Ya know...every time those guys come knocking at my door (a monthly occurance in this neighborhood) I cannot get that book out of my mind. If I ever answer
the door and see a guy with a hairlip, I'm taking off running!
HOLY ROLLERS . . . Revisit(ing)
| Author | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 JenOrosel |
|||
|
Posts: 748 (01/28/08 05:33:55) Master Shockliner |
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different."--Kurt Vonnegut |
||
 BryonMorrigan |
|||
|
Posts: 150 (01/28/08 07:58:01) Veteran Shockliner |
Dude, that Gladiator reference went totally over your head. But yes, I do think that movie had probably the most beautiful depiction on film of my religion's view of the afterlife. 
|
||
|
lokilokust |
|||
|
Posts: 2377 (01/28/08 08:04:21) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
badmoonbooks wrote: why, yes, it is. it's an obnoxious fucking inconvenience and one of the reasons i own a shotgun.
yrs. in exile,
-s.j. bagley |
||
|
badmoonbooks |
|||
|
Posts: 68 (01/28/08 14:33:58) Shockliner |
I am always mildly amused when little boys hide behind their computers and talk tough. It never ceases to illicit a laugh from me...... Dude, that Gladiator reference went totally over your head. But yes, I do think that movie had probably the most beautiful depiction on film of my religion's view of the afterlife.Garsh, me just a dumbo wid a Masters In Anthropology. That reference went waaay over my widdle head..... One problem with your hope, the Elysian Plains or Fields are a mythical resting place in the Underworld of the heroic and virtuous. Do you "make the grade"...........
|
||
|
BryonMorrigan |
|||
|
Posts: 151 (01/28/08 15:07:40) Veteran Shockliner |
badmoonbooks wrote:
Well, if you want to start a war of degrees, I'm still working on my MA in Classical History, but I'll have my degree later in the year, at which
point I will begin pursuing the Ph.D.
In addition, I think you'd find yourself feeling very much like Loki and I if any non-Christians showed up at your door trying to "save your soul." How would you feel if Muslims were always coming round your house and knocking on your door? Wiccans? Me and my Roman polytheist friends, perhaps? And BTW, Elysium is not just reserved for heroes or the especially virtuous. As long as you live a life that is generally "more good than bad," you end up in Elysium.
|
||
|
badmoonbooks |
|||
|
Posts: 70 (08/29/10 12:01:56) Shockliner |
In addition, I think you'd find yourself feeling very much like Loki and I if any non-Christians showed up at your door trying to "save your soul." How would you feel if Muslims were always coming round your house and knocking on your door? Wiccans? Me and my Roman polytheist friends, perhaps? In fact, they do. And I am polite. I certainly don't run them off with a 12 gauge. But, I don't think Loki does either. He just like to act tough. Congrats on your degrees. I have left school forver now to the younger and am focusing on publishing and bookselling....... |
||
|
BryonMorrigan |
|||
|
Posts: 152 (01/28/08 15:49:48) Veteran Shockliner |
badmoonbooks wrote:They DO? Where the f*** do you live? Dearborn, Michigan? No really...I've never heard of Muslims going door to door in this country. I'm not saying you're lying, I just would like to know more specifics, since I've never heard of such a thing. Besides, I usually prefer to engage the door-knockers in discussions of early Christian history, and always find them lacking in any particular knowledge of the Codex Theodosianus or Hypatia of Alexandria. But then, we all have our fun in different ways...
|
||
|
williemeikle |
|||
|
Posts: 954 (01/28/08 15:55:18) |
BryonMorrigan wrote: True story.... My Grandad answered the door on two folks who asked him "Have you found Jesus?"
|
||
|
NewmanJames |
|||
|
Posts: 3416 (01/28/08 16:23:46) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
Awesome. This could end up being my very first LOCKED THREAD, before it's all said and done.
J.N. http://www.james-newman.com |
||
|
BryonMorrigan |
|||
|
Posts: 153 (01/28/08 16:38:03) Veteran Shockliner |
NewmanJames wrote:
We all have to have something to aspire to, don't we? I've been remarkably well-behaved, but if that's what you really want............
|
||
|
dlatham |
Holy Rollers | ||
|
Posts: 814 (01/29/08 04:32:26) Master Shockliner |
I think of that story each time the Holy Rollers around here beat on my door. It doesn't happen often because I'm isolated. They even pulled up in van
one time when I was walking alone down a country road. But then they saw the gun in my waist band and took off again. Fanatics are fun.
Michael In Hell
|
||
|
sidpcobain |
|||
|
Posts: 2236 (01/29/08 06:38:23) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
Awesome. This could end up being my very first LOCKED THREAD, before it's all said and done.
Been there, done that James. It gets old after the first half dozen or so... 
___________________
Smoke is freedom Flame is mercy I am free tonight |
||
|
mttyree |
|||
|
Posts: 949 (01/29/08 06:46:15) Shockliner |
Too funny, James ! So...I take it there wasn't time to draw a pentagram on your forehead before you answered the door ?
|
||
|
NewmanJames |
|||
|
Posts: 3417 (01/29/08 09:43:30) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
Are you kidding?
I didn't go to the door. I hid, until they went away! J.N. http://www.james-newman.com |
||
|
MarySangiovanni |
stuff | ||
|
Posts: 1365 (03/27/08 05:57:20) Shocklineraholic |
My grandfather, who, when he was alive was catholic and a fan of sitting out on the front porch in warm weather, was once approached by people (I believe they
were Jehovah's Witnesses) who wanted to give him pamphlets, talk about Jesus, and convince him to convert.
He simply said, "If I asked you to change your religion to mine, would you?" "Oh no, of course not," they responded emphatically. "Then why," he asked, "would you expect me to change mine for you?" And realizing he had a point (or else was not about to be convinced, regardless), they left. I knew a girl -- sweet little thing -- who was a Jehovah's Witness. She said it was absolutely terrifying going from door to door -- people were rude, sometimes downright threatening, and she was only a kid, and doing what she was told she had to do. After that, I always made sure to be very polite to people coming to the door to save my soul. Personally, I think everyone should mind their own souls and leave strangers' souls alone, but then, hey, who asked me, right?
Mary SanGiovanni
www.marysangiovanni.com |
||
|
mttyree |
|||
|
Posts: 1025 (03/27/08 06:17:30) Shockliner |
"I knew a girl -- sweet little thing -- who was a Jehovah's Witness. She said it was absolutely terrifying going from door to door -- people were
rude, sometimes downright threatening, and she was only a kid, and doing what she was told she had to do."
Right there's the beginning of a cool short story. Go for it, Mary !
|
||
|
NickYak |
|||
|
Posts: 8078 (03/27/08 06:53:13) Top-Tier Shockliner Demon |
knew a girl -- sweet little thing -- who was a Jehovah's Witness. She said it was absolutely terrifying going from door to door -- people were rude, sometimes downright threatening, and she was only a kid, and doing what she was told she had to do. After that, I always made sure to be very polite to people coming to the door to save my soul. Jehovah's Witnesses usually go door-to-door with one veteran, one newbie. When they come to my door, I TRY to hand them a tract my friend made that documents about 20 times the JW's' official literature falsely predicted the end of the world (hence making them false prophets). Of course the vets tell the newbies not to take it, as the JW's believe any form of literature NOT written by themselves is of Satan. One time a newbie looked so distraught over what I was saying (again, from THEIR own literature) that I'm sure the vet told her I was in need of an exorcism or something. One time an older JW told me, after I quoted the 5 years they falsely predicted the world would end, "Oh that's not true, you're making this up. Where did you get these quotes from?" I told him from the Watchtower magazine over the years, and even showed him the issue numbers and release dates. He still insisited I was lying. Unbelievable. -Nick |
||
|
Brian Knight |
|||
|
Posts: 113 (03/27/08 07:17:27) Shockliner |
MarySangiovanni wrote: I grew up in a family of Jehovah's Witness' and got to do teh door to door thing. Your friend has my sympaties, Mary.
|
||
Quick Reply
Logo design and background image by Caniglia
