yorolpal
Thanks ol pal for OKing our either not appreciating your proselitizing or even whether or not we happen to believe there even was such a feller as Jesus...we don't, of course, buts that's neither here nor there (see what I did there?). It's your being so magnanimous that's so danged impressive. Forgiving us for being so derned skeptical and reasoned. Forgiving us for taking the only position a thinking being could possibly take given the evidence at hand. You...are one magnanimous ol cuss! And not only that...but hipping us to the fact that Christianity isn't even a religion!!! Now that there's a philosophical bombshell of the first order! I don't want to scare you or nothin...but YOU may be the clue to the new direction. Stay thirsty, my friend.

yorolpal
Oh I had a relationship with him Mooch, ol pal...for many years in my young'un days.  We was runnin buddies and thick as thieves.  He was a great ol pal.  I still remember a few of the logical, kind and meaningful things he said and take em to heart.  Course now he was a huge exaggerator...and a real blowhard at times.  Told me once...I ain't kiddin...that his momma was a dang virgin.  I said yea, JC, ol pal, that's what she told yor daddy but don't you go believing that nonsense.  But did he listen?  Naw.  Turns out though that he wasn't even there really...see, he was my imaginary friend.  And, really not even a friend.  At least not in they way most folks think about what that means.  He was more like a crutch...a place holder sorta for my personal responsibility and my ability to reason.  I was letting him do all the thinkin and takin care of gettin me outta scrapes an all.  Shoot, I guess we all have some sort of imaginary buddy sometimes and, heck, ain't nothing that bad about it.  As long as we remember they ARE imaginary.  But he was fun to have around and a dang decent feller.  Even if he was pretend.  I still recall him fondly.  He just kinda drifted off one day.  Seems the more I came to understand him...the more I came to understand me...and everything else for that matter.  Who knows, it could happen to you too. But, then again, YMMV.  

Mooch4056
Everything to you sounds foreign.

Mooch4056


Thanks Jimmy I didn't know you were too. That's great. Were in good company with Lou Gram and Nicko McBrain among other rockers I am sure. Cool! And thanks! Made my day you saying that. :)

Paul

Starise
 Hey Mooch I thought your blog title was kinda cute and revealing. Christians aren't perfect.
 
 IMO the very term "Christian" itself is widely abused and misunderstood. To some folks being born into a Christian family or being baptized makes you a Christian. To some folks the Christians were those folks who killed thousands of people in the name of their God and the connotations of that and how they view it are bad to them. To some people a Christian is some kind of a fundamentalist weirdo, who lives life in the extreme and expects everyone else to do the same.To some people acknowledgement in the basis for the word is not something they themselves are really ready to approach and they don't appreciate anyone making it into any kind of a confrontation. The real Christians need to play catch up just to have any kind of a meaningful dialog, that is, if anyone wants to have a dialog.
 
  I can understand why some would dislike the word and what it represents to them. I can also see why the name means good things to other people.
 
 We talk politics here sometimes. It's difficult not to get onto those subjects . I mean, they pertain to so much of our lives one way or the other.  I have pretty much heard it all from the other side. I'll bet I could almost convince you of the other sides views Mooch. They are pretty persuasive if that's all you feed yourself.
 
 
God loves everyone and that includes the fine folks we have here who call themselves Atheists. I think highly of those folks too. I have never walked a mile in anyone's shoes but my own.