Comments on: It's A Small World

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:26:49 +0000

Chris, I'm a “cradle Catholic”. I wandered away from the Church back in the late 60's for many reasons but I guess the “real” reason turns out to be that I may have believed in the “idea of God” but just didn't really believe in God. We tend to trust our own egos and intelligence to convince us that “God” isn't something that exists — “God” is simply some ephemeral thing. We find it convenient to use the fact that there are so many different religious beliefs to confirm our own belief that “God” is just a concept in a human brain. It took me over 30 years to discover how wrong I was. Perhaps one day you too will understand that while hundreds, perhaps thousands of “religions” and cults fell by the wayside one survived despite all the odds arrayed against it. Jesus Christ wasn't just some “nice guy”, he wasn't a lunatic Jew, and he wasn't the world's greatest liar! I pray that someday your Catholic upbringing (and I firmly believe that it stayed with me all those years!) will be like the seed that is planted and finally takes root and matures. Jesus isn't an embarrassment.
Thanks for a great newsletter and my regards to Gretchen. Her hunt for employment will be added to my prayer list.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:38:50 +0000

Same, here :-)
Oh, and Geek, too (forgot that one on my previous post).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:23:12 +0000

I have no problem with religious people of any sort. I DO have a problem when people try to push their belief systems onto me. ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:30:51 +0000

Well, Chris, not all of us Christians are “wackos” and try to “push [our] beliefs” on others. Some of us prefer to live lives that give an example. Wish I could say the same for some of those other “religions” out there. But, then, I view my Christianity as my lifestyle rather than my religion, 'cause, as you said “church makes you holy as much as going to McDonald's makes you a hamburger.” And I see “religion” in much the same manner. Unless it's your lifestyle, it's not much use practicing it.
Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now and just say that, while I don't necessarily always agree with you, I enjoy your blogs, newsletter and show.
Signed,
A Christian, Republican AND Lockergnome Subscriber

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:45:41 +0000

Chris, you have accidentally stumbled on the one science where amateurs really count. What other branch of physics has strolling experts on the sidewalk who are so enthusiastic they will let strangers use their apparatus?
As an amateur astronomer, I'm annoyed by the “robots” you guys have on C4H and Screensvrs. Stupid dogs, bugs, vehicles and crap. Absolute junk. Did you know that for less than $400 you can own a robotic telescope that will take you on a tour of the heavens automatically — every nite — show you thousands of things from galaxies to nebula. Now that's a robot. Much more useful than some stupid Sony dog.
The next time you see your sidewalk astronomers; ask them about robotics. That's what you want them to bring to your show. Trust me. They've got robots. Some amateurs even own Internet-conrolled scopes in the middle of nowhere that can be operated from lofts in the city.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:46:00 +0000

You could also print out some of the Chick tract parodies available at http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/index.html and hand them one when they start pushing their beliefs onto you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:51:51 +0000

You shoulda mooned her at the first instant the word “Christ” came out of her mouth.
Nothing like a full moon close by to chase those religious freaks away.