I was raised Roman Catholic.  Came to seriously question the existence of God a couple of years ago, and am currently agnostic.  I have trouble thinking of a universe with no sort of higher power, where a person's existence just stops at death, but at the same time I'm not going to turn away from what appears to me to…

I feel like Catholics in the U.S. aren't quite as crazy borderline-Fundamentalist as it's popular to portray them as.  Sure there's the anti-gay, extremely pro-life, anti-birth control/contraception rhetoric, but honestly, I can't think of a single homily from my childhood/adolescence as a Catholic where a priest at…

I feel like Catholics in the U.S. aren't quite as crazy borderline-Fundamentalist as it's popular to portray them as.  Sure there's the anti-gay, extremely pro-life, anti-birth control/contraception rhetoric, but honestly, I can't think of a single homily from my childhood/adolescence as a Catholic where a priest at…

Have you read J.B.?  50's retelling of Book of Job by Archibald MacLeish.  I thought that was an excellent retelling when I read it at a time where I was just starting to go through a serious questioning and eventual disposal of my religious convictions (not that one has to be an agnostic/atheist to think it's a good…

Have you read J.B.?  50's retelling of Book of Job by Archibald MacLeish.  I thought that was an excellent retelling when I read it at a time where I was just starting to go through a serious questioning and eventual disposal of my religious convictions (not that one has to be an agnostic/atheist to think it's a good…

Yeah, kind of the same for me.  I was raised a Catholic by a socially moderately conservative family who takes their religion fairly seriously but not in a crazy way, and I embraced my religion for most of my childhood.  If anything ever opened my eyes to the idea that specifically atheistic/agnostic pop-culture was…

Yeah, kind of the same for me.  I was raised a Catholic by a socially moderately conservative family who takes their religion fairly seriously but not in a crazy way, and I embraced my religion for most of my childhood.  If anything ever opened my eyes to the idea that specifically atheistic/agnostic pop-culture was…

Now that you've replied to my comment explaining that you were joking and that you're gay, I realize that you were joking and that you're gay, so to answer your question, yes.  But I could have at least worked out the joking part if I'd read some of your responses to some of the responses to your comment.  I didn't…

Now that you've replied to my comment explaining that you were joking and that you're gay, I realize that you were joking and that you're gay, so to answer your question, yes.  But I could have at least worked out the joking part if I'd read some of your responses to some of the responses to your comment.  I didn't…

Abe Lincoln was black?  Or is it possible that you can support the rights of a marginalized group of people without belonging to said marginalized group of people?

Abe Lincoln was black?  Or is it possible that you can support the rights of a marginalized group of people without belonging to said marginalized group of people?

I don't know about other people, and maybe it's just because I live in a reasonably liberal area of the state, but I saw a lot of support for the North Carolina anti-Amendment One cause months, not days, before the vote happened.  It was actually a pretty big deal down here.  I'm pretty sure the anti-gay marriage side…

I don't know about other people, and maybe it's just because I live in a reasonably liberal area of the state, but I saw a lot of support for the North Carolina anti-Amendment One cause months, not days, before the vote happened.  It was actually a pretty big deal down here.  I'm pretty sure the anti-gay marriage side…

Ha, I forget exactly how I let two comments end up on there.  But while I'm at it, Yoko Ono is not objectively bad, and one can enjoy her music and still have good musical taste.

Ha, I forget exactly how I let two comments end up on there.  But while I'm at it, Yoko Ono is not objectively bad, and one can enjoy her music and still have good musical taste.

Well, we are talking about a kids' movie here.  But even though I haven't seen the movie, I can imagine where you're coming from.

Well, we are talking about a kids' movie here.  But even though I haven't seen the movie, I can imagine where you're coming from.

OK, it would appear I lose this one.  I hate Yoko, like most people, but some people don't, and some of those who don't still have good musical taste. 

OK, it would appear I lose this one.  I hate Yoko, like most people, but some people don't, and some of those who don't still have good musical taste. 

Oh, cool.  Thanks and stuff.