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Lorna Summers ([personal profile] xp_olaris) wrote2007-03-09 09:17 am
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Faith and current events.

Apparently Father Morgan and Nathan watch the same news programming. Today we got treated to a nice long sermon about the difference between literal interpretation and actual truth in the Bible. Babel, as I'm sure you can imagine, featured heavily.

Don't get me wrong, I like Fr. Morgan and the bit about how the ark story is a chiasm (I'm so mangling that I'm sure) was pretty cool. But I'm not really sure that the blue-hairs appreciated being told that they were being irresponsible to expect our idea of history to be the same as ancient writers.

Anyway, did you know that no one is quite sure how to pronounce Babel? Not even Fr. Morgan who went through, I swear, four different pronunciations in 15 minutes.
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[identity profile] x-polarisstar.livejournal.com 2007-03-09 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Did that sit-down involve the words "Totally missed the point"?

[identity profile] x-forge.livejournal.com 2007-03-09 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Not in so many words. Although in retrospect, I recognize that it was probably difficult for a suburban evangelist with a divinity degree to explain metaphor to a rather literal-minded young genius.

I wonder if Mom still has my design for the floating geodesic dome I sketched out on the back of one of the church potluck flyers during the sermon. Probably tucked in the back of a Bible somewhere.

[identity profile] x-polarisstar.livejournal.com 2007-03-09 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Young gifted kids often don't get stuff like that, I've noticed. Often because they never stopped to consider that they might be wrong.

Actually...I think a lot of people are like that young, genius or otherwise.

[identity profile] x-forge.livejournal.com 2007-03-09 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I agree. That's why I don't have any set views on religious matters. Nothing's worse than trying to argue an unprovable point with the only people more set in their ways than classical physicists.

And with that, I sign off for the next few hours. Wish me luck.

[identity profile] x-wildchild.livejournal.com 2007-03-09 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey. I get a PASS. My parents are ... okay, well, my mom is a religious weirdo. Tyler My stepdad My dad's not nearly so kooky about it.

I don't care what anyone says. God never said "Birthdays is bad, yo."

[identity profile] x-firestar.livejournal.com 2007-03-10 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Birthdays are totally cool.

And I'm one of the lucky ones, we used to all go to church together and, you know, it was good. If mom's in town, we still go together, if not just me and dad.

Speaking of parents, wanna come over for dinner in a week or so? Dad thinks he's Alton Brown.

[identity profile] x-wildchild.livejournal.com 2007-03-10 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. Alton is the WIN.
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