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Random bits...
--On Wednesday, I came home late. DaMan was out, and so the Oob greeted me at the top of the stairs, purring and meeping. Then she threw up. As I'm getting paper towels, she throws up again. As I'm cleaning it up, I notice something green in the mix. Leafy, even. We don't have houseplants; I finally put down my backpack and take off my jacket, wondering if I left out some parsley or something. I ask Oob what she's been eating. She meeps. I resolve to ask DaMan. When I finally walked into my study, I saw the cause: a great big beautiful vase of red tulips. He'd brought me flowers. Which had developed tiny bite marks.
--I have, at last count, 17 emails or contacts from friends that need to be replied to. Not just the two-line email reply, but a real in-depth "missed you, what have you been up to, here's what my month has been like." At some point the guilt will build up enough that I'll either respond to them or move them out of my inbox in shame. The oldest one is from Nate, in March.
--Got challenged in class, and thought I'd spread the challenge. Those of you who hold liberal religious beliefs, who are pretty laid-back and relaxed about it, who rarely bring up religion as a motivating factor or as a part of your life: By *not* talking about your religion, have you ceded the field to the right-wing?
--Also got whacked on the head with the Clue Stick of the Goddess. My past doesn't need redeeming. Love, forgiveness, understanding, acceptance, perhaps--but redemption?
--Does grad school increase cramps? I swear it's been worse this week than for the last two years.
--LJ is providing a nice phantom connection, but I think it's time I switch most of half-hour or so that I use to get back in touch into time spent answering the aforementioned 17 emails.
Back to work; there's a presentation for Monday on "Cosmopolitanisms". mmm...cosmos...
--On Wednesday, I came home late. DaMan was out, and so the Oob greeted me at the top of the stairs, purring and meeping. Then she threw up. As I'm getting paper towels, she throws up again. As I'm cleaning it up, I notice something green in the mix. Leafy, even. We don't have houseplants; I finally put down my backpack and take off my jacket, wondering if I left out some parsley or something. I ask Oob what she's been eating. She meeps. I resolve to ask DaMan. When I finally walked into my study, I saw the cause: a great big beautiful vase of red tulips. He'd brought me flowers. Which had developed tiny bite marks.
--I have, at last count, 17 emails or contacts from friends that need to be replied to. Not just the two-line email reply, but a real in-depth "missed you, what have you been up to, here's what my month has been like." At some point the guilt will build up enough that I'll either respond to them or move them out of my inbox in shame. The oldest one is from Nate, in March.
--Got challenged in class, and thought I'd spread the challenge. Those of you who hold liberal religious beliefs, who are pretty laid-back and relaxed about it, who rarely bring up religion as a motivating factor or as a part of your life: By *not* talking about your religion, have you ceded the field to the right-wing?
--Also got whacked on the head with the Clue Stick of the Goddess. My past doesn't need redeeming. Love, forgiveness, understanding, acceptance, perhaps--but redemption?
--Does grad school increase cramps? I swear it's been worse this week than for the last two years.
--LJ is providing a nice phantom connection, but I think it's time I switch most of half-hour or so that I use to get back in touch into time spent answering the aforementioned 17 emails.
Back to work; there's a presentation for Monday on "Cosmopolitanisms". mmm...cosmos...
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No. There's no secret that people's religious beliefs differ, and what bothers me about religious conservatives is their secular behavior.
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People's religious beliefs differ, true; yet often when (for example) Christianity is mentioned in the media, it is primarily in reference to far-right conservative beliefs. Is religion being equated with fundamentalism in common parlance?
Not trying to be pushy, just questioning.
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Primarily attempts to get others to act and believe as they would dictate.
Is religion being equated with fundamentalism in common parlance?
I don't think so. Most people are religious, and most are not fundamentalist (most aren't even "right wing"). Christianity is too common and heterogenous in this country for it to be widely equated with its fundamentalist adherents, but Islam has certainly faced that problem.