Speaking in tongues
Yesterday me and a friend were at Pizza Hut discussing the troubles of making our paychecks cover the costs of living. He's having a little harder time of it, and we compared several expenses which were pretty similar until he mentioned: "Of course, we tithe too, maybe we should just tithe on our net salary instead of the gross". "Oh well, that's it", I said, "we don't tithe". Just as I pronounced the "th" in tithe I bit the crap out of my tongue. It hurt. Bad. I have bitten my tongue before, but... Ow. Really.
So anyway, it's no secret I've been having trouble with my faith for a while now, but come on. The apostle Thomas got the resurrected Jesus himself to show him the holes in his hands when he was having trouble believing. That doesn't seem fair at all. I mean Thomas walked around with Jesus Christ and witnessed miracle after miracle and when he has doubts Jesus pops in and says "Look! ta-da!". I get a sore tongue.
OBTW, just to clarify, we do put money in the offering plate when we go to church. We just don't go to church very often.
Comments
Not enough options for the tongue biting vote. Should include Freudian slip of the tongue. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | February 14, 2003 8:49 AM
How about we gather all of those under "Other". :)
I may yank down the tongue biting poll pretty quick though, I want to find out what people think about The Terrible Mr. Grimshaw. How about these for answers (oh great a poll about a poll):
- Funniest @%$^#% thing I've ever heard.
- Obnoxious, plain and simple.
- It had a good beat, but you couldn't dance to it.
Posted by: Casey | February 14, 2003 9:08 AM
As painful as it sounded & it must have been...I have to admit that it cracked me up! Next time you go to church you should throw an extra dollar in the plate just in case He is keeping an eye on you!
Posted by: Carol | February 14, 2003 9:32 AM
Hi pr3d4t0r,
With your luck I would not provoke him. ha!
I was just surfing some of the Next Gen sites.
version 2.7 is out and 3.0 is coming in a couple of weeks.
I set Darrin up a mailing list at http://sportsmenafield.com/tng/ to share some support and community spirit.
I am s Foxhunter and fisherman and I do a little advocacy, battling Peta and the Animal Rights people...non partisan but I think much like a Libertarian.
Posted by: Russell Griechen | February 14, 2003 7:26 PM
I joined your list a couple days back, but now I see Darrin has set up another because of your affliation. Some folks are easily offended I guess.
After many years of solid Republican support, I've decided that they no longer accurately represent my views and joined the Libertarian party. But I try not to pay too close of attention to politics lest I develop an ulcer or something. I was also thinking lately of putting the Gadsden flag somewhere on my front page to indicate my support for a less obtrusive and oppressive government.
Posted by: Casey | February 15, 2003 11:45 AM