tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038032538485412307.post4745011984213730829..comments2023-06-30T07:10:39.747-05:00Comments on The Liturgical Curmudgeon: The New Great GenerationWSJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712152737422347034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038032538485412307.post-22286161964704232412009-11-14T13:14:57.152-06:002009-11-14T13:14:57.152-06:00Which means that what I wrote is wrong-how?Which means that what I wrote is wrong-how?Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038032538485412307.post-60805736497997741892009-11-14T11:45:22.849-06:002009-11-14T11:45:22.849-06:00Hi, Brad. Thanks for your notes.
I'm a littl...Hi, Brad. Thanks for your notes.<br /><br />I'm a little curious why you are spending your time commenting on blogs like mine, particularly since mine is obviously a very obscure blog and it takes some real effort to find it. If you really believe that religious faith is a waste of time, then why did you drop in?<br /><br />Nevertheless, you are always welcome. Stop in again if I post something your want to argue with.WSJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712152737422347034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038032538485412307.post-55706686962380045062009-11-14T11:28:21.245-06:002009-11-14T11:28:21.245-06:00It's the idea that a book written from 2300-18...It's the idea that a book written from 2300-1800 years ago is 'inspired' by a being we can't see, whose voice is usually heard by people in silly costumes and which involves sitting on a bench week after week and paying for the privilege of watching a grown man swan around in satin robes while swirling smoke around. <br /> How is this useful for spiritual health? What do we miss from not having this in our lives? If we want community (whatever that is)we can do meetups, form clubs, parties; we don't need an expensive neo-gothic building to do it.<br /> Nobody goes because the premises on which religion is based are ridiculous.Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038032538485412307.post-22104856635897651522009-11-14T11:24:39.045-06:002009-11-14T11:24:39.045-06:00Religion matters less to them because it serves no...Religion matters less to them because it serves no purpose.<br /> If they want to help gays get married, they can use secular activism and vote to legalize it. If they want to help the environment, they study science and recycle and push for fewer pollutants.<br /> Religion is only needed by the modern left as a way of making contact with, and helping get out the vote of, non-white communities.<br /> If the Left wants to get out the vote of middle class/upper middle class white people, it doesn't have to see a Reverend or a Rabbi, it goes to a college.<br /> They may be glad that you don't ban gays from being clergy, but that doesn't mean that they're going to show up to hear any of those clergy preach.Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.com