tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238084856370735932.post6644737662663228610..comments2018-07-04T02:06:55.622+01:00Comments on Barking Mad in Amble by the Sea: How Green is Your Gethsemane?Ross Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250071187770548501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238084856370735932.post-27790030736976512642009-04-11T15:32:00.000+01:002009-04-11T15:32:00.000+01:00I really enjoyed this, Ross. Having been raised in...I really enjoyed this, Ross. Having been raised in a "non-participatory" family (at least about Religion, with a capital R), I know nothing of the Bible or the events that you describe. I enjoyed your take on the movie, though; it saved me from having to sit through it. I also enjoy thinking of Jesus as responsible for the banking fiasco. We have to blame someone. Why not him, particularly the blue-eyed versions. seen so frequently in Bible-Beating States. <BR/><BR/>When I was older I took a philosophic tour of various religions during college, and found, as a woman (or rational human being), I could not subscribe to the belief that Mary is somehow "dirty" and therefore, by association, all women. I also find it irrational that Leviticus dictates the disparate wages of women and men. Still. And we won't get into how many people have been murdered in the name of Christ. <BR/><BR/>I've guess I've ended up a spiritual person without any set doctrine. Buddhism is as close as I've ome to calling one of the may belief systems "mine." And, technically speaking, it is not classified as a religion because there is no God. <BR/><BR/>Semana Santa, or Holy Week is upon us here in full. As near as I can make out the Ticos celebrate the crucifixion of Christ by getting drunk at the beach for seven days. Cars are plowing up and down the road in front of our house at all hours of the day and night. It resembles an L.A. Freeway. Our quiet beach community has been turned into a Disco. The music from the nearest bar rattled our livers last night as we lay "trying" to sleep. Thank God (with all due respect) the puppies have learned that the street is a Bad Place or we'd have lost one by now for sure.<BR/><BR/>s<BR/><BR/>P.S. So glad to hear that cailean is getting better!sarah corbett morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327514344421041651noreply@blogger.com