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Published On: Apr 07, 2009 10:27 AM
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Another Meme...
Another Meme. Memes are like Mormons at the door,
it seems impolite to just ignore them. To quote Ebenezer Scrooge, "That's my
weakness. I'm a martyr to my own
generosity."
This meme is about the Presbyterian Church (USA) and I was tagged by Mark.
1. What is your earliest memory of being distinctly Presbyterian?
I was raised in a small, conservative Congregational (UCC) Church, then went to CRC churches during my internment at Calvin College. I don't believe I had ever stepped foot in a Presbyterian Church until I went to Northside for the first time. These days, when I start to feel "distinctly" Presbyterian, I start to believe that I must be doing something wrong and/or I just need more fiber in my diet. "Is he Presbyterian? No dear, that's just gas."
2. On what issue/question should the PC(USA) spend LESS energy and time?
My groin: Where it is, what I do with it, to whom, when, and why. Dear PC(USA), Please leave my groin alone. Thanks. Love, Alan.
Blunt enough for ya? I was going to be blunter, but I do try to keep this blog somewhere close to being PG-13. I just went back and retyped the word I was going to use. I thought that perhaps that word would more properly convey the sense of disgust I feel about these arguments, and really, really, no hiding, no kidding around, no euphemisms, what we're REALLY talking about and what those obsessive, sour-faced, dried-up, miserable, antediluvian, busy-body, fundamentalist fuss-pots are furtively thinking about when they start discussing these "issues", the sweat beading on their upper lips as they consider every possible scenario, their little pig-like eyes blinking away the images that fascinate them.
Then I chickened out and retyped groin. But please feel free to re-read my answer with the appropriate word filled in.
3. On what issue/question should the PC(USA) spend MORE energy and time?
I know this sounds completely crazy but perhaps we should focus more on preaching Good News to the poor, proclaiming release to the captives, the recovering of sight to the blind, the setting at liberty those who are oppressed, and proclaiming the year of the Jubilee.
4. If you could have the PC(USA) focus on one passage of Scripture for an entire year, what would it be?
Luke 4:18-19. See my previous answer.
5. If the PC(USA) were an animal what would it be and why?
It's just a big dumb cow. It stands there in the pasture, chewing its cud, content to hang out and get fat and poop and fart a lot. Never interested in seeing what's beyond the fence. Driven here and there by things that really aren't that scary but it's too dumb to know that.
It's also tasty when ground up and fried. I can haz cheezburgr? nom, nom, nom, nom, nom
This meme is about the Presbyterian Church (USA) and I was tagged by Mark.
1. What is your earliest memory of being distinctly Presbyterian?
I was raised in a small, conservative Congregational (UCC) Church, then went to CRC churches during my internment at Calvin College. I don't believe I had ever stepped foot in a Presbyterian Church until I went to Northside for the first time. These days, when I start to feel "distinctly" Presbyterian, I start to believe that I must be doing something wrong and/or I just need more fiber in my diet. "Is he Presbyterian? No dear, that's just gas."
2. On what issue/question should the PC(USA) spend LESS energy and time?
My groin: Where it is, what I do with it, to whom, when, and why. Dear PC(USA), Please leave my groin alone. Thanks. Love, Alan.
Blunt enough for ya? I was going to be blunter, but I do try to keep this blog somewhere close to being PG-13. I just went back and retyped the word I was going to use. I thought that perhaps that word would more properly convey the sense of disgust I feel about these arguments, and really, really, no hiding, no kidding around, no euphemisms, what we're REALLY talking about and what those obsessive, sour-faced, dried-up, miserable, antediluvian, busy-body, fundamentalist fuss-pots are furtively thinking about when they start discussing these "issues", the sweat beading on their upper lips as they consider every possible scenario, their little pig-like eyes blinking away the images that fascinate them.
Then I chickened out and retyped groin. But please feel free to re-read my answer with the appropriate word filled in.
3. On what issue/question should the PC(USA) spend MORE energy and time?
I know this sounds completely crazy but perhaps we should focus more on preaching Good News to the poor, proclaiming release to the captives, the recovering of sight to the blind, the setting at liberty those who are oppressed, and proclaiming the year of the Jubilee.
4. If you could have the PC(USA) focus on one passage of Scripture for an entire year, what would it be?
Luke 4:18-19. See my previous answer.
5. If the PC(USA) were an animal what would it be and why?
It's just a big dumb cow. It stands there in the pasture, chewing its cud, content to hang out and get fat and poop and fart a lot. Never interested in seeing what's beyond the fence. Driven here and there by things that really aren't that scary but it's too dumb to know that.
It's also tasty when ground up and fried. I can haz cheezburgr? nom, nom, nom, nom, nom
Posted: Thu - March 20, 2008 at 08:31 AM