tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post2446420138323801208..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Danse Macabre--chapter 8Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-66646933683027542262013-11-30T21:05:53.619-08:002013-11-30T21:05:53.619-08:00Also in general christian/catholic thought, MARY I...Also in general christian/catholic thought, MARY IS NOT A GODDESS SO WTF ANYWAYTiger Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-54080494590953605672013-10-29T06:05:00.628-07:002013-10-29T06:05:00.628-07:00"...some kind of struggle that sex can't ..."...some kind of struggle that sex can't solve."<br /><br />Don't talk nonsense. What is this madness.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602596541506633019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-15580014435693696662013-10-25T08:38:52.366-07:002013-10-25T08:38:52.366-07:00There are a handful of things that really piss me ...There are a handful of things that really piss me off, and that "God=slot machine" attitude is one of them. I kind of made Jack, Casey's ex in the Exile books, a megachurch pastor because deceptive televangelists are one of the few things I consider actively evil.<br /><br />So does the "Their faith isn't good enough" judgemental-ness. Yeah, God's sitting up there going "Well, you managed to get it halfway right this time, but you're not quite there yet so I think this time I'll let the vampire eat you. Meanwhile this OTHER person did everything well this week, so they get to live". If ANITA can get her holy items to work than they should work for EVERYBODY. Faith is not a dick-measuring contest. <br /><br />I also personally don't find God acting through somebody (IE the holy items glowing thing) all that awesome for the person being acted through. I mean, he's worked through an ass before...<br /><br />I don't think there's anything wrong with praying when you're scared. But it's that "GOD LISTENS TO MEEEE AND LOVES MEEE" attitude, like Anita's perfect and perfectly deserving of God's love and protection, when she doesn't do anything about it. There's a difference between thinking that he might/might not be there and having doubts, and having a tepid attitude towards your religion up until somebody confronts you on it, and then being all MY FAITH IS PERFECT EVEN THOUGH IT IS USUALLY A FORGOTTEN ASPECT OF MY LIFE. I'd buy it if we'd gone through, say, a crisis of faith where Anita had to balance being a believer with her lifestyle. NOT the scene where God is accepting and approving of it that we got in Cerulean Sins, but one where Anita actually had an emotional soul-searching complete with depression and some kind of struggle that sex can't solve. You know, the kind of crisis that real people actually have. I can absolutely see God going "Fine. We'll work around this stuff. Just make me your focus, and not this other issue, and we'll fix things one way or another." but not this "It's okay to be a self-centered rapy murderer, I approve of everything" nonsense Anita keeps broadcasting on all bands. The one boils down to "Stick with me, kiddo, and it'll all be okay." while the other one is just stupid. Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-82828309396045628802013-10-24T21:40:02.507-07:002013-10-24T21:40:02.507-07:00In Kiss the Dead, she notes twice when the holy it...In Kiss the Dead, she notes twice when the holy items of other cops don’t shine and hers does and ponders if they are having a crisis of faith and it pisses me off soooo much because it is so clearly there to show ANITA IS A BETTER CHRISTIAN THAN ANYONE (AND SHE JUDGES YOU FOR THAT) And yeah, you’re completely right, God actually only ever enters into Anita’s head when times are bad and she needs something. She’s definitely one of those folks who treats faith more like a vending machine or get-out-of-jail-free card. I’m kinda not gonna say this right cuz I’m all wonked-out on sleeping pills, but somehow to me that seems like more of an affront to religion to me than just being a non-believer. Like wanting to get the benefits of it but with an utter lack of respect. At least atheists don’t do that. (Ok, confession, I actually kind of am an atheist like that, I say the Hail Mary sometimes when I get scared, but it’s more a reflexive mantra thing than any conscious thought that I am suddenly entitled to God and Mary coming to my aid cuz oh I totally believe in them right this second even though I won‘t think about them at all afterwards…which is the vibe I get off Anita)<br /><br />Man, I miss Nikolaos<br /><br />Omg the part with Belle being all WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU made me crack up<br /><br />So Auggie is the dingbat we have to blame for this Jareth-wannabe being here? GDI DUDE, THANKS A LOT!<br /><br />RFhttp://a-sporking-rat.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com