It's celebrity gossip. There's a blogger, enty, who posts gossip tidbits without names throughout the year and occasionally reveals who they are about. It started on New Years last year (2016). I think it's all celeb gossip now and not just his blinds, but those do still get posted. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I stay out of that thread.
ETA and by it, I mean the TCF obsession and threads.
So emmygirl do you just drink milk all day long? I'm trying to figure out how you have time to do anything else. Break down your consumption for me....when you're thirsty do you go for a glass of milk? I keep a water bottle around the house during the day...do you keep a glass of milk? I'm not trying to be an asshole, I'm genuinely trying to figure out how you guys drink almost a gallon of milk a day.
So emmygirl do you just drink milk all day long? I'm trying to figure out how you have time to do anything else. Break down your consumption for me....when you're thirsty do you go for a glass of milk? I keep a water bottle around the house during the day...do you keep a glass of milk? I'm not trying to be an asshole, I'm genuinely trying to figure out how you guys drink almost a gallon of milk a day.
It's probably my husband that drinks half of it and then DD and I drink the other half. DH will drink a glass of milk if he's thirsty instead of water. Usually for dinner we each have at least two glasses and then if I have a bedtime snack I have another one. I still drink a lot of water during the day at work but only milk at home usually. We do drink skim though so I guess there's that. This is why when DH gave up milk for a week he lost almost 10 pounds by doing just that and watching portions. If I'm going low carb we are closer to 4 gallons a week.
A gallon of skim milk is 1,450 calories. I can think of a million ways I'd rather spend that many calories. I'll take my milk in chocolate 😉
Yeah. So many tastier options. Empty calories imo. And way too much dairy. Way way too much than what a human body is meant to work with.
Another reason I don't drink milk. I just find it too heavy and it makes me feel sick. We go through about a gallon a week for DS. DH and I don't drink any. We go through about a quart of half and half a week for coffee and DH and I use soy milk for cereal but it takes us about a month to go through a half gallon.
I'm the same as your DH emmygirl. When I'm thirsty, I go for a glass of milk instead of water.
That's weird. I think I'd consider myself in the liking milk category. I might drink one full glass a week and then I have it in my coffee and stuff. Never considered it a thirst quenching beverage though. To me it's likes DH's weirdo bff who drinks Sprite when thirsty. I'm like just drink water!
Okay apparently late last week was not the time to be busy....
I have a ton of friends who Whimsy reminds me of, and they get ranty and offensive about their atheism. I find myself constantly reminding them you can have your atheism and I will continue to be the retired catholic who believes that Christianity is good thing for society. We're all allowed to believe and celebrate different things, but I am not less than because I'm a Christian.
And that's it ends up feeling like, "we're morally superior because we believe in science and think faith is bullshit"
Okay apparently late last week was not the time to be busy....
I have a ton of friends who Whimsy reminds me of, and they get ranty and offensive about their atheism. I find myself constantly reminding them you can have your atheism and I will continue to be the retired catholic who believes that Christianity is good thing for society. We're all allowed to believe and celebrate different things, but I am not less than because I'm a Christian.
And that's it ends up feeling like, "we're morally superior because we believe in science and think faith is bullshit"
Oh hi, me. I was raised Catholic but to describe myself as retired is pretty accurate. I don't practice but I do believe that Catholicism and/or Christianity is good because it promotes morality. I am a scientist and don't entirely believe everything I was taught but I hate that atheist attitude that you described. Let people have their faith.
Okay apparently late last week was not the time to be busy....
I have a ton of friends who Whimsy reminds me of, and they get ranty and offensive about their atheism. I find myself constantly reminding them you can have your atheism and I will continue to be the retired catholic who believes that Christianity is good thing for society. We're all allowed to believe and celebrate different things, but I am not less than because I'm a Christian.
And that's it ends up feeling like, "we're morally superior because we believe in science and think faith is bullshit"
Oh hi, me. I was raised Catholic but to describe myself as retired is pretty accurate. I don't practice but I do believe that Catholicism and/or Christianity is good because it promotes morality. I am a scientist and don't entirely believe everything I was taught but I hate that atheist attitude that you described. Let people have their faith.
Ha. I love the "retired" line - it feels right, I don't practice Catholicism but I still believe in your basic tenants. Social justice, treating our neighbours as we'd like to be treated, acting and living without judgement, all pretty important things to me, and important lessons. A lot of people don't get them outside a faith community. Some people do, but not all.
I've got a lot of "nerds" in my life, most in some sort tech/science/math field and I feel like sometimes they're laughing at me. And I remind them at the core of Christianity is social justice and they have an "a-ha" moment because that's me...and how I've lived my life to this point. I also happen to think I am pretty kind human being and good to others and while I learned that through a multitude of different ways, faith and believing in something/someone bigger made me a kinder, gentler, more decent person.
Oh hi, me. I was raised Catholic but to describe myself as retired is pretty accurate. I don't practice but I do believe that Catholicism and/or Christianity is good because it promotes morality. I am a scientist and don't entirely believe everything I was taught but I hate that atheist attitude that you described. Let people have their faith.
Ha. I love the "retired" line - it feels right, I don't practice Catholicism but I still believe in your basic tenants. Social justice, treating our neighbours as we'd like to be treated, acting and living without judgement, all pretty important things to me, and important lessons. A lot of people don't get them outside a faith community. Some people do, but not all.
I've got a lot of "nerds" in my life, most in some sort tech/science/math field and I feel like sometimes they're laughing at me. And I remind them at the core of Christianity is social justice and they have an "a-ha" moment because that's me...and how I've lived my life to this point. I also happen to think I am pretty kind human being and good to others and while I learned that through a multitude of different ways, faith and believing in something/someone bigger made me a kinder, gentler, more decent person.
i really wanted to leave this alone but i'm feeling all kinds of ways about saying that most people outside of faith based communities don't understand or follow the basic rules of civility.
Since we're talking Christianity lets stick with that faith - the christian church as a whole doesn't exactly have a solid record on social justice
Ha. I love the "retired" line - it feels right, I don't practice Catholicism but I still believe in your basic tenants. Social justice, treating our neighbours as we'd like to be treated, acting and living without judgement, all pretty important things to me, and important lessons. A lot of people don't get them outside a faith community. Some people do, but not all.
I've got a lot of "nerds" in my life, most in some sort tech/science/math field and I feel like sometimes they're laughing at me. And I remind them at the core of Christianity is social justice and they have an "a-ha" moment because that's me...and how I've lived my life to this point. I also happen to think I am pretty kind human being and good to others and while I learned that through a multitude of different ways, faith and believing in something/someone bigger made me a kinder, gentler, more decent person.
i really wanted to leave this alone but i'm feeling all kinds of ways about saying that most people outside of faith based communities don't understand or follow the basic rules of civility.
Since we're talking Christianity lets stick with that faith - the christian church as a whole doesn't exactly have a solid record on social justice
Then I should re-frame because that's not what I mean at all - MH is one of the best people I know, and he's never had been a part of any faith community. What I really meant is that faith communities are often a good way of teaching social justice - certainly not the only way. What I get angry about with my friends is the judgement that I'm not as smart or as capable because I think a man named Jesus came and tried to share with the world an important message and died because of it.
i really wanted to leave this alone but i'm feeling all kinds of ways about saying that most people outside of faith based communities don't understand or follow the basic rules of civility.
Since we're talking Christianity lets stick with that faith - the christian church as a whole doesn't exactly have a solid record on social justice
Then I should re-frame because that's not what I mean at all - MH is one of the best people I know, and he's never had been a part of any faith community. What I really meant is that faith communities are often a good way of teaching social justice - certainly not the only way. What I get angry about with my friends is the judgement that I'm not as smart or as capable because I think a man named Jesus came and tried to share with the world an important message and died because of it.
i understand that, and those people are assholes. But on the flip side I get pretty fed up of the moral superiority i hear often from people that do believe.
Then I should re-frame because that's not what I mean at all - MH is one of the best people I know, and he's never had been a part of any faith community. What I really meant is that faith communities are often a good way of teaching social justice - certainly not the only way. What I get angry about with my friends is the judgement that I'm not as smart or as capable because I think a man named Jesus came and tried to share with the world an important message and died because of it.
i understand that, and those people are assholes. But on the flip side I get pretty fed up of the moral superiority i hear often from people that do believe.
I do my best to give everyone space and so rarely talk about my personal beliefs on faith and maybe that's part of the problem and why I generally keep my mouth shut on these issues, cause apparently when I do I come across as a judgey whore and that's not what I am meaning to do. I'm all for atheism, there's sometimes I want to believe it too. Part of it simply my whole wanna put blinders and believe if I just put good karma out in the world, it will come back to me in the end.
I don't ever want to be that Christian who makes you/anyone feel less than because they believe differently than I do. We should all space to believe whatever the heck is meaningful to us. Taking me full circle back to the first point I made and maybe where I should have just shut up.
We are practicing Catholic and attend mass weekly.
I'm not superior to anyone, regardless of belief or lack of.
I don't care whether you are Muslim, Jew, atheist, hindu, whatever. It does not put me up nor down. I keep myself and my kids right in our own beliefs and that's all I can do. It's not my job (or wish) to tell or preach to others the rights or wrongs of anyone's religion, including my own.
It's my business and my business alone.
I'm sure @whimsy didn't intend to be offensive or even challenge Christian beliefs. Of course she didn't.
But she did make an incredibly offensive remark and struggled to apologise for her words.
I think if she'd come on and said "Christianity is a whole heap of bollocks", we would have been less outraged - as I said earlier, everyone is entitled to believe whatever they like.
But what she said was just rude and not thought through.
However - it is what it is. @whimsy made a mistake (maybe she doesn't think she has? I don't know).
She offended my beliefs, but I can get over it and certainly wouldn't want her to feel like we all hate her now. Well, I don't.
Think some things...don't say them is all I'm (and kittyriot) are trying to say.
Ha. I love the "retired" line - it feels right, I don't practice Catholicism but I still believe in your basic tenants. Social justice, treating our neighbours as we'd like to be treated, acting and living without judgement, all pretty important things to me, and important lessons. A lot of people don't get them outside a faith community. Some people do, but not all.
I've got a lot of "nerds" in my life, most in some sort tech/science/math field and I feel like sometimes they're laughing at me. And I remind them at the core of Christianity is social justice and they have an "a-ha" moment because that's me...and how I've lived my life to this point. I also happen to think I am pretty kind human being and good to others and while I learned that through a multitude of different ways, faith and believing in something/someone bigger made me a kinder, gentler, more decent person.
i really wanted to leave this alone but i'm feeling all kinds of ways about saying that most people outside of faith based communities don't understand or follow the basic rules of civility.
Since we're talking Christianity lets stick with that faith - the christian church as a whole doesn't exactly have a solid record on social justice
I think people underestimate just how much living in a faith based society has an impact on how our society has set what it "right" and "wrong". Even our laws reflect many of the values that faith commands. So to me, even when you're an atheist, you may follow or learn the cultural norms of what is a "good" person and a "bad" person. Like infidelity for example. It is against a commandment to commit adultery. It's not illegal, but it's socially thought of as immoral. Most people realize it's wrong to do and won't do it. Is that because of humans innate sense of "right" and "wrong" or is it because religion set the tone for society that cheating/ two party committed relationships are the socially acceptable way to live? I don't know if I'm making a bit of sense here but I think religions effect on our society is often nuanced and at the same time ingrained. We often don't think about if everyone was an atheist, how our society might be set up differently and how we may not have people "following" these moral norms. To me, religion set the tone for what's acceptable behavior and someone can decide if they want to follow that or not. But I don't think that just "being nice" is something you can completely separate as to whether it's innate or modeled on religious tenets. It's wholly more complicated than that. Kind of a chicken/ egg, which came first kind of argument.
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