Comments | subtlegray: Death Bed

subtlegray

Death Bed

Mar 03, 2009 21:46

“Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don't work, I don't get in a car, I don't f*cking ride in a car, I don't pick up the phone, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as sh*t don't f*cking roll! Shomer Shabbos!”
-Walter Sobchak

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death, death bed, the big lebowski, pizza rolls, ethanol, shabbos

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blue_aardvark March 4 2009, 18:22:16 UTC

I saw through the hypocrisy of the Sabbath at a young age. The devout made a show of attending service, but were more concerned with the impending football games or the latest gossip.

anonymous March 5 2009, 14:53:54 UTC

The Sabbath is a time to care to your own personal needs. To allow the day to wash over you with no obligation. Shut out the world and work and your observance will have a cleansing effect on you.

monochromeninja March 5 2009, 21:09:33 UTC

Most people can't afford to shut out work.

anonymous March 8 2009, 07:32:55 UTC

ahh.. but isn't that where faith and the practical cross swords?

anonymous March 9 2009, 04:29:27 UTC

not necessarily

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blue_aardvark March 9 2009, 12:45:05 UTC

what do make of this?

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5375029/vatican-defends-brazil-excommunication/

subtlegray March 9 2009, 19:59:55 UTC

"PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER". -Julius Henry Marx ( ... )

blue_aardvark March 9 2009, 20:35:17 UTC

We really should gather together all the examples of this as we can find, where a fundamentalist interpretation of religious dogma conflicts with human decency or common sense. It would make an interesting read.

subtlegray March 20 2009, 03:32:56 UTC

I agree. I hope you're keeping track of these.

blue_aardvark March 12 2009, 20:07:39 UTC

Christian Domestic Discipline anyone?

http://christiandomesticdiscipline.com/

subtlegray March 20 2009, 03:32:23 UTC

I find this site rather dubious.
After reading the FAQs I still couldn't figure out if it was legit or not.
It looks bad enough to be real. The site design is reminiscent of the poorly designed 90's homepages and all it's missing is an annoyingly looped midi.
It's also an insane enough idea to be real.
Perhaps my mind has developed a survival mechanism that causes me to be skeptical of any idea that could have easily been a Monty Python sketch. It wants to preserve the hope that humanity hasn't gone off the deep end again, because in the reality of the year 2009 no one can be that preposterous.

(note: I just checked out the links page ... 3092 members in the yahoo group)

blue_aardvark March 17 2009, 21:19:13 UTC

pope-phylactic

http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSLH936617._CH_.2400

subtlegray March 20 2009, 03:16:42 UTC

Sometimes I wonder if the Pope is simply trolling and mistakenly gets people to agree with his opinions.
Certainly condoms aren't going to be a cure-all, but they couldn't exactly hurt in the way he thinks they will ... unless he's thinking everybody only gets one.
Humanisation of sexuality is also a good idea. If only we didn't have to choose between the two, if only there was a way to employ the use of both simultaneously... hm....