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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Happy Day of Empire!
May it all go well with you. Please don't go to a patriotic church gathering. I will have to cut you off. Pray to God, not "Amerika" today. Light fireworks. Play with your friends. Eat food as a community (whether that be a churching group or not) and sing a couple songs. That will be your patriotism. Don't even think of saying "God bless America" today. Say other things like, "Lord Jesus, save me, a sinner." or "Churching-folk in America, bless your God!" I will then love you. Our nation is not Israel, nor is a theocracy of any sort. Please treat it as what it is, a nation that is in the World. That is all. Links: Theologia Viatorum: God Bless America? - My token Baptist link. Be happy, conservative ones. The Jubal Jubilee: Fireworks - Just read it for his cute little view of pansy-fireworks. Hey, I'm in Idaho too, damnit! Captain Sacrament: Porter Memorial - Read it for his thoughts on swastikas and the Amerikan flag. Hell, while you're at it, read this too.Alan Creech: Sorry, what day is it? - Some tasty post-catholic goodness. Read it with tears and smiles. JHearne: Everybody is wrong (including me) - I think I lean on the one extreme... sorry, working on that.
posted by -mike- at 12:07 PM
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12 Comments:
Gee, thanks for letting me be your token baptist.
I appreciate the link.
Turner: You're very welcome! JHearne is also a baptist, but he is of a different breed than most of the American Baptists... So, I think he doesn't count.
JHearne: You're welcome. I liked your post. It made me smile.
*smooch*
I love you too, Kyle.
I'm proud of you.
Wow!! Did Red Hot call me a "Pansey"?!?!
I agree. Don't hang flags and sing patriotic songs in church followed by a patriotic message, I've always disliked that.
Michael: Yes. I did.
Lono: It has always bugged me as well. I don't think that makes me anti-american.
Mike, you've gotta read Love in the Ruins. If you haven't already. Walker Percy is awesome. And in this book, they actually have an "American Catholic Church," or something like that... it's pretty hilarious/horrifying-- they play the Star-Spangled Banner at the moment of consecration, etc.
Dear Lord. After a quick google of "American Catholic Church," I found an actual American Catholic Church. And then I found the Independent Catholic Churches International, which is simultaneously hilarious, horrifying, redundant, AND oxy-moronic that I can't even stand it.
Sounds pretty interesting... the book, not the denomination, that is...
Isn't "American" and "Catholic" an oxymoron? I would think it to be...
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