tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post8050428788593499680..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: The Sainthood ExpressMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-35744264186002297632011-08-28T07:53:40.658-07:002011-08-28T07:53:40.658-07:00Understanding. Compassion. A life dedicated to g...Understanding. Compassion. A life dedicated to gods children no matter what religion. Without his own children, he out lived his entire family, sacrifice. Forgiveness. Love, He deserves it, he's entitled to it, he erned it. Read more about it, you might understand it easier.Shaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181785344831878324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11258651869543577892011-05-04T12:24:24.401-07:002011-05-04T12:24:24.401-07:00Wait a minute. Talking about things I'm not su...Wait a minute. Talking about things I'm not sure of is a waste of time? I'm screwed. I should get a real job.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2208716153859162042011-05-04T12:02:53.384-07:002011-05-04T12:02:53.384-07:00Why do you talk about it if you don't believe ...Why do you talk about it if you don't believe in it and instead waste time talking about things that you aren't sure of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67021397983013247302011-05-03T17:41:39.455-07:002011-05-03T17:41:39.455-07:00"He had the big tent philosophy, threw his ar..."He had the big tent philosophy, threw his arms open to all, Poles and Italians, capitalists and communists, pedophiles and children, the whole family of man."<br /><br />Priceless. <br /><br />This pope took The Faith, which I can't share but which makes up about 22% of the religious affiliation in the country, backwards by at least one generation. It was already a giant gum wad ofNancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26307187481067145702011-05-02T11:09:10.997-07:002011-05-02T11:09:10.997-07:00Steal away, Wendy. I did. I only wish that were my...Steal away, Wendy. I did. I only wish that were my term.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43155192403259370572011-05-02T09:52:52.837-07:002011-05-02T09:52:52.837-07:00"apatheists"...May I steal your term, Mu..."apatheists"...May I steal your term, Murr? I'm one of those. The only things I enjoy about church is the music and the food at potluck suppers!<br /><br />Fun post.<br /><br />WendyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34695427778080645162011-05-02T06:02:24.534-07:002011-05-02T06:02:24.534-07:00It's hard for me to visualize the holy candida...<i>It's hard for me to visualize the holy candidate looking down with his fingers crossed--I assume down, and I assume crossed--like any other Hall Of Fame hopeful</i>.<br /><br />I'm no expert, but sainthood probably gets him on the fast track to his 70 virgin altar boys.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30298913046286416742011-05-02T06:01:48.597-07:002011-05-02T06:01:48.597-07:00Doesn't seem to me that he did anything especi...Doesn't seem to me that he did anything especially saintly. I mean, if he'd fed the entire population of China with a few loaves and fishes, or walked across the Mediterranean Sea whistling the Hallelujah Chorus, now that would be more like it.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13435051512970035382011-05-02T05:37:29.334-07:002011-05-02T05:37:29.334-07:00I started out a Catholic and ended up a Pagan for ...I started out a Catholic and ended up a Pagan for lots of reasons..One is the fact that all of the holy fathers sat by (and not idly) and allowed child abuse to continue and not only allowed it...hid the priest from prosecution, bu shipping them off to small villages in some South American country where they continued to abuse..so? doesn't sound much like a saint to me.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66372348524573786772011-05-01T21:30:23.227-07:002011-05-01T21:30:23.227-07:00Here in Maine, it was the Catholic church in Portl...Here in Maine, it was the Catholic church in Portland that spearheaded the drive to defeat the Gay Marriage Referendum - They even collected money during services to campaign against it. All the other pious religious denominations joined in and the referendum was defeated. <br /><br />Not all religious people are bigots,but you can bet your ass when you find a bigot she or she is religious. <Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11325966066931037892011-05-01T11:52:33.628-07:002011-05-01T11:52:33.628-07:00Murr, I have a little story for you, it's abou...Murr, I have a little story for you, it's about mormons, and not in Utah as one would expect, but in Sweden, where I lived. I will try to make this as confusing as possible. Perhaps it is not super-related, but I am satisfied with the link of me being raised Brazilian catholic, which is its own thing, and that Mormons don't like being called "protestants" (which they are). I do Vivi Rrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919519271629524764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32894556655838931152011-05-01T09:38:22.659-07:002011-05-01T09:38:22.659-07:00It just puzzles me that normally intelligent grown...It just puzzles me that normally intelligent grown-up people can take this stuff seriously. I think, in general, the world would be a better place without popes, and in particular without the present pope. <br /><br />Enjoyed reading that witty commentary.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84410530682248825312011-05-01T05:47:46.435-07:002011-05-01T05:47:46.435-07:00Not only don't I understand the whole saint th...Not only don't I understand the whole saint thing, I don't understand the whole religion thing. But I am rooting for John Paul because we have a humongous bust of him (only one of two done by a certain artist) sitting on top of a bookcase in our guest bedroom. I'm thinking it might now be valuable, so we are going to take it to an auction house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84528576627711999942011-05-01T05:08:58.674-07:002011-05-01T05:08:58.674-07:00Oh, and to complicate things (which is the Latin m...Oh, and to complicate things (which is the Latin meaning to the word, "Catholicism," right?) JPII (and Momma T) will be (are) "beatified" not "canonized," making them "blessed" but not "saints." Consider it third base on the road to a holy home run.<br /><br />- ColAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18733978699304395952011-05-01T05:04:10.192-07:002011-05-01T05:04:10.192-07:00Momma T was beatified in six. The race in on w/ JP...Momma T was beatified in six. The race in on w/ JPII!<br /><br />- ColAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8103282519568077612011-04-30T23:50:52.137-07:002011-04-30T23:50:52.137-07:00I would add that in my personal church running the...I would add that in my personal church running the Sunday potluck counts big. Especially if there's a green bean bake.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29101195119123504182011-04-30T23:48:17.056-07:002011-04-30T23:48:17.056-07:00You have all officially cracked me up. I thank you...You have all officially cracked me up. I thank you. We apatheists are all in the same boat. But nobody really cares.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45953732022772365762011-04-30T22:18:49.117-07:002011-04-30T22:18:49.117-07:00My own outfit does its own version of the fast-and...My own outfit does its own version of the fast-and-loose with the communion of saints. The sangha means everyone who's attained enlightenment. Well, unless it means everyone who comes to the meditation center on Sundays. Of course you can say the <em>exalted</em> sangha and you know that you're not talking about Bob and Mary. Who are really nice but just not really, you know, exalted. ButDalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34616007912025894172011-04-30T19:24:56.030-07:002011-04-30T19:24:56.030-07:00If I remember correctly, the reason they have the ...If I remember correctly, the reason they have the coffin open is to prove that he hasn't rotted - apparently one of the qualifications for sainthood. I read somewhere that his requisite miracle was curing some nun of Parkinson's, although he wasn't able to cure himself. Odd business all around.AnnieShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141151995069029743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10518760637658528172011-04-30T18:07:27.246-07:002011-04-30T18:07:27.246-07:00This business regards committees brings to mind th...This business regards committees brings to mind the old adage, "a giraffe is a horse designed by a committee." Just thought I'd throw that in.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89564201428464020572011-04-30T17:55:09.314-07:002011-04-30T17:55:09.314-07:00Catholicism believes in the Communion of Saints, a...Catholicism believes in the Communion of Saints, also. Go figure...Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44676123703073610642011-04-30T17:48:53.164-07:002011-04-30T17:48:53.164-07:00Murr, I got kicked out of Presbyterian Sunday scho...Murr, I got kicked out of Presbyterian Sunday school at the age of 4 for asking why Jonah didn't get digested in the whale's gastric juices. Sent home with a note asking that I not come back, actually. So I can't help you out with the saint thing because I brick-walled it at Jonah.<br /><br />Isn't a committee a group of individuals who can't decide anything by themselves Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50466676247998221092011-04-30T17:28:27.333-07:002011-04-30T17:28:27.333-07:00So there are others of us who wonder what the heck...So there are others of us who wonder what the heck this sainthood is all about, especially when the popes all seem to be quite human under their pope-ly hats and wee red shoes. But if the possibility of sainthood is what they try to live well for, that seems to give it some purpose. Or is the idea of heaven enough, without being a saint to us'n on earth?Shaatzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44449041426017664052011-04-30T16:36:10.228-07:002011-04-30T16:36:10.228-07:00The Committee stuff is the bit that bothers me mos...The Committee stuff is the bit that bothers me most. I can't off the top of my head think of ANYTHING that a committee improves. And the ones that do achieve things usually do so because one member pushes, pulls and forces the issue. <br />And yes, St Christopher got axed, though I am not sure why.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33441415679936951022011-04-30T15:44:43.331-07:002011-04-30T15:44:43.331-07:00I didn't know that about St. Christopher. Man....I didn't know that about St. Christopher. Man. You mean he got Plutoed?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com