Hijacking kradical's LJ

[mabfan]

kradical made this entry: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kradical/24286.html commenting on a group of Christian fundamentalists who are hoping to all move to one state and maybe secede from the union.

Somehow, one comment I made led to a whole discussion on the laws of kashruth and my own thoughts on gay marriage.

So if anyone wants to read the discussion, you know where to go...

Comments

[gem225.livejournal.com]

That was a cool discussion. Thank you for the link. :-)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

The discussion continues...you might want to keep checking back.

[gem225.livejournal.com]

I will, thank you, but I'll save it for my breaks. I'm supposed to be working here... and I am, of course. *looks innocent and busy*

[ckd]

All I have to say is, well, you rock. As usual.

I was in a blog-comment-thread discussion on same-sex marriage a while back, and got to point out the guy who was, er, inconsistent on Levitical prohibitions.

Not that it actually convinced him, of course, or anyone else involved I suspect....

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Actually, stakebait has pointed out in that thread that Christianity does have as one of its tenets the idea that many of the Jewish laws were repealed. However, I have never heard of a fundamentalist who uses that argument. Usually they get stuck and try to rationalize in other ways.

By the way, how do I know you again? gnomi has tried to remind me...

[ckd]

This guy did pull that argument out after I asked him where the anti-lobster-roll amendment was, and backpedaled...then claimed that I Cor 14:34-35 didn't really mean what it said either. At that point I gave up, the discussion wasn't worth the time or RSI worries.

Most recently, you'd probably remember me as that wiseacre in the 20 panels in an hour audience at Boskone.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...got any photos up on the web? I seem to recall many wiseacres at that panel. :-)

We're doing it again, by the way, at Noreascon 4, for First Night.

[ckd]

Nobody ever seems to believe that I'm a blue foam squeezy shark. What ever happened to "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"? :-)

I don't have any very recent ones. I suppose "balding, bearded, and slightly chubby" doesn't narrow it down enough, either.

(I was the wiseacre that you threatened to put on the panel for next year. Incidentally, I do have my Boskone membership already, and I'm still masochistic enough to be on program....)

[eal.livejournal.com]

Nice to see someone aside from me getting some use from that story.

I have some new and interesting ones for you sometime, remind me and I'll email them (the perks of teaching for a christian school online, you get new and entertaining stories all the time).

For one example, as a citizen of the United States you are a Christian. Everyone who lives here is one. I know you must be pleased to know that, just as I was. :)

M

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Ask that person if they also think that everyone who is a citizen of Israel is a Jew. Then introduce him/her to the concept of Israeli Arabs...