sinisterkungfu Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 Am I going to be shunned and ostracized now like Sinead O'Connor was when she tore up the picture of John Paul on SNL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) I'm loving this thread! I think is good to see people's reactions on sensitive issues like religion. I had already seen those pictures and found them a bit weird, that hat is remarkably similar to santa's and the fact that the pope was wearing it days before christmas was a strange coincidence. I had no idea that it had been around for centuries though. Jonathan wrote:to be fair though - the new pope is deeply conservative, and is totally against contraceptives which could save millions of lives, and stop millions more people being born. he also supports the inherent sexism that is in the catholic church, and refuses reform. by the measure the man is infact at least partly evil. I agree and I'm not surprised. As a former catholic I find more disturbing to know that the pope was a member of the nazi party in Germany during the war. Also all he's done in the past to cover up paedophiles in the clergy doesn't really look good to say the least.Anyway, I hope no one will be offended by what I've just written, they're just facts. Edited December 27, 2005 by Cristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 By the way, it might be 'safer' to use a metaphor that did not involve panties. Not only am I "self-righteous" vegan and a stark raving mad religious Catholic, but I am also a flaming feminist. : How about 'knickers in a twist'? I thought 'knickers' was a British term. Arent you from South Carolina Sinister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 aaahhhh! stop it! stop doing u-turns! jay - you are blatantly anti religion - stop apologising! CG - stop seeing the humourous side of it! you dont see the humourous side of it!! glad that peace has been made jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) I do see CG's point. And I don't think that for expressing it she should be called "psychotic" nor she it be suggested that she must have some sort of mental disorder (not that OCD is really such a bad thing, lots of impressive accomplishments have probably been helped out by a bit of it). I don't think the pope thing was meant as anything other than humor but the comments that followed became general religious bashing and my picture was obviously meant to needlessly antagonize. I don't want to needlessly antagonize and I apologize for "Smoking Jesus". Thank-you for this post Jay. And by the way, I think it takes a big person to admit that they may have been 'needlessly antagonizing.' Edited December 28, 2005 by compassionategirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 CG - stop seeing the humourous side of it! you dont see the humourous side of it!! jonathan Jonathan, I never said that I didnt think any of this was funny. I was concerned with how other people might interpret it, however irrational and overly sensitive I personally thought that such a reaction would be. I thought this was obvious to some of you who knew me a lil better than sinister. At any rate, as Matt would say, "Bloody woman." He tells me I have OCD because I am constantly washing my hands. SO I thought when Sinister mentioned OCD it was hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 jay - you are blatantly anti religion - stop apologising! jonathan Dont concern yourself Jonathan. Jay didnt apologize for being anti-religion Read more carefully!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Hey CG & Jonathan, I think we posted exactly at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinisterkungfu Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 By the way, it might be 'safer' to use a metaphor that did not involve panties. Not only am I "self-righteous" vegan and a stark raving mad religious Catholic, but I am also a flaming feminist. : How about 'knickers in a twist'? I thought 'knickers' was a British term. Arent you from South Carolina Sinister? I'm trying to appeal to the international crowd. (North Carolina, but close enough.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 We're halfway to 12 pages! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Wow! Nice thread. Worried about people being turned away? I would guess more potential vegans would be attracted to a pope-mocking site than a happy little christian head in the sand site? So, just in case anyone hasn't been offended yet... Check these lyrics to Hang The Pope from one of my favorite bands, Nuclear assault... (too raw to directly post here) http://www.elyrics.net/read/n/nuclear-assault-lyrics/hang-the-pope-lyrics.html I think religious people outnumber non-religious people, so pope-mocking would probably turn more away than attract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I hardly think this is a "Christian head in the sand site" or anything even remotely near it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Will, in the US the religious outnumber the non-religious almost 10 to 1 (depending on exactly how you define the two.). But of the people that there's a snowball's chance in hell that they might become vegan I think non-religious probably way outnumber religious. At least for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 i dont know any religious vegans personally - and i know at least 20. might be a UK thing though - not many religious people generally. jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 i dont know ANY vegans personally period. I have met some here and there at demos and what not, but dont have ANY vegan friends or even acquiantances. Your lucky. Oh how I long to be surrounded by vegans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 can you please download a grammar/spell check script? your posts are doing my head in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Jza's diet: Breakfast:1 cup Barb wire, 1 cup herbal tea (organic)Snack:1 oz gun powderLunch:2 cups dried Barb wire, 1 tomato.Snack:Nothing. Just punched myself in the face a few times.Dinner:3 newly born babies (vegan, of course).Night snack:5 onions, 8 lemons (trying to go raw). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Sorry, couldn't help myself.And CG, I don't actually think that this is Jza's diet, so for the time being you could consider this to be a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Jza's diet: Breakfast:1 cup Barb wire, 1 cup herbal tea (organic)Snack:1 oz gun powderLunch:2 cups dried Barb wire, 1 tomato.Snack:Nothing. Just punched myself in the face a few times.Dinner:3 newly born babies (vegan, of course).Night snack:5 onions, 8 lemons (trying to go raw). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhobson Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Jza's diet: Breakfast:1 cup Barb wire, 1 cup herbal tea (organic)Snack:1 oz gun powderLunch:2 cups dried Barb wire, 1 tomato.Snack:Nothing. Just punched myself in the face a few times.Dinner:3 newly born babies (vegan, of course).Night snack:5 onions, 8 lemons (trying to go raw). Too frickin funny! Jza has a warm place in my heart and now you do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhobson Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Will, in the US the religious outnumber the non-religious almost 10 to 1 (depending on exactly how you define the two.). But of the people that there's a snowball's chance in hell that they might become vegan I think non-religious probably way outnumber religious. At least for now. Thanks Jay, that is exactly what I meant. I have known dozens of vegans and only one couple were christians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Will, in the US the religious outnumber the non-religious almost 10 to 1 (depending on exactly how you define the two.). But of the people that there's a snowball's chance in hell that they might become vegan I think non-religious probably way outnumber religious. At least for now. Thanks Jay, that is exactly what I meant. I have known dozens of vegans and only one couple were christians. True, but if vegans in the U.S. keep acting anti-religious (or specifically anti-Christian) then we're helping to ensure it remains a snowballs chance. I'm no fan of religion myself, but I usually get along with Chistians just fine. If people are more welcoming of religious folk (other than Buddhists, who run the vegetarian potlucks/meetups where I live) on message boards, at local meetups and local vegetarian clubs , and so on, numbers could increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesty leroux Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I have actually met a group of three religious vegans...and ironically they were huge assholes. I hung out with them once, then promptly went and dug a hole and buried myself in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinisterkungfu Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Will, in the US the religious outnumber the non-religious almost 10 to 1 (depending on exactly how you define the two.). But of the people that there's a snowball's chance in hell that they might become vegan I think non-religious probably way outnumber religious. At least for now. Thanks Jay, that is exactly what I meant. I have known dozens of vegans and only one couple were christians. True, but if vegans in the U.S. keep acting anti-religious (or specifically anti-Christian) then we're helping to ensure it remains a snowballs chance. Honestly, I see absolutely no difference between that and the vegans who act all anti-omni, which is far more prevalent in the vegan community and is doing alot more damage overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Will, in the US the religious outnumber the non-religious almost 10 to 1 (depending on exactly how you define the two.). But of the people that there's a snowball's chance in hell that they might become vegan I think non-religious probably way outnumber religious. At least for now. Thanks Jay, that is exactly what I meant. I have known dozens of vegans and only one couple were christians. True, but if vegans in the U.S. keep acting anti-religious (or specifically anti-Christian) then we're helping to ensure it remains a snowballs chance. Honestly, I see absolutely no difference between that and the vegans who act all anti-omni, which is far more prevalent in the vegan community and is doing alot more damage overall Yeah I agree. When vegans go around screaming bloody murder all the time it just makes most people think we're nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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