A change from politics...

[sqbr]

I've been pondering doing one of these for a while, but wasn't sure I'd get the wording right. Since it worked so well on his lj, I've decided to completely steal the language of angriest's recent post instead(*).

1. Tell me your religious beliefs. It can be as simple as "I am an X" or it can be a lengthy paragraph if you like. If you feel your religious and/or spiritual beliefs are private, either don't reply or leave a note saying as much.
2. If you want to reply to something someone else has written, feel free - particularly if you want to ask them a question about the religion you've always wanted to ask but have never been able to, or felt comfortable enough to.
3. This is one of the biggies: if someone asks you a question and you don't feel comfortable answering it, do not feel obliged to answer. Either don't reply at all, or drop a quick reply saying "I don't really want to answer that".
4. Religious intolerance will not be tolerated. I'm aiming this particularly at the aggressive atheists who seem to get their kicks scoring points, but the rule applies in any direction.

I know a lot of you are on both flists, I decided to do it now while it's still fresh in your heads. You are quite welcome to repeat/post a link to your comment over there! And yes fred_mouse I know you were also planning on stealing his idea, but, well, there's no reason it can't be stolen multiple times :D

(*)And yes, I checked it was ok. Don't want to be sued for copyright violation by the big mean famous writer :)

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

...I like tags that start with 'a'?

[alias_sqbr]

What's wrong with Anabaptist? Or Anthroposophist?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

I already have to explain aromantic often enough; I've not the patience for also having to explain how being Sophie is the very height of humanity.

[alias_sqbr]

Is that what it means? Because I have to say, that's a philosophy I can get behind. I might have to reconsider this whole atheist thing.

(Philosophy of course means "intellectual love of Sophie" which is something I am also definitely in favour of)

Also I keep reading that as "aromatic" and thinking "You smell funny? I hadn't noticed"

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

You gotta watch out for those Sophiphiles, though. Maaaan they give me the hinkies.

(I guess I do smell funny at the moment? I'm sweaty, but it's a comforting and pleasant scent to me.)

[alias_sqbr]

Hey, imagine how I feel.I'm not sure if they're better or worse than the Sophiphobes(*).

Well, I can't smell anything from here :)

(*)seriously, I once had someone go "Sophie? Isn't that a muslim name??" and look at me suspiciously

[nico-wolfwood.livejournal.com]

*cackles*

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Sophia! The famed mistress of Zeus Abdullah?

[alias_sqbr]

*blinks*

I have a feeling I'm going to feel dumb if I ask what you're talking about :)

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Well, Sophia is actually a Greek name (omg we're name origin twins), so...

[alias_sqbr]

Ahh...right :)

[out-fox.livejournal.com]

"intellectual love of Sophie"

Hee! The feminist students group at QUT put out an annual mag called Philosophia untill recently.

You can haz feminist intellectual fangirls?

[alias_sqbr]

You can haz feminist intellectual fangirls?

Sounds to me like they're fangirls of Sophia. I don't begrudge her them, I do have hundreds of philosophies to call my own :)

[tattered-pinion.livejournal.com]

A is actually the best letter. Trufax.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.