in a century?

I think not.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:11:01 +0000

Lucky you, not living in Italy and not having to deal with Vatican sex scandals each and every day..

By: Ashil Mistry

Ashil Mistry — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:44:32 +0000

“skeet & Christ”
How hilarious.

By: PETER JOHN BOYLE

PETER JOHN BOYLE — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:32 +0000

“oh hunny, the spirit of meekness”

its all the funniest when you return to your own reality. I saw those two on tv and watching a dude talk about cocking around like it was the one time he drank too much tequilla…

based on my own maxim “laughter is the sound of recognition”

which judging by how much I laugh retrospectively fro this here screed, prolly includes re cognition “of a ruminant sort” maybe they are just working up a stand up act.

By: killian

killian — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:03:19 +0000

Brilliant. Spot On. What Erik and Brandon said! And now, as per PP, off to buy music and donate to a truck fund.

By: Mr. Wally

Mr. Wally — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:35:02 +0000

About a hundred years ago there was a television show hosted by none other than Hugh Hefner called Playboy After Dark in which “Hef” hosted a party. There was conversation, impromptu musical performance and so forth. Isn’t there some NY cable access channel or internet video forum where you could reinvent that concept?

By: pp

pp — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:05:42 +0000

What I find interesting, Nico, is that you find anything to do with the delusional Haggards interesting. Try to resist those best sellers at airport book stores, eh, unless theyâ€™re about something other than sex, money, and religion (and drugs!).
Btw, you really do need a forum, you know, a â€˜chatterâ€™ type place where we could discuss this and other topics further.
Off to buy those albums you’ve recommended!

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:26:34 +0000

hilarious. that was great to wake up to.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:41:15 +0000

can’t even explain how much I enjoyed reading this…

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:49:52 +0000

I don’t think there is a better opening to a paragraph then: “Speaking of skeet & Christ,…”

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:30:42 +0000

In re: the Spirit of Meekness (title!), I always found it beautiful/interesting that on Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement–Jews are not permitted to ask forgiveness of G-d for a sin against another human being until we have asked that person to forgive us. If the person refuses, the One Who Has Sinned is still obligated to ask two more times, sincerely. If forgiveness is still not given after three sincere, meek, and humble requests, then one may ask G-d. But not before.

By: Amanda Mae

Amanda Mae — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:39:04 +0000

I think you’ve pinned it. I so value your insights into the modern church since you seem to come out of some sort of high-church background and since you always speak carefully and intelligently.