tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post3803627281737353785..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Episcopalian Frightens Unitarians (Not)Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-17254862654814826192009-12-30T05:47:01.577+01:002009-12-30T05:47:01.577+01:00Funny Wobegone man,
I'm freezing my pantheist...Funny Wobegone man,<br /><br />I'm freezing my pantheistic butt off in a newly snowy Portland OR. http://www.salon.com/news/religion/index.html?story=/opinion/keillor/2009/12/29/2009_12_29_paradise Oh thats it, I'm not warrior enough. <br /><br />-Gene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-66301699603513436562009-12-24T18:48:36.727+01:002009-12-24T18:48:36.727+01:00'This is spiritual piracy and cultural elitism...'This is spiritual piracy and cultural elitism, and we Christians have stood for it long enough.'<br /><br />Christians suffer so much, Catholics suffer so much, Baha'is suffer so much. Suffer, suffer, suffer, and suffer some more. Merry merry and happy holidays, Adrian!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-51741155196709925882009-12-24T14:05:55.042+01:002009-12-24T14:05:55.042+01:00also a post script to Mr Schell. I admire your gen...also a post script to Mr Schell. I admire your generosity of spirit. But as a narrow and pinched fellow, I just don't see much (any) satire in Mr Keillor's rant. I understand there is that old gored ox thing, so I'm trying to be careful. But, this article much like his piece on homosexuality seems more revealing of his hurt and clinging than of some larger perspective...<br /><br />At least so it seems to this reader...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320860122104064884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-30906419466997023802009-12-24T13:58:45.957+01:002009-12-24T13:58:45.957+01:00I don't know how pinched our faith is. I rathe...I don't know how pinched our faith is. I rather thought our strength and shadow was expansiveness. That said it is my experience that most of us Unitarian Universalists (the Unitarians in the US) do like Christmas, if in our own way...<br /><br />http://monkeymindonline.blogspot.com/2009/12/wishing-you-unitarian-universalist.htmlJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320860122104064884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-40949023257601959042009-12-24T02:47:15.705+01:002009-12-24T02:47:15.705+01:00I'm hearing but losing the ability to listen. ...I'm hearing but losing the ability to listen. I never know now when irony is intended. People tell me when it is happening, but I only believe some of them. I think I believe you.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-1508532298628878012009-12-23T20:54:52.935+01:002009-12-23T20:54:52.935+01:00Adrian,
I think your piece, 'Anglicanism Give...Adrian,<br /><br />I think your piece, 'Anglicanism Gives Way to Democratic Centralism' is insightful and very useful. <br /><br />But on Garrison Keillor, you (and a lot of other readers in various publications) missed his satirical voice. The indications that he intends satire are all over this piece. The satrical stance he's taken is a smug Christian with a strong personal sense of owning that territory. From that stance he says all kinds of non-P.C., offensive things. The most blatant indicator it's satire is this - "...if you're not in the club, then buzz off."<br /><br />Keillor's finding his way from a Plymouth Brethren house church childhood makes him very, very conscious of any church's inclination to define grace in terms of turf and spend big effort defining who really doesn't belong. <br /><br />Coming to the Episcopal church, he has noticed and repeatedly commented on a more liberal version of the same phenomenon. He sounds like a bigot because he thinks that's what he's hearing. <br /><br />Do we know how readers took Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal"?Donald Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328485899602529480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-66775992042498095332009-12-23T14:09:31.654+01:002009-12-23T14:09:31.654+01:00He's from Lake Woebegone where...
"all t...He's from Lake Woebegone where...<br /><br />"all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average".<br /><br />Mmm, I always thought he was Lutheran.<br /><br />cheers-frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065107773031033288noreply@blogger.com