(September 25, 2015 at 11:28 am)MTL Wrote:(September 25, 2015 at 10:33 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: MTL, that is truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous!
Forgive me, Rocky, but there is something rather humourous about the fact,
that after all the horrendous stories you've told us about your experiences,
....you actually know that song. lol
We had no cable attached to our TV, but we could rent tapes from the public library for our VCR. My sister was so obsessed with Gem, from seeing it at her friends' house, that she begged the librarian to get the series on tape (which was a bigger deal, back then, than it is today-- shows didn't release "VHS box sets" or whatever, like nowadays). I will likely never get that song out of my head.
Me, I was obsessed with the original BattleStar Galalactica, Space 1999, Star Trek, StarWars, and the animated version of The Hobbit (must've watched them all a thousand times). Sometimes I'd watch cartoons at my friends' houses, like Scooby Doo, Transformers, etc., but it wasn't really my speed. I mostly read books and played outside.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
