tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post4688676891158970165..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: A Latter-Day Ain'tMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66644127189482355522011-04-05T15:31:33.945-07:002011-04-05T15:31:33.945-07:00Fair's fair. If they can do this kind of corp...Fair's fair. If they can do this kind of corpse desecration by proxy, so can we. I'm going to come up with some mumbo-jumbo-chanting and hand-waving routine whereby I can declare Joseph Smith to be retroactively an atheist.<br><br>After all, it's a safe bet that he doesn't believe in God right at this moment, since he isn't believing or doing anything whatsoever right at Infidel753http://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28163470317523256932011-04-05T15:31:33.206-07:002011-04-05T15:31:33.206-07:00Really, all heavens are cool. I'd sign up but ...Really, all heavens are cool. I'd sign up but I'm pretty sure I'm already in heaven right here. And thank you, Lynn! I will definitely bring my Scrabble game if I travel to Texas. You sound like a lovely person.Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78477796839711854082011-04-05T15:31:32.873-07:002011-04-05T15:31:32.873-07:00In accord as ever, Murr. I wouldn't want to sp...In accord as ever, Murr. I wouldn't want to spend eternity with folks who reinvented marriage in our 19th century and then denied that right to others in the 21st. I call that hyPERcrisy (and I hope they're hyper-crispy in their sweet by-and-by).Far Musenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57517369057367325022011-04-05T15:31:32.474-07:002011-04-05T15:31:32.474-07:00KGZMom: Did he go into "defense" positio...KGZMom: Did he go into "defense" position? If he did, you got your answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78632284071195045412011-04-05T15:31:32.204-07:002011-04-05T15:31:32.204-07:00The world lost a lot when we went from "Demet...The world lost a lot when we went from "Demeter" to "Deus." And SHE went back before Zeus, too! (Can you say "Eleusinian MISS-teries" and not "Eleusinian MISTER-ees"?)Far Musenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8026153712045151462010-12-29T06:54:50.570-08:002010-12-29T06:54:50.570-08:00Mary just blew my mind. And I think Mormons play ...Mary just blew my mind. And I think Mormons play Scrabble, just like you and me. We're all more alike than different, really.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8504356754008092122010-12-29T02:56:21.235-08:002010-12-29T02:56:21.235-08:00Mitt Romney's dog spent the family driving vac...Mitt Romney's dog spent the family driving vacation tied to the top of the station wagon, http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.htmlMarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60766795386973920552010-12-25T11:31:42.093-08:002010-12-25T11:31:42.093-08:00Um...Mitt Romney's dog?Um...Mitt Romney's dog?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57675045117362945672010-12-25T11:24:46.866-08:002010-12-25T11:24:46.866-08:00Shamelessly funny! If you ARE a Mormon and don...Shamelessly funny! If you ARE a Mormon and don't know it. . . I can see somebody volunteering to be baptized for you, but doing that year-long missionary venture on your behalf? I wouldn't count on it. <br /><br />That demerit could definitely put you among the family members too lazy to play Scrabble. Or shuttled off by yourself, tied to the top like Mitt Romney's poor dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5334389306824460292010-12-21T18:38:51.490-08:002010-12-21T18:38:51.490-08:00Hi Murr, I've missed your crazy posts and you ...Hi Murr, I've missed your crazy posts and you did me proud, you old Scrabble player you! That's insane about post-baptismals, yeehaa!<br /><br />Merry Christmas, <a href="http://thatrebelwithablog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">that rebel, Olivia</a>Olivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18902132325828226112010-12-21T07:22:54.728-08:002010-12-21T07:22:54.728-08:00When I was 8 years old I was told by a raving Bapt...When I was 8 years old I was told by a raving Baptist minister-lunatic that I wasn't ever going to be saved and that I was going to hell to burn eternally. That pretty much sealed my relationship with organized religion and their crazy zealots. But! Zealots would be an awesome scrabble word played on a triple word square.Susan Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155106135649887676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34616495211948028822010-12-20T20:57:24.944-08:002010-12-20T20:57:24.944-08:00It does not happen to be true that everyone knows ...It does not happen to be true that everyone knows what my underwear is like. That is a rumor that started in the early seventies with a pretty solid basis in fact, but it became less and less true over time. The only really special underwear I ever had was in 1980, when our puppy took a fancy to chewing the crotch out of my underwear. At that point they ceased to fulfill their foremost function Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89255188918613623352010-12-20T20:47:37.419-08:002010-12-20T20:47:37.419-08:00Oh, come one, Murr! Everybody knows you wear speci...Oh, come one, Murr! Everybody knows you wear special underwear.MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80831956749823171502010-12-20T19:09:01.692-08:002010-12-20T19:09:01.692-08:00I have never before, anywhere, heard or read a des...I have never before, anywhere, heard or read a description of "after life" or the lack thereof that so closely matched my own!<br />I come from an evangelical background. I know my mother is praying for my soul. I'm not sure my brother and sister care, since we don't agree on much.<br />I'm up on the Morman theology, and find it quite amazing. What folks will invent in Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27228143215978896842010-12-20T09:06:53.321-08:002010-12-20T09:06:53.321-08:00The world lost a lot when we went from "Demet...The world lost a lot when we went from "Demeter" to "Deus." And SHE went back before Zeus, too! (Can you say "Eleusinian MISS-teries" and not "Eleusinian MISTER-ees"?)Far Musenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64639793308492543022010-12-20T07:52:49.335-08:002010-12-20T07:52:49.335-08:00KGZMom: Did he go into "defense" positio...KGZMom: Did he go into "defense" position? If he did, you got your answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16502730404393297692010-12-19T18:59:50.519-08:002010-12-19T18:59:50.519-08:00You know, I am just plain suspicious of ANY religi...You know, I am just plain suspicious of ANY religion that says--you're male, big advantage. Round up a bunch of wives, or virgins or whatever.<br />Puh-lease.<br />What is there about male ego that is so driven to lord it over this life and the next?<br />Reminds me of the time I outright flabbergasted a guy I was working with when I told him that the Bible using the masculine pronoun for KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37850319245846690002010-12-19T12:40:09.146-08:002010-12-19T12:40:09.146-08:00It's impossible for me to imagine the end of c...It's impossible for me to imagine the end of consciousness. I have to believe that there's more to life than this because, I mean really... What was the point? I'm not mired in any particular dogma, but I would like to see all my pets that have passed before me. I've had some good horses I'd sure like to ride again. But not if it means being a Mormon. No offense to injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49884781828395176322010-12-19T09:48:26.342-08:002010-12-19T09:48:26.342-08:00Just listen to the catchy lyrics of "Let the ...Just listen to the catchy lyrics of "Let the Mystery Be" by Iris DeMent. Exactly your sentiments, Murr.<br />-Tony MTony Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68342812643007519382010-12-19T08:53:34.690-08:002010-12-19T08:53:34.690-08:00Sometimes it seems as though you are my twin demon...Sometimes it seems as though you are my twin demon, perched on my shoulder, urging me to think all these thoughts that I usually try to put off until the end of the day, or when I can't sleep, or when, I guess I'm just wondering about everything I've ever been taught by everyone. When it gets too noisy in my head, I consult with the birds at my feeder, the two squirrels who are Shattzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11135134218469418092010-12-19T08:17:24.422-08:002010-12-19T08:17:24.422-08:00Mormons are nice people.
But their founder couldn&...Mormons are nice people.<br />But their founder couldn't keep track of his golden tablets. He just . . . lost 'em somewhere.<br />I dunno. Makes the whole rest of it seem a little wackamo.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77268300598482279142010-12-19T06:37:15.400-08:002010-12-19T06:37:15.400-08:00Arrgghh...why did you have to mention the Mormons&...Arrgghh...why did you have to mention the Mormons' special underwear? Last night I had a nightmare about a special underwear bomber. I hope those whole-body scanners at the airport can detect it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22111548576106891272010-12-19T04:22:49.280-08:002010-12-19T04:22:49.280-08:00I'm not a Mormon, but I thought "special ...I'm not a Mormon, but I thought "special underwear" was the stuff you put on before leaving the house if you were afraid you'd be in an accident and somebody else might see it.Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17554023025279872002010-12-19T00:01:54.719-08:002010-12-19T00:01:54.719-08:00What about not baptized and not confirmed? And com...What about not baptized and not confirmed? And completely non-religious???<br /><br />My idea of the afterlife will be kinda like Star Trek... I will become an energy being and will be free to explore the universe with no constraints whatsoever.<br /><br />That sounds like more fun than being stuck is a proxy family.Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54323230751190285702010-12-18T22:44:02.925-08:002010-12-18T22:44:02.925-08:00Any of the Mormons or post-Mormons in attendance c...Any of the Mormons or post-Mormons in attendance care to illuminate moreidlethoughts there on Special Underwear? Because I, myself, would like to know more about that, too.<br /><br />"Hyper-crispy." Snigger.<br /><br />I've been both baptized and confirmed. I wonder if that works as an inoculation.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com