Sunday breakfast

[pit_viper]

Mr. Viper and I were in Denny’s on Sunday, in search of breakfast, and we ordered and got our coffee and were chilling out while waiting for our food. Our waitress gives the check to the people in the next booth and says “Merry Christmas

Comments

[rhosymedre47]

Jesus was a serious fucking rebel. He said that all the religious laws, all the crazy legal incrustations that accrued over the centuries due to socio-economic survival of a small tribe of people were no longer needed. Forget about stoning the gays and adulterers. You don’t have to buy a really expensive goat to sacrifice every week and count your steps on the Sabbat. Eat some shellfish! But here’s the catch - you have to love each other, especially the most unlovable, stubborn, rude, impossible people, with all the energy and commitment you have inside you. And that, my friends, is a lot tougher to do than a righteous stoning.

Dear Ms Viper.

Word.

Lots of love,

A Christian (non-Denny's)

P.S. Happy holidays to you. I've been bemoaning the fact that I can't find any decent cards that *don't* say Happy Christmas for the Jewish friends that I have.

[pit_viper]

And Merry Christmas to you! I think we need a Cat Option. Cards with "Happy Feedingtime."

[cionaudha]

Ah, I only wish you had said that to the like-it-or-leave idiots.

People don't like SeriousFuckingRebel!Jesus. They like Inquisitor!Jesus and FamilyValues!Jesus. (FamilyValues!Jesus of course not being the same guy as the Bible guy who said to leave yer mom and dad and possessions, and by way of example spurned his mom and dad and possessions and hung out with a bunch of sketchy characters and mooched from door to door, which if their sons did that OMG....)

I swear, the Divine One/s put people like that in our paths to make us practice our tolerance and love. I'm a lousy Christian: I can't do it. It takes my head apart with rage. If only love and tolerance could be beaten into people with nasty sharp pointy sticks, she said lovingly and tolerantly.

Sorry you had to witness that.

...and even sorrier that there wasn't any violence. ;-) Can I buy you a Yule drink on Thursday?

[mincot]

Can I join in??

[cionaudha]

The beatings or the drinkings? ;-)

[pit_viper]

I was so annoyed that I couldn't say anything coherent, so I just swept out. If I had a pointy stick, though, I would have used it!

Alas, we are leaving for the Midwest on Thursday. More Denny's Christian fun there, I bet.

I will definitely need a recovery (liquid) dinner when I get back, though! We get back on the 26th, so maybe a week from this Thursday?

[pit_viper]

I've got lights up and am so far the only one to bring in cookies (Mr. Viper and I did a huge bake-off last Sunday while watching football). Hee. So far, the two people eating most of the cookies are a Buddist and another pagan. Our office is DOOMED TO HELL!

[cionaudha]

I keep thinking about

Rollin' rollin' rollin'
Holy Family rollin'

[mincot]

Word mcWord

[pit_viper]

Don't even get me started on how the country was mostly founded by...Deists! Evil!

[lillithj]

I could give you a list of venues in Kansas that would benefit greatly from the above mentioned lecture.

I got to hear the opposing view, We ARE a Christian Nation, for an entire week. By the time I left, I was ready to bang my head against a wall.

[lillithj]

I already said WORD. to this in another forum.

I told Spoose about your experiences. He loves to tell people like the ones you mention that they are the least Christian people he ever meets. The blank looks he gets are priceless. Brains skitter to a stop and whole crowds of people slowly back away from him. It's lovely.