tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post4854792180210659536..comments2023-10-30T10:31:57.911-04:00Comments on Days of Transition: Sunday SchoolRalphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-10115763498996206162008-01-21T08:08:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:08:00.000-05:00"No man is as island," right? We trundle along in..."No man is as island," right? We trundle along in our own worlds, but we aren't in coccoons, after all. The great events of the day can push us in directions we'd never imagined for ourselves...Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-48069777284757380352008-01-21T08:01:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:01:00.000-05:00We were the beginning of the paling of the fervor ...We were the beginning of the paling of the fervor of Irish Catholics. I went to parochial school almost all the way from grade one to high school, even managed a Catholic college, but it was there all the questions began and didn't seem to have an acceptable answer. My final every Sunday mass was one where I walked out in the middle of a sermon about supporting the war in Vietnam. The priest even stopped me as I was making my exit and asked why I was leaving. I told him and left. Haven't been back much since then.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200177056135281932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-62421954782417490852008-01-20T17:21:00.000-05:002008-01-20T17:21:00.000-05:00"Intolerant of intolerance." Michele, you took th..."Intolerant of intolerance." Michele, you took the words out of my mouth. We as a country must get back to that place. I really think we were there once, in our living memory.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-53068416638125261352008-01-20T17:17:00.000-05:002008-01-20T17:17:00.000-05:00I grew up areligious (without religion). My fath...I grew up areligious (without religion). My father described himself as an agnostic. My mother said nothing. My brother says she was the "closet Christian" in our family. My brother and I are more straightforward than our father was, we're atheists. We have never tried to persuade anyone to our beliefs. It's just what we think and we don't talk about it. (We've read all the lastest writings on atheism with great interest, but the writings are still just confirmation of what we've believed since childhood and not reason to proselytize.) We think what we think and others are should be/are free to think what they think. The issue is, however, that many people/religions think that others should think what they think. So while we are tolerant/encouraging of other peoples beliefs, we find to our dismay that many are intolerant of others beliefs and so we find that we, in turn, are intolerant of intolerance. Iris Dement was right.jack/andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569977450731641637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-61728064918891679952008-01-20T14:12:00.000-05:002008-01-20T14:12:00.000-05:00Know what you mean, Greg. Maybe things have been ...Know what you mean, Greg. Maybe things have been like this before and they got better? We can only hope. And vote.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-91455559104232797972008-01-20T14:09:00.000-05:002008-01-20T14:09:00.000-05:00great post..it seems that there is little room for...great post..it seems that there is little room for either questioning or tolerance these days,and<BR/>i know i'd prefer democracy to theocracy...greg mplsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com