tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post7243548683444253543..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: A Committee Posing as GodHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-63078301343281357922010-09-09T21:15:46.355-04:002010-09-09T21:15:46.355-04:00Well, Halle, as is usual for me I'm late readi...Well, Halle, as is usual for me I'm late reading this post. Interesting that I did a similar post a few days after you did this one.<br /><br />What can I say? I totally agree with what you have written. Sad, isn't it?<br /><br />Very well written.<br /><br />Calie xxxCaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280127011882954777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-37587069851675369482010-08-31T12:08:09.597-04:002010-08-31T12:08:09.597-04:00Oh dear. There is very little you can say to Ms K...Oh dear. There is very little you can say to Ms Kochan is there? Whatever you say she'll have an answer to, a smart twist of the tongue, a standpoint that shes not just confident in, but which she can project confidence with. All to get the little people (i.e. those who don't yet agree with her) under control.<br /><br />I'm a Christian. Clearly Ms Kochan is as well. But she Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662706007938391607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-49629355911289168152010-08-28T22:24:05.935-04:002010-08-28T22:24:05.935-04:00Hey Laura, I did enjoy the post, as you knew I wou...Hey Laura, I did enjoy the post, as you knew I would. Your wicked sense of humour and irony scores bigtime with me.<br />I do hope Ms. Kochan stopped by. <br />Remind me never to get you upset by anything I post! :P<br /><br />HugsHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-91509602341900993442010-08-28T17:05:21.141-04:002010-08-28T17:05:21.141-04:00Halle,
I was so upset in reading that article too...Halle,<br /><br />I was so upset in reading that article too that I had to sit on it for a while. Maybe stew is the right word. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy today's post. I have to face things like this with a sense of humor while still addressing the issues. When I saw your post I had to come over here and tell you this post was just for you :)<br /><br />xoxoLaura Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930242406683635520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-84179045023865085902010-08-28T13:46:24.779-04:002010-08-28T13:46:24.779-04:00They say empires carry the seeds of their own dest...They say empires carry the seeds of their own destruction. I wonder about the Catholic religion and some of the stuff they come out with and some of their employees exploits.<br />The Catholic Church has many similarities to an empire so maybe it's leaders should take a long hard look at themselvesTawny Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908715809080046167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-82188719879370853082010-08-27T16:38:53.395-04:002010-08-27T16:38:53.395-04:00I'm not really sure where to start this, save ...I'm not really sure where to start this, save for this is a great post and equally great responses.<br /><br />Though it may seem a bit simplistic, I view a religion the same way I view a physician. They are for me to go to when I need aid. If a doctor and I don't see eye to eye on a diagnosis, I am free to get a second opinion or change doctors. As it is with religion.<br /><br />My viewSarah Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018597739320720216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-49745682593555153392010-08-27T15:38:57.909-04:002010-08-27T15:38:57.909-04:00I too left the Catholic Church, for reasons other ...I too left the Catholic Church, for reasons other than who or what they think about transsexual. I left the church because I did agree on their doctrine of abortion, of marriage outside the church, of having a single man counsel me on love and marriage problems.<br /><br />I have always assumed that I needed a 'church' to maintain my connection with a 'god'.Kay & Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244257765709660605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-89090478758688892352010-08-27T15:24:26.773-04:002010-08-27T15:24:26.773-04:00This really annoyed me, and I thought I was beyond...This really annoyed me, and I thought I was beyond caring what any religion stated. I started my journey in the Catholicism but saw through the whole nonsense as my ability to reason developed. I try to ignore most pronouncements as little more than debates on "how many angels dance on a pinhead". Nevertheless, Kochan's argument on "mutilation" is not even consistent Claire L Hallamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535569086150530774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-74269357753280048482010-08-27T12:25:14.179-04:002010-08-27T12:25:14.179-04:00The Catholic Church has always been very legalisti...The Catholic Church has always been very legalistic, and that certainly shows in Mary Kochan's response(s). I'm very glad that I left the Church for good long before I realized that transition was the right course of action for me.<br /><br />I was glad to see that Kochan's earlier post acknowledged the existence of intersex conditions. That is more than one usually sees from the VĂ©ro Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895169022031921712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-20555583582287444362010-08-27T10:43:10.198-04:002010-08-27T10:43:10.198-04:00@ Elly: It would help everyone to see our religiou...@ Elly: It would help everyone to see our religious leaders come out and admit that they too see the Bible as part history, part folk lore, part mythology, and part truth. <br /><br />As moral leaders their position might even be stronger by giving up the appeal to a higher power and being human beings who are concerned with the welfare of other humans.<br /><br />@Caroline: When our children Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-67905182521513806852010-08-27T10:34:41.994-04:002010-08-27T10:34:41.994-04:00I guess as Mary Kochan would see it I would be bet...I guess as Mary Kochan would see it I would be better off dead, but then to take my own life I would fail as a mortal sin. I can't win. You wrote a good post as always Halle.<br /><br />I've been a practicing Lutheran my whole life and even attended seminary for a while. What has got me through was believing the Bible as part history, part folk lore, part mythology, and part truth. Ellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035201077581960526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-1031266985223626972010-08-27T07:43:20.912-04:002010-08-27T07:43:20.912-04:00As a small child trying to make sense of the world...As a small child trying to make sense of the world I was not impressed with that book of theirs. it was just about the only book in the house and fairly important looking so I gave it a shot and was not impressed.<br /><br />I was fairly young when I decided that I did not believe in any of the nonsense associated with religion. I thought my condition proved the non existence of a god to me and Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.com