web-goddess: archived post

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

From my friend Major: "Check this out. People are seeing the Virgin Mary in a frickin' fence post at Coogee. People are making pilgrimages to see a white fence and are saying its a message from God that women shouldn't go topless on the beach. Get these morons out of the gene pool. Out I Say!!!" I really have to agree.

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or maybe the virgin mary likes to check out the boobies? y'know - the human form in all its glory...
» kristen [www] » 2003-01-29 23:14:05

This silly story even made it onto the news tonight!
» Kris [www] » 2003-01-29 23:25:39

Life outside is a reflection of ourselves. Some reflect the Divine and others stupid fence posts.
» Anonymous » 2003-01-31 23:00:21

I like that quote. But are you honestly saying that there's something God-like in seeing a woman's shape in a fence post? See, I prefer to believe that God values intelligence and curiosity. Seeing Him (literally) all over the place - in lumpy potatoes, in clouds, in smoke over an airplane crash - just seems delusional. God would never be so unsubtle. If you wanna appreciate Him, do it by looking at a mountain or a sunrise, not by claiming His mother has nothing better to do than worry about topless sunbathers.
» Kris [www] » 2003-02-01 00:18:28

I just realized all of that could be boiled down to one statement: God doesn't like stupid people. If he does, just count me out.
» Kris [www] » 2003-02-01 00:19:53

you children are wasting your time trying to put a gender on the concept of god...
» Anonymous » 2003-02-07 02:47:07

yeah, we "children" all took that philo/theo class in college as well, anon. the thing of it is, the english language is constructed in such a way that the majority of pronouns relate to one gender or ther other. personally, i think that most gender-neutral references to God are often clunky and "it" is just way too impersonal. just because a person uses "Him" in reference to God doesn't mean that s/he pictures God as an old white man with a flowing beard. (see above)

and now the troll feeding time has come to a close... ;)
» brigita [www] » 2003-02-07 04:00:22

Ah, thanks for catching that one B. I don't like to let trolls run around, but they have a knack of posting while I'm asleep. :)
» Kris [www] » 2003-02-07 08:26:46

sorry, it just got my blue-and-gold knickers into an Almighty twist. ;)
» brigita [www] » 2003-02-07 10:09:06

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