tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post2456053912491493205..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Parenthood UpdateDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-64389006956874056832010-04-06T10:38:31.842-04:002010-04-06T10:38:31.842-04:00I also have to explain to people the difference be...I also have to explain to people the difference between, say, the Missouri Synod and the ELCA, or between the PCA and the PCUSA.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-23099349428762733552010-04-06T10:35:33.358-04:002010-04-06T10:35:33.358-04:00has your identification as a Christian ever been c...<i>has your identification as a Christian ever been challenged by someone who claims that Presbyterians/Lutherans "aren't really Christian?"</i><br /><br />Never in so many words. A lot of children of missionaries, who represented various "fundamental" denominations, attended my little expat high school, and I came in for some suspicion initially. My own specific theological identification was a lot weaker then.<br /><br />A lot of these attitudes are created by "converts", probably inevitably. The fundamental churches have a number of refugees from mainline and RC churches where, definitionally, their spiritual needs were not being met. They tend to pass on only the bad stuff, as well as their own misconceptions. The converse is also true: refugees from fundamental churches only tell bad things about their experiences.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-6560096432552942682010-04-06T10:07:30.613-04:002010-04-06T10:07:30.613-04:00It's a bit surprising to see the Crosby/Katie ...It's a bit surprising to see the Crosby/Katie relationship in a TV show as opposed to a movie. Showing a loser-ish man with a highly desirable woman is naturally going to go over a lot better with men than with women, and that fits in more appropriately with movies and their male-skewing or at least 50-50 audiences than it does with TV shows, which attract primarily women.*<br /><br />Of course the wisecracking-but-wise children cliche has been done to death by any number of movies and TV shows. It's harder to figure out to whom exactly this stereotype appeals.<br /><br />Out of curiosity, has your identification as a Christian ever been challenged by someone who claims that Presbyterians/Lutherans "aren't really Christian?"<br /><br />* = advertisers who want to target men have little choice except to run their commercials during sports programs, hence the plethora of cars/beer/mutual funds/Flomax/Cialis ads during sports.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com