Posted on 02/13/2007 10:44:13 AM PST by jbenedic2
Our humble apologies, but the site is currently down.
Whenever the site is up, we get slammed and it goes down. I have to suspend the site until the fervor dies down. In the meantime, here's the latest post: Update: To correct misinformation in the comments, I was not "fired". I offered my resignation and it was accepted.
Because I had the nerve to be critical of the Catholic church's stance on birth control and abortion---nevermind their political opposition to distributing condoms to fight HIV, a stance that has helped usher thousands and possibly millions to their untimely deaths---I've gotten a number of letters from people who call themselves "Christians", as Bill Donohue also calls himself. Chrisitians are people who are supposed to follow the behavior and teachings of Jesus Christ. I mention this, because it seems to me that therefore, when Christians are contemplating an action that is morally questionable, it appears they should consult the Bible before acting.
Luckily, I happen to have a Bible laying around this house, because even though I'm not a Christian, I was an English major, and it is important to Know Your Ancient Mythologies if you are reading poetry. And I flipped to this passage that seems to have solid advice on what to do if you've got some asshole dragging a woman in front of an angry crowd and yelling, "SINNER!":
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
Granted, I don't think criticizing the church for policies that hurt families and even get people killed is a "sin", but my letter writers do. But I thought I'd bring up this story for two reasons. One, I've always been impressed by the subtext of the story. I suspect, strongly, that this story is part of the reason that Christianity was so attractive to women in its early days, because this sort of random misogynist scapegoating is all too real in a patriarchy, and this story must have touched a lot of women at the time, who would be impressed with Jesus' unwillingness to play into such misogyny. In fact, from everything I understand, much of the history of Christian misogyny is one 2,000 year long backlash against early female power in the church.
"understand" being the key word here.
I don't believe Amanda wrote this. She has had a complete freaking breakdown and one of Edwards' people wrote this, pretending to be her. But it's easy to see it's not her, the F-bomb isn't dropped even once.
"Poor, poor pitiful me" placemarker!
Hey Amanda, maybe it's also got to do with your condemning every Christian and insulting them day after day.
Boy, that's a shocker.
I heard today that the other twittette has been severed from the Edwards payroll. Is that true?
Asmadasa Marchhare Alert!
I understand she is opposed to the RCC position on social issues,but I'm sure that's not why she was being called anti-catholic.
Personally, I like it when the Rats have these radical feminist types out front. It shows who they really are and what they really believe.
No, she wrote it. It seems to follow the same illogical stupidity that she wrote in the previous blogs!
The brilliant IowaHawk has written 2 satires of this raving angry gal's blogging perfectly. (Warning: not for the faint of heart. He recreates the XXX ravings and jargon of Amanda Marcotte perfectly)
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2007/02/my_fair_blogger.html
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2007/02/the_pandagon_pa.html
That is exactly what I thought from my first glance at 'marcotte's essay' - she cannot write one sentence without using as many filthy words as she can fit into it.
In addition, her rants (the ones I have been able to read until my stomach got upset) were much less lucid than this one.
She did not write this.
Great pickup!
I guess it's true what they say about religion being the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Her words have come back to bite her in the @$$ and she's blaming the EEEEVVVIIILLL Christan.
What Amanda did offended a lot of people and they used their "First Amendment Rights" to call her on it. Liberals continually fail to have a grasp on what "Freedom of Speech" really means. It doesn't immune one from criticism
It was actually more anti-Christian:
"Q: What if Mary had taken Plan B after the Lord filled her with his hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit? A: You'd have to justify your misogyny with another ancient mythology."
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