03-09-2014, 02:14 AM
Tongues of fire and marshmallows 
- can't beat a good bonfire for all round entertainment.
Very topical with the camel reference; or perhaps that whole Abraham / camel thing is only in the UK press and this was an as seen line?
Umm - no one likes to admit to being slow on the uptake, but I have to confess that I didn't catch on with the JV reference. (Probably going to kick myself when it is pointed out. I'm assuming it is an American football player).
Fun read. I totally get the type of character portrayed here, but perhaps the stereotype of “let’s make fun of the Christian” gets a bit predictable – dare I say cliché in today’s culture. Milton gets points for some originality in his day, but the "If in doubt mock the christian" has been around for some 2000 years, but I guess each generation has to go through the motions and the fashion keeps comming back round. No doubt that many were pleased when mini skirts came back in.
But sadly, I know the character type all too well - Not sure what it is with some people and faith, but somehow they have their sense of life, fun, intellect and normalcy removed when they see the light...and as someone who has been thrown out of Church for suggesting that if we were going to practice the gifts of the spirit, we could do the gift of martyrdom and raising the dead back to back....I feel qualified to say this. (For anyone wondering:- It was the suggestion that we could practice a gift that set me off).
Anyway thanks for the read - made me smile.
- can't beat a good bonfire for all round entertainment. Very topical with the camel reference; or perhaps that whole Abraham / camel thing is only in the UK press and this was an as seen line?
Umm - no one likes to admit to being slow on the uptake, but I have to confess that I didn't catch on with the JV reference. (Probably going to kick myself when it is pointed out. I'm assuming it is an American football player).
Fun read. I totally get the type of character portrayed here, but perhaps the stereotype of “let’s make fun of the Christian” gets a bit predictable – dare I say cliché in today’s culture. Milton gets points for some originality in his day, but the "If in doubt mock the christian" has been around for some 2000 years, but I guess each generation has to go through the motions and the fashion keeps comming back round. No doubt that many were pleased when mini skirts came back in.
But sadly, I know the character type all too well - Not sure what it is with some people and faith, but somehow they have their sense of life, fun, intellect and normalcy removed when they see the light...and as someone who has been thrown out of Church for suggesting that if we were going to practice the gifts of the spirit, we could do the gift of martyrdom and raising the dead back to back....I feel qualified to say this. (For anyone wondering:- It was the suggestion that we could practice a gift that set me off).
Anyway thanks for the read - made me smile.