Open Bar: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Yay! Cults are terrible neighbors.

Yep! And these guys seem pretty un-culty. In fact, the sermon I just listened to was all about how a good Christian neighbors sets aside tribalism and Jesus didn't want us to divide the world into us/them categories. I approve. They also apparently try  to stay away from divisive social and political issues, or from telling people what to do.

Plus, I like the limp-wristed namby-pamby Jesus love song hippie Christians. Particularly the kind that don't see women as brood mares.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Yay! Cults are terrible neighbors.

Yep! And these guys seem pretty un-culty. In fact, the sermon I just listened to was all about how a good Christian neighbors sets aside tribalism and Jesus didn't want us to divide the world into us/them categories. I approve. They also apparently try  to stay away from divisive social and political issues, or from telling people what to do.

Plus, I like the limp-wristed namby-pamby Jesus love song hippie Christians. Particularly the kind that don't see women as brood mares.

Them, and the Johnny Cash Christians that visit people in prison and mind their business. Those seem to be almost extinct, though.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Yay! Cults are terrible neighbors.

Yep! And these guys seem pretty un-culty. In fact, the sermon I just listened to was all about how a good Christian neighbors sets aside tribalism and Jesus didn't want us to divide the world into us/them categories. I approve. They also apparently try  to stay away from divisive social and political issues, or from telling people what to do.

Plus, I like the limp-wristed namby-pamby Jesus love song hippie Christians. Particularly the kind that don't see women as brood mares.

Them, and the Johnny Cash Christians that visit people in prison and mind their business. Those seem to be almost extinct, though.

They're still around.  The local Nazarenes are like that.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Yay! Cults are terrible neighbors.

Yep! And these guys seem pretty un-culty. In fact, the sermon I just listened to was all about how a good Christian neighbors sets aside tribalism and Jesus didn't want us to divide the world into us/them categories. I approve. They also apparently try  to stay away from divisive social and political issues, or from telling people what to do.

Plus, I like the limp-wristed namby-pamby Jesus love song hippie Christians. Particularly the kind that don't see women as brood mares.

Them, and the Johnny Cash Christians that visit people in prison and mind their business. Those seem to be almost extinct, though.

They're still around.  The local Nazarenes are like that.

It's mostly just that the really awesome Christians aren't all over the place making asses of themselves, so they're invisible unless you look for them.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My friend Dave is an Episcopalian minister, and he's really cool.

[Freeky]

Tried to make a point to a friend of mine on the face books about White Pride and racism, sparked by one of those pictures where people of color are all like "[demographic] pride!" and white people are like "Yay for you!" and then "White Pride" with the people of color having a frowny face at them.  A friend of hers jumped in with "Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Black chamber of Commerce and Black Panthers!" and I don't know my stuff that well, so butts to me.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Tried to make a point to a friend of mine on the face books about White Pride and racism, sparked by one of those pictures where people of color are all like "[demographic] pride!" and white people are like "Yay for you!" and then "White Pride" with the people of color having a frowny face at them.  A friend of hers jumped in with "Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Black chamber of Commerce and Black Panthers!" and I don't know my stuff that well, so butts to me.

"White Pride" is code for two things:

1.  We're really, really afraid of Black people, and
2.  We are the bottom of the barrel.  We have to feel better than someone.

I think I know who you're talking about.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Christmas?  I'll give ya Christmas, fat man...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Pic is from 2009, IIRC.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

[minuspace]

Long live the Soul Patch!

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

FUCK YES to those. 

[Freeky]

Tried to make a point to a friend of mine on the face books about White Pride and racism, sparked by one of those pictures where people of color are all like "[demographic] pride!" and white people are like "Yay for you!" and then "White Pride" with the people of color having a frowny face at them.  A friend of hers jumped in with "Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Black chamber of Commerce and Black Panthers!" and I don't know my stuff that well, so butts to me.

"White Pride" is code for two things:

1.  We're really, really afraid of Black people, and
2.  We are the bottom of the barrel.  We have to feel better than someone.

I think I know who you're talking about.

Yeah, I think you do. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Tried to make a point to a friend of mine on the face books about White Pride and racism, sparked by one of those pictures where people of color are all like "[demographic] pride!" and white people are like "Yay for you!" and then "White Pride" with the people of color having a frowny face at them.  A friend of hers jumped in with "Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Black chamber of Commerce and Black Panthers!" and I don't know my stuff that well, so butts to me.

"White Pride" is code for two things:

1.  We're really, really afraid of Black people, and
2.  We are the bottom of the barrel.  We have to feel better than someone.

I think I know who you're talking about.

Yeah, I think you do.

Yeah, saw it on FB right after reading this.  It was too dismal to respond to.

[Freeky]

It was.  She did Like my comment though, so I'm notsure what to make of it.