We’re hearing more and more talk about Sarah Palin making a guest appearance on SNL at some point before the election.
Lorne Michaels, per usual, is refusing to answer any questions about her specifically, but he’s definitely not doing anything to quash the buzz. He revealed that the McCain campaign called after the first Palin sketch to say that they really enjoyed it.
What do you guys think?
Would an SNL appearance by Palin help the McCain campaign in the final stretches of this race?
She would make a complete fool of herself…. but it would be very entertaining :)
Miranda> At least it’ll be easy for her to make a fool of herself and have it be believable, some people are just not great actresses.
How very Bill Clinton/saxophone/Arsenio Hall show-ish…appealing to the everyday people.
I thought the McCain party already confirmed this?
It’s not like McCain and Obama both haven’t been appealing to the everyday people by going on the nightly talk shows…their wives have gone on that harpy show the View at least once.
I think she’d be funny.
It would definitely help… she’s good looking and ballsy, would be funny with her and Tina Fey together… if it goes over well, could help with younger vote who seem to flock to That One because he’s well spoken.
Palin has already stated once that she has dressed up as Tina Fey for Halloween before. I think her appearance on the show would be great for the campaign……
I hope Palin does show up, and does a spoof of herself suggesting that Obama is a Muslim terrorist and outsider, while people in the audience shout “terrorist” and “kill him!” like they did during a few of her rallies. Oh, that would be grand.
I like to keep my Tine Fey comedy, my version of reality.
I don’t want the real thing, that would just piss me off!
Smoky, she actually said she was considering it for this Halloween as a joke.
I personally do not want SNL considering this. It’s mostly because I dislike her very much. I also don’t think she deserves the forum to pretend she’s good at self-deprecation.
I think she ought to appear from one side of the stage, at the same time as Tina Fey appears from the other side. See how long it takes people to work out which is which!
At this point, NOTHING will save that sinking ship! Yay for swiftboat justice! Hahahaha!
Honestly, there’s just about nothing that McCain/Palin can do now to pull out a win. It’s too late. With the economy the way it is there’s no way he’ll get elected now.
Even if it didn’t help the race, it would be a ratings phenom. Especially if the rumors about Palin spoofing Fey are true. I don’t think they want her on to be PALIN, but to spoof FEY. I bet the writers would have fun with that!
I guess this is their idea of an October surprise?
Video of senile old McCain losing his mind:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/222883.php
McCain/Palin what a ticket…old senile guy and a ditzy soccer mom who believes dinosaurs walked the earth only a couple thousand years ago with men.
@ DP
They did.
WTF do they teach people in schools now a days? Dinosaurs and men did not exist at the same time, the only mammals that walked the earth with dino’s were small four legged animals, I mean, hello, carbon dating!
Next thing you know your gonna try telling me is that world is flat.
Carbon dating has been proven wrong OVER AND OVER.
And I don’t believe in a theory, thanks. It’s so degrading to think that people actually think that humans evolved from a monkey.
And yes, I did go to a christian school, OMG.
Evolution doesn’t state that people came from monkeys. It says we share a common ancestor, millions of years ago. (As we do farther back with cats… or if you’re a dog person, canines.)
Which a good education with even a modicum of science would have told you.
Keightlynn, if you don’t believe in theories, what do you believe in? Just curious. Sincerely so.
Keightlynn, you are seriously getting on my nerves lately! you are always the goody two shoes, church lady, borderline bigot. Poof! Be gone!
I’m a creationist. I believe in intelligent design. Because to me, one minute some small piece of matter that poofed out of nowhere than collided with who knows what then evolved over a bunch of years, defying all odds in the process, to make what we have now, is a joke.
@ just me
You and me should go out and enjoy Jello Shots sometime. I’ll buy.
I’m an exhibitionist. I believe in intelligently designed trench coats. Because to me, one minute my small piece of matter poofed out of nowhere then collided with a small crowd of women and it evolved over seconds, defying all odds to cum in one big explosion to make the bastard kid we have now.
But is your theory really at odds with the notion of evolution? Couldn’t evolutionary development just be the odds written in by the original intelligent designer? The original intelligent designer would be working at a level of being that is incomprehensible to us, with our limited sense of time.
Carbon Dating has been proven to be incorrect in some cases, but I’m pretty sure it’s still used and is still quite accurate.
But just like any other type of “scientific” test, whether it is carbon dating, DNA, or even a basic blood work, there are also numerous of variables you have to also take into account, and these methods are becoming more and more accurate as time passes and we learn from our mistakes.
Oh, and just because you saw Fred and Barney walking around with dinosaurs doesn’t count as proof that they did. That’s a cartoon, it’s not real.
TSS Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 7:21 am
I’m an exhibitionist. I believe in intelligently designed trench coats. Because to me, one minute my small piece of matter poofed out of nowhere then collided with a small crowd of women and it evolved over seconds, defying all odds to cum in one big explosion to make the bastard kid we have now.
Now go play in traffic.
As for keightlynn Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 6:43 am
I’m a creationist. I believe in intelligent design. Because to me, one minute some small piece of matter that poofed out of nowhere than collided with who knows what then evolved over a bunch of years, defying all odds in the process, to make what we have now, is a joke.
Let me guess you read the instructions about not putting the plastic bag over your head from the inside right?
Since you are christian=joke, tell me this, what purpose do mosquitos serve? According to your logic and “book” everything has a place. Tell me where they fit in?
Also I do believe that there was a man named jesus back then. It was as common as other names, like John, James, and so forth.
@ Steve Johnson
That name was so common that several graves with the name “Jesus” have been found, and studied, only later to find out that it was just some dude named Jesus.
And if I’m not mistaken, wasn’t the Veil of Veronica was found to be a fraud, as well as the shroud of Jesus, also a fraud.
I forgot the ? at the end of my question.
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then the scarab god Khepri both created and was raised from Nu, the watery abyss. From the abyss, Khepri created the heavens, the earth, and everything.
purplemonkeypaws don’t get me wrong I am totally for evolution. All of the things that you state are correct. I have read and watched endless arguments about the Shroud of Turin-jesus’s burial cloth. The last one I saw said that it was painted.
I have no clue as to what the Vail of Veronica is, please enlighten me, it must be some other thing for the christians to grab on to as proof.
jk Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 8:59 am
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then the scarab god Khepri both created and was raised from Nu, the watery abyss. From the abyss, Khepri created the heavens, the earth, and everything.
The funny thing is, is if read a lot of the creation stories from various Cultures, they are the same.
Different characters and places, but the same story….
well its sad to say,but I think Steve Johnson is definately going to hell
jk Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 8:59 am
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then the scarab god Khepri both created and was raised from Nu, the watery abyss. From the abyss, Khepri created the heavens, the earth, and everything.
Although I love Egypt and everything about it, if that is what you are speaking, religion is flawed there also. Read up on Akhenaten “the Heretic Pharoah.” Even way back then no one could agree on one “religion.”
Mallory Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 9:03 am
well its sad to say,but I think Steve Johnson is definately going to hell
You took your SATs with a crayon, I presume?
If there is a “hell” we are living in it now. Also since the forces of good-religion-christianity and all that crap, are waging a war on the bad-devil and hell, why has the devil never been defeated? I mean what year is it?
Also Satan was originally an angel according to your “book.”
When you are buried you become compost and worm food. Recycled in other words. That is where it ends. Besides if you are a “christian” why do they dig into the Earth to bury you? Isn’t that placing you closer to “hell?”
purplemonkeypaws—finally someone intelligent to have a discussion with!!!!! Thank you!
Steve Johnson
The veil of veronica, Veronica, I think was a Saint and was at the Crucifixion.
The veil is holy because it’s what her tears fell on, as well as something she used to wipe the blood, sweat and tears from Jesus as he carried his cross to the hill through the crowds.
I think, it’s been a long time since I’ve been to school and studied religion and such, so I could be wrong.
Definitely the same story. The operative word is “story”.
Satan, or Lucifer was one of the highest in the order of Angels, he was an Archangel like Micheal and Gabriel.
When Lucifer disagreed with God on creating man, mostly because he was jealous, he and one third of all of heavens angels rose up against God.
There was a battle and Lucifer, and all his followers were banished from heaven, to roam among man.
@ Steven Johnson
Congratulations! You have reached a new level of stupidity today!
I have never met you, but judging from your bitter and cranky demeanor I am betting that you are either short, fat, bald….or all of the above.
Now don’t talk about things that are beyond your comprehension. Leave that to us big boys…. Don’t make me pull down your Osh Kosh B’gosh panties and show everybody your shortcummings!
TSS, you’re repeating your insults. Although, kudos for adapting for gender.
TSS Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 9:27 am
@ Steven Johnson
Congratulations! You have reached a new level of stupidity today!
I have never met you, but judging from your bitter and cranky demeanor I am betting that you are either short, fat, bald….or all of the above.
I see you read my posts to the Beet. Yes I am all of the above. Thanks for stating the obvious. As for you being a big boy, that made me guffaw. Break it down into syllables if you need to, clap it out-gu ffaw. There you go. Your PHd is really straining my GED.
If I wanted to hear from someone with intellect it would not be you. And your witty attempt to spell things naughty is really awesome can you show me how you do it? I mean I am in awe.
purplemonkeypaws-Thanks for the Vail of Veronica description. I have not studied the matter in years do to the smallmindedness of the religious set. They believe if it is not in print, that it did not happen. According to their logic the new planets that were found in the last couple of years are made up since they were not in books when they went to school. The state of education.
You are right about the Lucifer deal. It is really funny, christians will talk you to death yet if you talk to a satanist they know more about christianity than most of them do.
jk Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am
TSS, you’re repeating your insults. Although, kudos for adapting for gender.
TSS is a internet bully. No matter what I say or anyone else says he has to have the last word. That way he seems right. He picks on everyone and see who he can antagonize. I write him/her back because I am bored and he/she makes me feel go about myself. Realizing I don’t have to get up in the morning and be him/her or “that person.”
meant to say makes me feel good about myself
Steve Johnson
Where have been my whole life? It’s not every day you stumble upon some one who you can casually debate/chat issues and ideas…
Frankly Steve, I think an internet bully is someone who degrades people who are either religious or do not follow your theory of how the world began. SATs & Crayons? Really?
At least TSS is humorous and does not come off as a sanctimonious pig.
@ Steve Johnson,
I apologize… seriously… I’m sorry.
I honestly did NOT read any “posts to Beet”… I was just making an educated guess that you were “bald, fat, or short” based on the tone of your comments.
You seemed to be indemnifying comments that weren’t even directed toward you with hostility and conjecture. It’s a defense mechanism known as “compensation” that’s commonly seen in people with physical disadvantages.
Anyway, like I said, I’m sorry and will no longer say anything about you or to you. Feel free to take shots at me….make them funny though.
Oh and that was a good one:
I am a internet bully… I pick on everyone and see who I can antagonize… and then I hug em and squeeze em and call em George.
LOL….nice.
Eyes of Green
Sorry to have offended you. I don’t mean to be this way but when people only state one side and then run off at the mouth, I feel I must interject. As for my comment about taking SAT’s with a crayon yes it was crass but is to prove a point. Really and trully if you believe in a religion, fine, just don’t spew that stuff like it is the dog’s bollocks and that is the only answer to any and all questions about the issue.
If you find TSS amusing so be it. At least he/she has a fan. I am not commenting to see what status I can gain or who praises me. I could care less. The reason you want to call me out? Did I do something that someone else on here has not done time and again to other individuals. Please go back and look at all the posts. I rarely comment. This post caught my attention. I have not done anything out of the ordinary. In fact I believe that I have cut the vast majority slack. As for TSS being humorous, to each his/her own. Am I supposed to bow down to him? Does he rule this site or the “intranet”if so please let me know and I will check with my administrator to get permission to be on this thing he owns.
purplemonkeypaws Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Steve Johnson
Where have been my whole life? It’s not every day you stumble upon some one who you can casually debate/chat issues and ideas…
I have been around but as soon as I say something on here, people tend to rip me a new asshole. It is cool though, that is why I never post. Things get out of hand, like all of the stuff above. That and certain people have fan clubs and defenders on here. It is worse than myspace.
TSS Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am
@ Steve Johnson,
I apologize… seriously… I’m sorry.
I honestly did NOT read any “posts to Beetâ€â€¦ I was just making an educated guess that you were “bald, fat, or short†based on the tone of your comments.
You seemed to be indemnifying comments that weren’t even directed toward you with hostility and conjecture. It’s a defense mechanism known as “compensation†that’s commonly seen in people with physical disadvantages.
Anyway, like I said, I’m sorry and will no longer say anything about you or to you. Feel free to take shots at me….make them funny though.
Oh and that was a good one:
I am a internet bully… I pick on everyone and see who I can antagonize… and then I hug em and squeeze em and call em George.
LOL….nice.
I thought you had read some of my other posts. Sorry. I have stated my description on here several times. No worries though. It doesn’e bug me and I doubt I am “compensating.” I am just bored. To get into a linguistics battle with you is pointless. I do not know you just what you have posted. For the most part I find it droll. No offense but the stuff you post I have seen time and again on other sites. Who knows you may be posting every where. If that is the case, cool deal, not trying to knock you off your perch at the top. Apparently you have quite the following and fan club on here so I will leave you be. I promise I will not post anymore because people on here hate me being myself, which is an asshole. I was just trying to have an intelligent conversation, a back and forth if you will. But I guess I made a joke of someone and then they got upset and now it is a whole ordeal and I find myself trying to defend my actions even though I have seen it done on here time and again.
TSS you have your site back, I will never bother you again, so you may reignn supreme. I may still read the posts but never the comments again as I guess I need to stfu since my opinion does not matter. Funny, since every one is allowed to post comments as long as they do not spam. I must just rub people the wrong way. Story of my life, being short, fat, bald and ugly. :)
Now I’m sad…crap…and I have to go work soon…double crap.
It really sucks when you can’t even have a civil discussion, comment board, without some one slinging insults all the time.
I don’t mind it, when it’s good nature, but some take it too far and only look for post to pick apart and make mean comments about the authors of those posts.
I don’t find it amusing at all, in fact it’s annoying and immature.
I’m not saying I’m not guilty of doing it as well, but it’s a habit for some, and a bad one at that.
@ Steve Johnson,
I know I JUST told you that I would not reply to you anymore, but I often I fib….. I also told my mamma that she’s in my will….
You’re right…I am droll. I’m working on that.
Your may be short, fat, blah blah….but you have a giant My Little Pony shaped heart and your comments are awesome. They have passion and intellect and that’s why I read them. (trust me there are people’s lame boring comments that I skip right over as soon as I see their name)
In short… If you stop typing comments I will drive to your house and beat you with your own penis pump.
Now hold my hand and lets go skipping on the beach while Beet plays “People let me tell you bout my bessssst friend….”
@ Steve Johnson,
I know I JUST told you that I would not reply to you anymore, but I often I fib….. I also told my mamma that she’s in my will….
You’re right…I am droll. I’m working on that…I promise
Your may be short, fat, blah blah….but you have a giant My Little Pony shaped heart and your comments are awesome. They have passion and intellect and that’s why I read them. (trust me there are people’s lame boring comments that I skip right over as soon as I see their name)
In short… If you stop typing comments I will drive to your house and beat you with your own penis pump.
Now hold my hand and lets go skipping on the beach while Beet plays “People let me tell you bout my bessssst friend….”
Wow, I really didn’t mean to start a whole new topic. All I did was say that I believe that man did /in fact/ walk with the dinosaurs.
I really could careless what you guys think of my point of view, but I’m still going to state it. In fact, sometimes I just like to piss you off, because I like what TSS and a few others have to say, whether or not they like me or not. ;]
Although, sometimes I do think that the close minded “bigotry” goes both ways. The liberals on this board are just as opinionated as I, which is fine. With out opinions, beliefs and judgments, we would all be mindless robots. I am not going to sit here and bash you over the internet because I completely do not agree with you.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Keightlynn, you are seriously getting on my nerves lately! you are always the goody two shoes, church lady, borderline bigot. Poof! Be gone!
I’m sorry if I annoy you, but I am really not a goody two shoes, or a church lady. I actually haven’t stepped in the doors of a church in over a year, and I am definitely not a goody two shoes. I enjoy myself a good old fashion late night party and getting tipsy, I enjoy metal concerts and screaming at the top of lungs to anything I can bang my head too. I understand it easy to pass judgment on me because you have never met me, but I assure you, I am not what most of you perceive me as.
But really, if you don’t agree with me, fine, but trying to sway my opinion isn’t going to work, and poking fun at what I believe is just childish. And I am not leaving, I love what Beet has to say. I have been reading this site for months, and I personally think she is hilarious.
Did my comment just come up twice??? Or did I take my dog’s medication again by mistake???
TSS How many names do you have on here. My caller ID just exploded!!!! OK before I get ripped a new one. Yes I made a joke and TSS was the butt of the joke. Please forgive me.
And TSS That song you talked about in the end, well….::tear::*gulp*Tear:: my hand is out…It is kindy sticky though.
“In short… If you stop typing comments I will drive to your house and beat you with your own penis pump.”
Point in case.
ROFL
purplemonkeypaws Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Now I’m sad…crap…and I have to go work soon…double crap.
It really sucks when you can’t even have a civil discussion, comment board, without some one slinging insults all the time.
I don’t mind it, when it’s good nature, but some take it too far and only look for post to pick apart and make mean comments about the authors of those posts.
I don’t find it amusing at all, in fact it’s annoying and immature.
I’m not saying I’m not guilty of doing it as well, but it’s a habit for some, and a bad one at that.
Don’t get sad get even, I will be around. I just refuse to talk politics. See that is just like religion to me and that got me in trouble.
My work started on Monday. Being an asshole is a 7 day a week job. I
“I applied to be a telemarketeer. When I called the guy on the phone he asked, ‘Do you have any phone skills?’ I said, ‘ I called you didn’t I?'”
Hope work goes well and you have good, logical, and two sided converstaions.
OMG lol this place cracks me up… @ Keightlynn, I don’t know what you are really like, but sometimes you make me shake my head, and other times you get me all rowdy over something you said.
I like that, and I bet it would be a lot of fun to sit down and knock back a few and argue about our different opinions,
even though I don’t agree with everything you say.
@ Keightlynn,
I’m sorry if I annoy you, but I am really not a goody two shoes, or a church lady. I actually haven’t stepped in the doors of a church in over a year, and I am definitely not a goody two shoes. I enjoy myself a good old fashion late night party and getting tipsy, I enjoy metal concerts and screaming at the top of lungs to anything I can bang my head too. I understand it easy to pass judgment on me because you have never met me, but I assure you, I am not what most of you perceive me as.
Like I said I really do not care what you believe as long as you are not forcing it on someone. I would like to state that I do not believe the same thing you do. That being said, I did not mean to make you feel bad, I guess I couldn’t hold my tongue. I will shut up from now on.
What type of metal do you listen too? Reason I ask is that most metal heads that I have met have been anything but christian. For instance, I am a devout metal head.
And since you listen to metal, have you ever heard black metal?
@ Steve Johnson,
Thanks…and good luck with the job, ,trust me it’s not too bad, being a call center employee. Phone skills are not as important patience, that’s key.
Speaking of work, I better call a cab, go put my “customer service skills” to work…ha! that’s funny, I’m such a bitch on the phone.
The penis pump thing was a low blow. And that joker must have been watching me!!!!!!!!!!!! Dammit all that work is gone down the drain. I was preparing for my “big” reveal.
Now I guess “I will just have to go make out with a squatter in front of Ripley’s believe it or not.”
purplemonkeypaws Says:
October 10th, 2008 at 11:00 am
@ Steve Johnson,
Thanks…and good luck with the job, ,trust me it’s not too bad, being a call center employee. Phone skills are not as important patience, that’s key.
Speaking of work, I better call a cab, go put my “customer service skills†to work…ha! that’s funny, I’m such a bitch on the phone.
I like taking one of those air horns like they have on boats and using them on the phone when people won’t listen. Like I said though I am an asshole.
Its so funny to me that you (fat bald ugly steve) decide to call me stupid because I believe in God. When in fact you are the dumbass that will burn in an eternal hell. I have a kind and generous God who will forgive you for your sins. And I hope one day you will find him. And I, like Keightlynn, do not go to church all the time before you start in on me there. Im not a “Jesus Freak”. But I do worship God, and you better pray he has mercy on your dumbass soul.
@ Steve Johnson
You can most frequently find me listening to Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, System of a Down, Korn, Slipknot, Metallica, ect.
I also like myself some Weezer- “Goddamn you half Japanese girls!” haha… anyway…
Yes I have heard of black metal, and no I don’t care for it. And I really don’t care for anything that sounds like Mushroomhead.
Thanks Mallory but doesn’t your god teach you not to judge? See since I don’t believe I can judge. But now you are going against your god. It doesn’t matter that you are not a ‘jesus freak.’ Let me guess you drink once in a while and may do other ‘sins’ but yet you pray for forgiveness. That makes no sense to me, why not just not do the things you know are ‘sins’ and save time. I am just asking. Pray for me all you want, many people have said they would yet they do not talk to me after we have long conversation. Just like I can’t sway someone’s viewpoint, I will never be swayed.
“But I do worship God, and you better pray he has mercy on your dumbass soul.”
Mallory, you are my new favorite.
@ Mallory
“well its sad to say,but I think Steve Johnson is definately going to hell”
“When in fact you are the dumbass that will burn in an eternal hell. I have a kind and generous God who will forgive you for your sins.”
Way to contradict yourself. Which one is it?
You guys (ahem, Steve Johnson), do you have to copy and paste the comments of the person you’re replying to in your own post? (Rhetorical question–no, you don’t.) It makes it really tedious to read everything twice. I can remember what the last post was and figure out what you’re responding to.
Just a note from the peanut gallery. Oh, and I don’t think the notion of being descended from monkeys is degrading.
Wow!! Forget the whole topic Beet wrote about; reading all the comments was more entertaining. Thanks everyone, involved…I feel like I just got out of a Broadway play. There was drama, sweet apologies, friendships evolving…good job everyone! HA!! :)
@ keightlynn
OK so I do not like all of the bands you have listed. Yet I have seen Slipknot twice and have all of their albums. How can you listen to “Before I Forget” by them? The lyrics are “I am a world before I am man, I was a creature before I could stand?”
I am just saying.
I listen to a lot of black metal. Most are satanist which is another form of religion so that part of it I tune out, I just like the intensity of the music. I have been known to use the lyrics to annoy and astonish peopel though, I am an asshole remember.
@ Klynn
You can most frequently find me listening to Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, System of a Down, Korn, Slipknot, Metallica, ect.
….throw Sevendust, Theory of a deadman, and Saving Abel in there and you’re MY new favorite.
@ cj
Sorry I repost the comments, my bad.
And the comment above to keightlynn….I meant to say people
@ TSS
I only like Sevendust’s first album. The one with ‘Black’ and ‘Bitch” on there.
Man, I go to lunch and this great debate blows up!
@ Steve –
I have one of those airhorns for when telemarketers or bill collectors call! Great idea!
I’ve also missed the post where you describe yourself as not fat, ugly or bald…
And when you say :Sorry to have offended you. I don’t mean to be this way but when people only state one side and then run off at the mouth, I feel I must interject: I totally agree with you. Although we are on opposite sides of the fence!!
Before I Forget is definitely one of my faves by them, along with Duality, and Vermilion part 2. Slipknot is on my list to see.
Just as you stated about the satanist lyrics, I don’t take them to heart. I love the beat and feel of the music, it’s 100% eargasmic.
@TSS
You seriously have a good taste in music too? Wow, I’m impressed we all have something in common.
No problem, Steve. And Indigo’s right–Mallory, what’s up with the kind and generous god who lets people burn in hell? It reminds me of when people say (usually through pursed lips) “I don’t judge people; I let God do that.” Hmm, really? There’s a lot of intolerance on both sides, the God-believers and the non-God-believers. No one has a monopoly on that.
Oh, damn this slow connection. Everybody’s lovin’ and huggin’ now. Forget I even mentioned intolerance. Mallory it’s OK, whatever you say. I wish I liked metal so I could join this party. But alas, I can’t stand it. Wait, does AC/DC count? Because if so, I’m one of you!
He doesn’t “LET” people burn in hell. Everyone is born with a free will to choose. So basically you let yourself burn in hell when you choose not to follow God. And God is generous and merciful. He sent his SON to die for you, so that we all could have eternal life in heaven should we CHOOSE to believe in him.
cj – it’s almost like we’ve reached across the ailse…
and I’m with you on the metal – I do like a couple of songs from Avenged Sevenfold, only because my son listens to it and he thinks the lead singer guy looks like his dad…but that’s about it. I’m more a Depeche Mode kinda girl.
And i am not forcing this on anyone. I just want to put it out there.
@ cj I have an aunt that is just like ‘Mallory’ I have ot hold my tongue all the time since she is devoutly religious. I could tell stories for days.
@keightlynn _ I don’t get it “Before I Forget” is clearly about evolution. Also they are great in concert and Vermillion Pt 2 is an awesome song, very disturbing yet beautiful.
And as for the music, the reason I dig it so much is that I was a drummer for a long time and still have local friends in bands and stuff like that. Eargasmic-that is a good one.
@ Eyes of Green-I am an equal opportunity offender. As long as you are open to discussion that is all I ask. We may not understand why we believe what we do but then again I am not telling you, that you have to believe me or someone based on a ‘book.’ In the words of Nirvana “Come as you Are” that is my theory. I may not believe and that is my trip, but I just have to state the arguments, not as a point to contention but as a jumping off point.
@ Eyes of Green
Depeche Mode Rules!!! I listen to it all except COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Metal and old rap are my faves. Along with the stuff that I grew up on due to my folks, Motown and Beach music.
@ Steve
Well, many religions are based on Faith and not by Sight. I am sure it is very difficult for people to base their beliefs on a ‘book’, but for many people it is totally fine and actually comforting. I’d rather believe there is Someone up there in control who hears my prayers than think I’m all on my own in this big bad world. But I’m sure you hear all that from your aunt!
Regardless, I respect your opinion and your option to choose your lifestyle. :)
Steve –
Ok, I like you more now since you understand the Wonder and Fab-ness of DM! In fact, I think I’ll put them on right now. Always makes me feel better.
@ steve
So what, I can still listen to it. Just like I love the movie Ice Age, which clearly has evolutionary overtones. I don’t agree with it, but it doesn’t mean I’m not going to listen it, just like people. Just because I don’t agree with you doesn’t mean I’m not going to talk to you.
I would love to play an instrument, but alas, I am a lost cause. My husband is a pretty good guitar player, but he won’t even teach me. :/
OK, I love Depeche Mode. I have very fond memories of heading off to college with “Just Can’t Get Enough” playing on the car radio. (Yes, I am that old. No, I’m not sure why I visit this site, either.)
My best friend since infancy is a fundamentalist Christian, who once told me (by way of denouncing evolution), “my grandfather was not an ape!” (I didn’t think he was.) I’m sure she believes I am going to hell, because although I consider myself Christian, I am not Christian enough (too liberal, don’t think being gay is wrong etc). So there are things we just don’t discuss although we love each other dearly. Will we meet on the other side? It’ll be interesting to see…
What was this thread originally about?
@ cj this thread was about Palin being on SNL I think.
I have friends of different faiths but that is one subject we never talk about. It is like music, when we get in a car they can listen to anything but country and gospel. But once they start talking music and they say something I think is wrong, I can only bite my tongue for so long. You being a christian and liberal makes you one of very few and I find that fact good. Meaning you won’t just “preach” at me.
@keightlynn
I can understand seeing movies and listening to music and not really giving a fat babies ass about what they are trying to get across. But there is a difference, like I would never go see “The Davinci Code” and when someone told me “Signs” was about religion, I wanted to puke. That and when I found out “The Matrix” series is based on theology, I wanted my money back. I guess since I don’t believe I see it in a different light. Not being an ass to you, I am just stating.
Guitar is hard and I have short fingers so don’t fret. Get it!
@ Eyes of Green
I really enjoy DM since it reminds me of a time and place just like cj mentioned. I feel that way about a lot of artists and a lot of songs like certain cheesy Motley Crue songs remind me of jr high. I will always have an affinity for 80s music and new wave. Even though I love my metal.
And for all of you, since we are talking about religion, I will put this out there. I live in a knotch in the ‘bible belt.’ I live in North Carolina and as you can see I am a non-believer.