tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post5611269268096690353..comments2024-01-07T05:17:58.943-05:00Comments on Orthoprax: Quasi-Religious SoulsOrthopraxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-63560824738803469362007-05-29T08:49:00.000-04:002007-05-29T08:49:00.000-04:00"No, see my people are called the SORT-OF Christia..."No, see my people are called the SORT-OF Christians..." Anyone who has not yet checked out the G-d Inc. and Mr. Deity videos on YouTube should do so. <BR/><BR/>Maybe I should write a book caled "G-d is Right Most of the Time." Or, "What the Hell Has G-d Got To Do With It? It's Mostly the People That Screw Up Anyway." Is that too long for a best-seller? Or just too boring?Mirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971075346520291515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-29540212409186384582007-05-28T15:35:00.000-04:002007-05-28T15:35:00.000-04:00Anon,"Quasireligion is self-limiting: it lasts one...Anon,<BR/><BR/>"Quasireligion is self-limiting: it lasts one generation. It's also parasitic: it can't survive on it's own, relying instead on the existence of the truly religious."<BR/><BR/>I don't know about that first assertion, but you do have a point with the second.Orthopraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649055168953784384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-76398911511793393392007-05-28T14:47:00.000-04:002007-05-28T14:47:00.000-04:00Quasireligion is self-limiting: it lasts one gener...Quasireligion is self-limiting: it lasts one generation. It's also parasitic: it can't survive on it's own, relying instead on the existence of the truly religious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-73471019409447749052007-05-27T23:05:00.000-04:002007-05-27T23:05:00.000-04:00Boy, that joke killed (the comments)! Try the veal...Boy, that joke killed (the comments)! Try the veal. I'm here till Thursday!e-kvetcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235994048517019317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-52587130681843349442007-05-27T00:12:00.000-04:002007-05-27T00:12:00.000-04:00Good question, Shoshana. I suspect the author mean...Good question, Shoshana. I suspect the author meant: "Dissenting with the *orthodox* position."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-11178441257135371232007-05-25T19:01:00.000-04:002007-05-25T19:01:00.000-04:00I'm curious to know which denominations encourage ...I'm curious to know which denominations encourage dissent.Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365142117481675663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-45936308703476005812007-05-25T18:17:00.000-04:002007-05-25T18:17:00.000-04:00I think that it just depends on your personality. ...I think that it just depends on your personality. Some people need to have a worldview that is consistent with their beliefs. Others just don't spend any time thinking about it. <BR/><BR/>It reminds me of an old Russian Jewish joke:<BR/><BR/>Moishe had two geese - a white one and a grey one. He needed to kill one for dinner but couldn't decide which one. "If I kill the white one, the grey one will be lonely. If I kill the grey one, the white one will be lonely". So he goes to his neighbor Ivan. <BR/>"Ivan, help me. I need to kill one of the geese. But if I kill the white one, the grey one will be lonely. If I kill the grey one, the white one will be lonely". <BR/>Ivan says "Kill the white one." <BR/>"But the grey one will be lonely". <BR/>"Then kill the grey one". <BR/>"But the white one will be lonely". <BR/>"So who gives a f*ck!"e-kvetcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235994048517019317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10333247.post-50679193730788833772007-05-25T17:20:00.000-04:002007-05-25T17:20:00.000-04:00Interesting. Kind of makes sense in that the quas...Interesting. Kind of makes sense in that the quasi-religious get to have the benefits of religion without letting it compromise their minds. Too bad it's so hard to create a whole community that could accomplish the same.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.com