August 08, 2013
— Ace Oh well.
Kate Upton won't be forced to hide her religious values.
The stunning supermodel got a tattoo of a cross on her finger so she could always show her devotion to God, she explained in the September issue of Elle.
"I was at a photo shoot and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took [my necklace] away,” Upton told the magazine. “I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want [a cross] with me, at all times."
She also says she's more intelligent than people give her credit for. Again: Oh well. Can't be perfect.
Now I'm going to link her Happy Easter video. The ostensible reason for my linking this is to expose her hypocrisy on religious values.
But that's not the real reason. That's just what we call an excuse.
Extraordinary. It's like Benny Hill was appointed my Guardian Angel and made all of my dreamiest dreams come true.
Thanks to @doreenhdickson.
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Side note: I would watch the SHIT out of Kate Upton: Vampire Slayer.
Posted by: TenthJustice at August 08, 2013 09:40 AM (qB8lN)
Posted by: Cretin, Palouse-style, lovin' it, and still high-grade at August 08, 2013 09:41 AM (U3Z0J)
Posted by: logprof at August 08, 2013 09:42 AM (3VBXw)
Posted by: Kate Upton at August 08, 2013 09:42 AM (8ZskC)
Not that I'm complaining.
Posted by: pep at August 08, 2013 09:43 AM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 09:43 AM (0hCOz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 08, 2013 09:43 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: BarakaTarkata at August 08, 2013 09:44 AM (si4cu)
Gives new meaning to:
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death,
I will fear no evil: For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy
staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of
mine enemies;
Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth
over.
Posted by: Narciso Evil at August 08, 2013 09:45 AM (mwctc)
Posted by: Y-not popping in on the phone at August 08, 2013 09:45 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: RWC at August 08, 2013 09:45 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Bob Filner, Enrollee, Sensitivity Training Centers of Cleveland at August 08, 2013 09:45 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Waldo at August 08, 2013 09:46 AM (tCBZk)
Posted by: Y-not popping in on the phone at August 08, 2013 09:46 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2013 09:47 AM (0vWqa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 08, 2013 01:43 PM (8ZskC)
I KNEW IT!!!!!
Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at August 08, 2013 09:47 AM (b9K4P)
Is this the new hotness: ok to make filthy sex jokes about the Christian Kate Upton but not about the dedicated leftist Rachel Maddow???
Posted by: DAve at August 08, 2013 09:47 AM (OksBo)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 09:47 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: DAve at August 08, 2013 09:48 AM (OksBo)
Posted by: Waldo at August 08, 2013 09:49 AM (tCBZk)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 08, 2013 09:49 AM (YrqgX)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 09:49 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: zsasz at August 08, 2013 09:49 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 08, 2013 09:50 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: USA at August 08, 2013 09:50 AM (VIaw0)
Posted by: Y-not popping in on the phone at August 08, 2013 09:50 AM (5H6zj)
Mormon here. We don't wear or display crosses. However, if that representation of the Christ gives one comfort and a reminder of Him, I'm not going to complain.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 09:50 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: Waldo at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (tCBZk)
Posted by: alexthechick - Welcome mighty SMODlets! at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, fewer than 8 limbs at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (v1mq9)
Posted by: tasker at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: TenthJustice at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (qB8lN)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Roy at August 08, 2013 09:51 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2013 09:52 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Saint Funbaggio at August 08, 2013 09:52 AM (BeQRp)
Posted by: CUS at August 08, 2013 09:53 AM (84pE9)
'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.'
Right. Because showing off your God-given beauty in fashion magazines means you have to give up your religion, too. Because being a model = being an atheist whore. Right? That's the implication, isn't it?
You go, Kate!
Dumb. You show your devotion to God by acting in a godly manner.
Posted by: Waldo at August 08, 2013 01:46 PM (tCBZk)
I don't think this is about her showing her devotion to God so much as her wanting to have a physical touchstone of God's love with her at all times. I'm not big on tattoos, but this one I understand. It's one thing to feel God's love in your heart, but in difficult times sometimes it helps to have a visual reminder, too.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 09:53 AM (4df7R)
IMHO conservatives seem to be the former while liberals seem to be the latter?
YMMV
Posted by: John P. Squibob at August 08, 2013 09:53 AM (kqqGm)
What's your cellphone number?
Posted by: Anthony Wiener at August 08, 2013 09:54 AM (8ZskC)
I'm imagining one of those enormous blocky wooden crosses sticking out from under a fat roll, and it's cracking me up.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 09:54 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 08, 2013 09:54 AM (5YUSx)
Posted by: dananjcon at August 08, 2013 09:54 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (YrqgX)
Posted by: alexthechick - Welcome mighty SMODlets! at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (VtjlW)
After seeing that video, I believe in God.
Posted by: song from jurassic park at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (T1Jm0)
Posted by: Waldo at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (tCBZk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: joncelli at August 08, 2013 09:55 AM (RD7QR)
exceptions were around, yeah, but that was the rule. Several smart pretty wimmen dumped me before I found one that didn't / couldn't / wouldn't.
Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at August 08, 2013 09:56 AM (omBWL)
Posted by: CUS at August 08, 2013 09:56 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: Countrysquire, back just for this comment at August 08, 2013 09:56 AM (LSJmV)
Posted by: Irrevant Mystery Poster at August 08, 2013 01:51 PM (pJF+c)
**
Amen brutha.
Posted by: dananjcon at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (jvd3N)
I repeat, Kate Upton is God showing off.
Posted by: alexthechick - Welcome mighty SMODlets! at August 08, 2013 01:55 PM (VtjlW)
Ayuh! ^^ This ^^
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (LI48c)
I'm not religious per se *voice rises in vocal fry*, but I'm very spiritual. *Self-satisfied nod*
Posted by: lefty at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: zsasz at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Bob Filner, Enrollee, Sensitivity Training Centers of Cleveland at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 08, 2013 09:57 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 08, 2013 09:58 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 08, 2013 09:58 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Fritz at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Fritz at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (0HooB)
Which chapter of the bible is it that calls for wet t-shirt contests and dental floss bikini bottoms that barely cover her pudendum?
It's in Exodus. Something about a burning bush.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (zF6Iw)
I thought that was rather crude. Laughing like that.
Posted by: Reverend William Arcibald Spooner at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (gRCR3)
Which chapter of the bible is it that calls for wet t-shirt contests and dental floss bikini bottoms that barely cover her pudendum?
It's in Exodus. Something about a burning bush.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (zF6Iw)
I thought that was rather crude. Laughing like that.
Posted by: Reverend William Arcibald Spooner at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (gRCR3)
Which chapter of the bible is it that calls for wet t-shirt contests and dental floss bikini bottoms that barely cover her pudendum?
It's in there. ...towards the back.
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (0hCOz)
Which chapter of the bible is it that calls for wet t-shirt contests and dental floss bikini bottoms that barely cover her pudendum?
It's in there. ...towards the back.
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (0hCOz)
Repeat the following several times, in a loud and assertive voice:
SOG OFF, SWAMPY!
Posted by: John P. Squibob at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (kqqGm)
Repeat the following several times, in a loud and assertive voice:
SOG OFF, SWAMPY!
Posted by: John P. Squibob at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (kqqGm)
Posted by: I'm Skeptical at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (3zlTf)
Posted by: I'm Skeptical at August 08, 2013 09:59 AM (3zlTf)
Posted by: CUS at August 08, 2013 01:56 PM (84pE9)
**
Ask them how they were able to afford the cars that got them to the protest today.
Posted by: dananjcon at August 08, 2013 10:00 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: CUS at August 08, 2013 01:56 PM (84pE9)
**
Ask them how they were able to afford the cars that got them to the protest today.
Posted by: dananjcon at August 08, 2013 10:00 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 01:50 PM (QehQP)
You, too, eh?
Yeah, she could be better at being holy. Of course, so could, oh, every theist. And yet, her choice in career isn't a small matter, is it? Something's gotta give, eventually.
Posted by: red sweater at August 08, 2013 10:00 AM (oATMN)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 01:50 PM (QehQP)
You, too, eh?
Yeah, she could be better at being holy. Of course, so could, oh, every theist. And yet, her choice in career isn't a small matter, is it? Something's gotta give, eventually.
Posted by: red sweater at August 08, 2013 10:00 AM (oATMN)
*buffs nails on shirt*
Hot 6'5" dude here. Sooooo smart.
(kidding about the smarts, not kidding about the height)
Posted by: lefty at August 08, 2013 10:00 AM (QehQP)
*buffs nails on shirt*
Hot 6'5" dude here. Sooooo smart.
(kidding about the smarts, not kidding about the height)
Posted by: lefty at August 08, 2013 10:00 AM (QehQP)
Song of Songs 4:5
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 08, 2013 10:01 AM (b9K4P)
>>> Got some use out of that video.
Time to go and wash the Gerber Strained Peas off your pubes.
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 10:01 AM (0hCOz)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:01 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: Bob Filner at August 08, 2013 10:01 AM (ZshNr)
Methinks the necklace her mom gave her is the total extent of Kate Upton's "Christianity".
No doubt she spends an inordinate amount of time on her knees; but it ain't to pray the Liturgy Of The Hours if ya know what I mean.
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I bet you're a fucking riot at parties.
Maybe, just maybe, God is the best judge of her sincerity. Those public, ostentatious displays of piety you want are for YOUR sake, not God's.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:02 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: Lauren at August 08, 2013 10:02 AM (ELdpj)
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 10:02 AM (0hCOz)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:02 AM (qc7at)
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I had Planned Parenthood outside my office a week ago, they were chanting and collecting signatures. I signed of course. Hopefully it reaches Congress with the "Kermit Gosnell" signature still on it.
Posted by: TenthJustice at August 08, 2013 10:02 AM (qB8lN)
Soooo, what I'm gathering from this post thus far is that y'all agree with the photographer, yes?
Kay.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 10:03 AM (4df7R)
50 Mormon here. We don't wear or display crosses. However, if that representation of the Christ gives one comfort and a reminder of Him, I'm not going to complain.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Yeah, but you got your magic underwear!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 08, 2013 10:03 AM (f9c2L)
You know.
I've noticed this for a while. Younger people (which for me is people in their early twenties I suppose but even people my age.) Seem to think that there is no contradiction between "being religious" and "the sexualization of everything."
I've known many people over the years who say "I'm religious" then in the same paragraph will go "well it's just sex."
So this doesn't surprise me at all actually.
There's this halfway point between the postmodern rejection of religion and retro-virtue where religion isn't about morality anymore it's about "praying" and "believing" and that's enough.
I'm not saying that's a good thing, but I think it's a real thing.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:03 AM (GaqMa)
Mormon here. We don't wear or display crosses. However, if that representation of the Christ gives one comfort and a reminder of Him, I'm not going to complain.
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There's also the point that she appears to most of the public in still photographs. For her, the easiest way to demonstrate her faith to the public at large is to display a physical symbol of it as a reminder to anyone who sees her photos of her faith.
Of course, that physical symbol on display would probably carry a lot more weight if she didn't frequently appear in photos wearing next to nothing.
Posted by: junior at August 08, 2013 10:03 AM (UWFpX)
Songs of Solomon is pretty racy. Not really scripture that part.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:03 AM (QehQP)
No doubt she spends an inordinate amount of time on her knees; but it ain't to pray the Liturgy Of The Hours if ya know what I mean.
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I bet you're a fucking riot at parties.
Maybe, just maybe, God is the best judge of her sincerity. Those public, ostentatious displays of piety you want are for YOUR sake, not God's.
{gentuflects in EOJ's direction}
Posted by: John P. Squibob at August 08, 2013 10:04 AM (kqqGm)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 08, 2013 10:04 AM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 08, 2013 10:04 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:05 AM (CzPap)
Crosses are magic? Pops underwear strap, fairy dust scatters.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:05 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: ACE at August 08, 2013 10:06 AM (/IWYB)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:06 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 10:06 AM (LI48c)
OT (I have big boobs of my own), but someone just posted this to the local prog dem fb page and got banned, and I love it:
"If Chris Matthews, Piers Morgan, and Al Sharpton were drowning, and you only had time to save one...
...what kind of sandwich would you make?"
This KILLED me
Posted by: barbarausa at August 08, 2013 10:06 AM (WWeoI)
I had Planned Parenthood outside my office a week ago, they were chanting and collecting signatures. I signed of course. Hopefully it reaches Congress with the "Kermit Gosnell" signature still on it.
That was sneaky, devious and underhanded.
I like it. But not as much as I like this video.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 08, 2013 10:06 AM (0HooB)
Kate may not have picked up that according to the media-entertainment business, religious people as nerdy, serious, sanctimonious killjoys who look like they're about a decade behind fashion-wise.
So of course someone hot and trendy is not a Christian. Duh.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2013 10:07 AM (CzGy/)
Of course, that physical symbol on display would probably carry a lot more weight if she didn't frequently appear in photos wearing next to nothing.
Posted by: junior
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You really think the brands she poses for won't airbrush that out of any and all ads?
My bet is you will never see it in print unless it is a pic of her walking down the street.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 08, 2013 10:07 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 08, 2013 02:03 PM (4df7R)
Depends on what religion we're being religious about.
The Morons here religiously practice "Show Your Boobehs!".
Posted by: Hipster at August 08, 2013 10:07 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Loki at August 08, 2013 10:07 AM (cLnCZ)
Posted by: Said No One Ever at August 08, 2013 10:07 AM (nReRr)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 08, 2013 10:08 AM (HDgX3)
Kate better watch it or some anti-religious/God vs. State protesters are going to demand that she cut off that finger.
Posted by: Soona at August 08, 2013 10:08 AM (wtHgA)
Posted by: RWC at August 08, 2013 10:08 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: shredded chi at August 08, 2013 10:08 AM (z7jvd)
Posted by: Y-not at August 08, 2013 10:09 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 08, 2013 10:09 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: wooga at August 08, 2013 10:09 AM (vi8H+)
The Morons here religiously practice "Show Your Boobehs!".
Posted by: Hipster at August 08, 2013 02:07 PM (sGtp+)
You sir are disgusting.
I'm perfectly content for them to be covered. As she jumps on a trampoline.
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 10:10 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: USA at August 08, 2013 10:10 AM (VIaw0)
Except for that whole having-to-live-in-Detroit thing...
Posted by: Blueberry at August 08, 2013 10:10 AM (8qoXL)
So of course someone hot and trendy is not a Christian. Duh.
Yeah, I didn't know "Under the Dome" was Steven King until I saw the meth-head weak-minded hypocrite preacher. Then I knew it was King. That man is a walking treasure-trove of irreligious nuttery.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:10 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: barbarausa at August 08, 2013 02:06 PM (WWeoI)
Lost me after that. And you know the rules here.
Posted by: Al Gore's Discarded Second Chakra at August 08, 2013 10:10 AM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 08, 2013 02:03 PM (4df7R)
Eh,
She certainly flirts with the line (SWIDT) so I see how there could be confusion.
But there's a thin line between "modesty" and "prudishness" and I'm certainly not qualified to judge where she falls on that.
I'm biased 
.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:10 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (v1mq9)
Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (IkHXL)
Posted by: DavidM at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (R/e5b)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (g1DWB)
Worse. It's that affected way of dragging out the last syllable of a phrase or sentence so that it's almost a growl.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2013 10:11 AM (CzGy/)
Posted by: Y-not at August 08, 2013 02:09 PM (5H6zj)
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Nonsense. Cover your hair before their demon slut-rays inflame my loins!
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:12 AM (CJjw5)
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In Peruvia, the translation is 'poochy'
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 08, 2013 10:12 AM (aDwsi)
"Lost me after that. And you know the rules here."
but, but, but...they won't FIT in the barrel!
Posted by: barbarausa at August 08, 2013 10:12 AM (WWeoI)
Posted by: President Branco Bama at August 08, 2013 10:12 AM (2Tv3A)
OK, I gotta go do stuff. In a shameless show of pandering and hit-whoring, click my nic for a neat-o story that kinda fits in with this post. Sorry, but no, there is no Kate Uptonage.
Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 08, 2013 10:12 AM (0HooB)
You really think the brands she poses for won't airbrush that out of any and all ads?
My bet is you will never see it in print unless it is a pic of her walking down the street.
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Maybe. But she seems to think that its presence is important regardless. She might get it kept in.
It's also occurred to me that it might be for *her*. A visible reminder to her of her faith and the comfort that it provides her. After all, she got it because someone removed the cross she was wearing around her neck. She obviously thinks that having one at hand (no pun intended) will be useful.
Posted by: junior at August 08, 2013 10:12 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Y-not at August 08, 2013 10:13 AM (5H6zj)
Yes, sort of. Go find a YouTube video of "vocal fry" to hear it. You'll know it when you hear it. It's the annoying way of ending a declarative sentence with an upward inflection, as if it were a question. But more than that too. It's a very effeminate way of talking in general.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:13 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: RWC at August 08, 2013 10:14 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Y-not at August 08, 2013 10:14 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: I'm Skeptical at August 08, 2013 10:14 AM (0vWqa)
They make an ointment that'll clear that right up.
Posted by: Jaws at August 08, 2013 10:14 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 08, 2013 10:15 AM (xjpRj)
Posted by: BuddyPC at August 08, 2013 10:15 AM (jfUIE)
Posted by: wooga at August 08, 2013 10:15 AM (vi8H+)
Posted by: Jimmy Durante at August 08, 2013 10:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 08, 2013 02:12 PM (0HooB)
Neat story. +1 Like.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 10:15 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:15 AM (QehQP)
Actually, her cooch and tits are atheists; rest of her body that is Old School Roman Catholic.
So . . .
Posted by: Sharkman at August 08, 2013 10:16 AM (5mRmR)
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Uhh.. I think he was referring to the rule about pics.
If you live in the midwest, I could sacrifice some of my time for the horde (I really am a giver!) and take some NSFW pics
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 08, 2013 10:16 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 10:17 AM (LI48c)
As far as I'm aware, Kate Upton hasn't released a sex tape, hasn't starred in a porn film, hasn't passed out in a gutter from alcohol or a heroin, hasn't gone on an epithet-laden tirade aimed at police, bystanders, fans or photogs, and hasn't gotten knocked up for publicity.
What she HAS done is pose for photographs and various moving picture formats, at times in very little clothing, because she has a gorgeous figure.
I fail to see how that places her in the same "Tramp Camp" as, say, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, or Kim Kardashian. And I FURTHER fail to see how any of that would mean she's not really religious.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 10:17 AM (4df7R)
Of course, my tolerance for Oh my gosh, cover teh wimmenz!!! is rather low. If men of faith can't contain themselves, that's on them, not the women.
You think her career choice is conducive to spirituality? And what makes you think modesty is only done out of concern for others?
Let women dress how they want, sure. But don't pretend all options are godly.
Posted by: red sweater at August 08, 2013 10:17 AM (oATMN)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:18 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2013 10:18 AM (CzGy/)
Posted by: TenthJustice at August 08, 2013 10:19 AM (SlAJF)
Kind of. The inflection also includes that pretentious and horrifying croaking sound which is a direct descendant of that old-monied class "Muffy, would you please be a dear and have the butler prepare my Bentley" vocal tic.
Posted by: Jaws at August 08, 2013 10:19 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: I'm Skeptical at August 08, 2013 02:14 PM (0vWqa)
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I see where you're going with this. Everything not expressly permitted in the Bible is implicitly forbidden. Tell me - ever masturbated? I have, and since I didn't spill my seed on the ground, but rather into some tissue, I'm sure I'm good to go, right?
Would you follow me around all day and tell me all the things I do of which you do not approve? Because it's so very interesting to hear of all the personal behaviors you don't think God would like.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:19 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:19 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: shredded chi at August 08, 2013 10:19 AM (z7jvd)
Damned straight! But you don't hear this jackhole "red sweater" whining about those actual whores, right?
Posted by: GMan at August 08, 2013 10:19 AM (sxq57)
Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 08, 2013 10:20 AM (HlUFk)
Posted by: Dan at August 08, 2013 10:20 AM (bxp5Z)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 08, 2013 10:21 AM (F0GKk)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 08, 2013 02:17 PM (4df7R)
I suspect some are recalling Jesus' admonition that if one looks at a woman with lust in his heart, he has committed adultery with her. But as I'm not her confessor and she isn't indulging (so far as I know) in open mortal sin, then her relationship to the Almighty is not mine to question.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:21 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 08, 2013 10:22 AM (ZshNr)
I think you're confusing vocal fry and up-talking.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 08, 2013 10:22 AM (uYaYO)
It's sort of the new "um". It stretches out your sentence in a way that gives you time to think what you're going to say next. I think there's also an imagined non-aggressiveness to it. If you speak too clipped and with certainty that's perceived as aggressive.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:22 AM (QehQP)
Let women dress how they want, sure. But don't pretend all options are godly.
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So modes of dress can be divided into godly/not-godly?
Awesome. Where do Girbaud jeans fit on that scale. Wait - don't answer yet. Girbaud jeans with tight-rolled cuffs.
Godly or not?
What if my wife wears her bikini at the beach? Should I tell her she is dressing in an ungodly manner?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:22 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:22 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at August 08, 2013 10:23 AM (/lWM8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 02:19 PM (XIxXP)
Having read Amy Lynn, I'm not surprised. Just like you can tell my taste in women from my book.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:23 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 08, 2013 10:23 AM (v1mq9)
First, the ordnance.
Second, the belt buckle.
Third, the sense that those thighs are NOT the thighs of a buckeroo.
Speaking only for myself, this lady might be the woman of my dreams.
http://tinyurl.com/lvea7ps
Nichole Franks, Womens World Fastdraw Champion https://twitter.com/NicoleFastdraw
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 08, 2013 10:23 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 08, 2013 10:23 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 02:21 PM (zF6Iw)
I would submit there's a bit of "how can one make a video like the Easter video linked above and not be fornicating?" in there too.
It's not a very good argument certainly, but that's the way things go I suppose.
Certainly MWR is right, in the grand schema of "bad people" Upton isn't even on the radar.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:23 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Y-not at August 08, 2013 10:24 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: MacGruber at August 08, 2013 10:24 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:24 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:24 AM (XIxXP)
Now, sure, she's probably not the greatest example of godliness. (Neither am I.) But people have to start somewhere, and very often it's the place where you dig in your heels. You can change more from there.
And if she becomes brave and wise as well as gorgeous, she'll be doing pretty well for herself.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at August 08, 2013 10:24 AM (cvXSV)
This video might be verbotten since there is a clown and a juggler in it. But when the dark dressed woman makes them all sit down as she glowers at them, all I can think of is AlextheChick. Plus its a nice pop song in Russian.
http://youtu.be/DgJDAD3pzM4
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:24 AM (CzPap)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2013 10:25 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 10:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: eleven at August 08, 2013 10:25 AM (KXm42)
85% of 10-32 year old females are doing *both* these days. About half of the boys too.
Nails on a blackboard.
Posted by: Jaws at August 08, 2013 10:25 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 10:25 AM (YOXZj)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 08, 2013 10:26 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 02:25 PM (YOXZj)
BC! How'd you end up solving the Gator golf gear dilemma?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 10:26 AM (4df7R)
Where do Girbaud jeans fit on that scale. Wait - don't answer yet. Girbaud jeans with tight-rolled cuffs.
You really were a Theater Major, weren't you?
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 10:26 AM (0hCOz)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:27 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:27 AM (CzPap)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:27 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:27 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: eleven at August 08, 2013 10:27 AM (KXm42)
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What if my wife wears her bikini at the beach? Should I tell her she is dressing in an ungodly manner?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 02:22 PM (CJjw5)
How often does your wife wear her bikini to Mass? If she doesn't - why not?
If dress doesn't matter - what's wrong with being nude?
(we'll assume you're the prettier/handsome part of the population whose nudity doesn't make people reach for the eye-bleach)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 10:28 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 02:25 PM (YOXZj)
True story: I don't golf, can't. Never learned to swing. My uncle tried to teach me once, it ended poorly.
Having said that, I love a clubhouse, booze, food, etc. If I ever get rich, I'll join a country club just for that.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:28 AM (GaqMa)
thanks, but old, married and east coast.
(gravity takes its toll on us all--lol)
On topic, no problem with pretty girls being pretty--IMO, it's akin to pro athletes; they have gifts beyond the rank and file, and a very fleeting time to make the most of them. If she retires before 30, with an income set for life, no different than the star running back who does the same.
Lucky her, and nice to know it sounds like she's a nice person.
Posted by: barbarausa at August 08, 2013 10:28 AM (WWeoI)
This is the last verse of the book of John (NIV).
John 21:25 "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written."
Wouldn't it be interesting if there were other books with the acts of Jesus contained therein?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:28 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:29 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at August 08, 2013 10:29 AM (OZmbA)
How often does your wife wear her bikini to Mass? If she doesn't - why not?
How often does Kate Upton wear her bikini to Mass? Or to the grocery store? Or just hanging around the house on a day off?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 10:29 AM (4df7R)
Fuck you, garrett! It was the 80s! Everybody was doing it!
I thought it was just an act like my devotion to Friends...but it's real!
Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2013 10:29 AM (0hCOz)
Nichole Franks, Womens World Fastdraw Champion https://twitter.com/NicoleFastdraw
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 08, 2013 02:23 PM (aDwsi)
Bunk.
Posted by: Al Gore's Discarded Second Chakra at August 08, 2013 10:29 AM (Kkt/i)
Maybe, just maybe, God is the best judge of her sincerity. Those public, ostentatious displays of piety you want are for YOUR sake, not God's. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 02:02 PM
We have someone who God gifted with assets we could fap to, she decides to put a little symbolism into it and some here say "NOT ENOUGH!!"
Shit, the reason Christians get mocked is because some complain that even Davey and Goliath were pissing off God himself on Sundays before he put on the Cowboys game
Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2013 10:30 AM (/9IC1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2013 10:30 AM (2Tv3A)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 10:30 AM (YOXZj)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 08, 2013 02:29 PM (4df7R)
Hmm, maybe we could get the answer to that last question, it's important!
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:30 AM (GaqMa)
And BC, I am hating you right now.
Posted by: Muad'dib at August 08, 2013 10:30 AM (KjlbF)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 08, 2013 10:31 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:31 AM (qc7at)
Posted by: EROWMER at August 08, 2013 10:31 AM (OONaw)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 08, 2013 10:31 AM (aH+zP)
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Um..., well, sackcloth figures into this conversation somehow, as do hair shirts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 08, 2013 10:32 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: eleven at August 08, 2013 10:32 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 02:25 PM (YOXZj)
You keeping score at all, BC, or just drinking?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:32 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:32 AM (CzPap)
Instead, I lumped them with the high-visibility malingerers, just looking to get high. I mistakenly believed the Drug Enforcement Agency listed marijuana as a schedule 1 substance because of sound scientific proof. Surely, they must have quality reasoning as to why marijuana is in the category of the most dangerous drugs that have "no accepted medicinal use and a high potential for abuse."
on CNN, a news source you can trust.
Posted by: Reverend William Arcibald Spooner at August 08, 2013 10:33 AM (gRCR3)
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 02:23 PM (GaqMa)
If one is trying to be religiously Christian, that is the wrong way to evaluate oneself. "Thank you God, that I am not a tax collector".
Not that running around trying to rate other people on the godly scale is a worthwhile activity. "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
But since we're talking about religious practice, I wouldn't advise my nieces to model their lives after Kate's.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 10:33 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 02:22 PM (QehQP)
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I know a woman who talks constantly like she's giving a powerpoint presentation at an executive board meeting.
Just listening to her saps whatever energy I have right out of me. She's exhausting to listen to.
Posted by: Soona at August 08, 2013 10:34 AM (wtHgA)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 10:34 AM (YOXZj)
How often does your wife wear her bikini to Mass? If she doesn't - why not?
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As often as I wear my tool belt to the beach, and for the same reason. Is that video shot in a church? Why aren't you bitching about the pagan Easter Bunny get-up, since it does not reflect the True Meaning of Easter?
Please - I need you people to tell me how I'm Doing It Wrong As A Christian. Send in those suggestions!
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: Illegal Alien Clinton at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: DAve at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (OksBo)
I thought BeckoningChasm was Sydney Leather's sugardaddy chatroom screen name....
Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (/lWM8)
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Our word "vote" derives from the Latin verb VOVEO/votus, to make a dedication and/or promise to a god. As in "votive" candles, "vow," "devotion," "devout."
Just a random etymological thought. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (C8mVl)
Trying that rule: "Make them live up to their own standards" are we?
How's this response: Go fuck yourself.
Posted by: GMan at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (sxq57)
Should be fun.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 02:34 PM (YOXZj)
Bonus points if you can work in "the only important man on that stage" or "but first, you will blow me" into any speech you give.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2013 10:35 AM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Sloths at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (GmTxn)
NOAA trims forecast for busy hurricane season
Fox NY: http://tinyurl.com/kp4x3d7
WASHINGTON (AP) — This Atlantic hurricane season may not be quite as busy as federal forecasters once thought, but they still warn of an unusually active and potentially dangerous few months to come.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its hurricane season forecast Thursday, trimming back the number of hurricanes they expect this year to between six and nine. That's a couple less than they predicted back in May...
... "Make no bones about it, those ranges indicate a lot of activity still to come," said lead seasonal hurricane forecaster Gerry Bell of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Md. "We're coming to the peak of hurricane season now."
Hurricane season starts in June and runs until the end of November, but peak hurricane season runs from mid-August to mid-October...
You don't say? We should expect to get more activity this season because we're just entering the most active part of the season? By GOD! It all makes sense now!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (qc7at)
Just listening to her saps whatever energy I have right out of me. She's exhausting to listen to.
Sounds like an 80s movie version of the female power executive. She's a woman on the go, and she's going!
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (XIxXP)
I'm fucking sinking birdie putts bitches.
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Playing a scramble, are you? Whose drive and approach shot did you use?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: Carlos Danger ous at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 08, 2013 02:29 PM (4df7R)
I was answering a point made about the existence of godly modes of dress.
It's context dependent, but it does exist.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 10:36 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: nuclearjim at August 08, 2013 10:37 AM (hoz+K)
Posted by: chewydog at August 08, 2013 10:37 AM (BUY7X)
When we couple Ace's dismay that Kate Upton has brains:
"She also says she's more intelligent than people give her credit for. Again: Oh well. Can't be perfect."
With this study showing that smart women don't want to have babies, it proves my theory that men consent to sex only for the purpose of conceiving sons.
http://tinyurl.com/qhmqjyp
I've got you now, Ace!!!
Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at August 08, 2013 10:38 AM (31Nrp)
Please - I need you people to tell me how I'm Doing It Wrong As A Christian. Send in those suggestions!
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 02:35 PM (CJjw5)
TO FEW BURBONCASTS.
Sinner.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:39 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 10:39 AM (YOXZj)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:39 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: RWC at August 08, 2013 10:40 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Sloths And Her Phone at August 08, 2013 10:40 AM (GmTxn)
Would you follow me around all day and tell me all the things I do of which you do not approve? Because it's so very interesting to hear of all the personal behaviors you don't think God would like. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 02:19 PM
I believe in God but I don't assume that I can read his mind
My priest once showed me everywhere in the Bible that if taken literally is an impossibility, right from the very start in Genesis
But I guess us idol-worshippin' Papists don't count
Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2013 10:40 AM (/9IC1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 08, 2013 10:41 AM (YOXZj)
You're not a Christian
And YOU, You're not a Christian
*Points to everyone*
None of you are Christians!
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:41 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: DAve at August 08, 2013 10:41 AM (OksBo)
TO FEW BURBONCASTS.
Sinner.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 02:39 PM (GaqMa)
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I know, I know! Was gonna do one last night but overdid the bourbon celebrating a small victory. Plus, I was waffling back and forth on whether what I had planned might be construed as misogynistic.
Plus, now I have to worry if the content will be sufficiently godly. That's a lot of pressure.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:41 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: RWC at August 08, 2013 10:42 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 08, 2013 10:42 AM (XIxXP)
Alabina featuring Israeli singer Ishtar - Yalla Bina Yalla.
http://youtu.be/mDhmKrW4F6Y
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:42 AM (CzPap)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 02:41 PM (CJjw5)
IIRC, misogyny never stopped you before 
.
Congrats on whatever minor victory you had. These days, almost anything is worth celebrating
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Posted by: tsrblke at August 08, 2013 10:42 AM (GaqMa)
bonhomme,
Put me some knowledge - do Mormons classify their religioin under the general heading of Christianity? I think they do, but am never sure.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:43 AM (CJjw5)
It's context dependent, but it does exist.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 02:36 PM (oY6Yp)
What context do burkas fall into?
Posted by: polynikes at August 08, 2013 10:44 AM (m2CN7)
That'd be the Egerton Papyrus. More of it will probably get found over the next half-decade. That will get interesting for the Christian canon.
(The Gospel of Thomas is just sayings, not actions.)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 08, 2013 10:44 AM (d7tB2)
Philippians 2:12 NIV
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:44 AM (QehQP)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 08, 2013 10:44 AM (8JJ6O)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2013 02:40 PM (/9IC1)
"Be perfect, as your Father in Heaven is perfect."
It is a literal command, and it is an impossibility.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 10:45 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: alexthechick - Welcome mighty SMODlets! at August 08, 2013 10:45 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:46 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 02:36 PM (QehQP)
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She's old enough to have learned the mannerism in the 80's.
The 70's and the 80's sucked the feminine traits out of a lot of women then.
Posted by: Soona at August 08, 2013 10:46 AM (wtHgA)
But I guess us idol-worshippin' Papists don't count
Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2013 02:40 PM (/9IC1)
That's why Jesus said , 'with God, all things are possible'.
Posted by: polynikes at August 08, 2013 10:46 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:46 AM (CzPap)
My priest once showed me everywhere in the Bible that if taken literally is an impossibility, right from the very start in Genesis
But I guess us idol-worshippin' Papists don't count
Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2013 02:40 PM (/9IC1)"
As I tell folks when they get feisty and start quoting Bible verses at me, "I'm a Catholic. We wrote the bible. We don't read it."
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 08, 2013 10:47 AM (31Nrp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 08, 2013 10:48 AM (CzPap)
Absolutely, yes. Lots of people will tell me I'm not, but I am.
Part of the issue is we don't accept the Nicene Creed. Another issue is we believe in modern-day prophesy and that the Bible is only correct insofar as it is translated correctly, but is incomplete. People point to individual beliefs and say "That there, that's not Christian."
But we believe in a literal Christ, Jesus who is God's Only Begotten, who lived a perfect life, died for our sins, and was raised again perfect after three days. He is Christ, Redeemer, and Judge.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 10:49 AM (QehQP)
The Egerton Papyrus (like Thomas) is more along the lines of another witness to the events and sayings, so I take those more seriously.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 08, 2013 10:50 AM (d7tB2)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 08, 2013 10:50 AM (d7tB2)
According to a religious community in which I was raised, yes. I've mentioned that I grew up in the Evangelical Christian world. My father actually worked for a religious institution and it became a Major Issue when he started working there that my mother wore jeans outside the home. No, I'm not kidding.
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Yeah, I did, too. My dad was associate pastor for one of those strip-mall non-denominational churches and my mom was also heavily involved at "The Cult Compound" as my brother and I nicknamed it.
One of those places where it is a point of pride to dress as sloppily and slovenly as possible for church to prove that you're nothing like those squares in the Catholic church, and yet extremely prudish at the same time.
So, to recap: dressing like Joe Shit the Ragman to worship Christ = GODLY
Wearing a bikini to the beach or listening to secular music = UNGODLY
So, yeah. Fuck off with that.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 10:50 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at August 08, 2013 10:51 AM (1hM1d)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:52 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 08, 2013 02:50 PM (d7tB2)
That reminds me of a story connected with the Dead Sea Scrolls. If I can find the details, I'll tell it tomorrow.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 08, 2013 10:53 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Buzzion at August 08, 2013 10:56 AM (entEV)
Empire of Jeff... just butting in long enough for a (probably unnecessary) reminder not to confuse the church with your faith or God.
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at August 08, 2013 10:57 AM (b52n+)
Posted by: Jesus at August 08, 2013 10:58 AM (b52n+)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 02:36 PM (oY6Yp)
What context do burkas fall into?
Posted by: polynikes at August 08, 2013 02:44 PM (m2CN7)
Good question. Is it sinful for a woman to show any part of her body?
That the answer to that question is "no" does not instantly make it "Christian" to show *all* parts of the body.
To offer my opinion, a godly standard of dress depends on event and culture. What's modest in the frozen North may not be practical in a tropical climate.
The bikini is inappropriate at Mass, though it could be acceptable at some other Christian event hosted at the beach.
It's certainly godly for a married couple to be nude in their own room. But a mode of dress that is godly in one context can be quite ungodly in another.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 10:59 AM (oY6Yp)
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Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 02:49 PM (QehQP)
Thread's mostly dead, but curious for a response.
What does the Mormon think of the Christian who rejects the Book of Mormon and all of Joseph Smith's teachings?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 11:04 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 08, 2013 02:35 PM (C8mVl)
I did not know that. Interesting....
Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at August 08, 2013 11:11 AM (/lWM8)
What does the Mormon think of the Christian who rejects the Book of Mormon and all of Joseph Smith's teachings?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 03:04 PM (v3pYe)
Not a Mormon so don't know but I would wager it is a whole lot less judgemental than the fudamentalist Christians who believe Mormons are the children of Satan. Huckabee I'm looking at you.
Posted by: polynikes at August 08, 2013 11:12 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Fritz at August 08, 2013 11:13 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2013 11:19 AM (2Tv3A)
Posted by: polynikes at August 08, 2013 03:12 PM (m2CN7)
Heresy is serious business. And I don't mean that in a comedic way.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 11:19 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 08, 2013 02:43 PM (CJjw5)
The Book of Mormon is subtitled "Another Testament of Jesus Christ"
Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at August 08, 2013 11:22 AM (/lWM8)
Posted by: It's Butters! at August 08, 2013 11:35 AM (9eDbm)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 08, 2013 03:19 PM (sGtp+)"
Saint Bartholomew Day is August 24. Just saying. Keep your ears open for any special announcements at mass over the next few weeks.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 08, 2013 11:54 AM (31Nrp)
Posted by: kta at August 08, 2013 11:56 AM (k8iob)
I've got stuff in my life that conflicts with my religious ideals, every day. I'm not trying to put any one down just so I can be above them. I just happen to think immodesty is not in line with Christ's ideal for us. And since it's pretty much the thing she has as a career, it's going to be something she has to reconcile against her beliefs. Heck, maybe she has already and she's fine with it. My personal belief is that it gets in our way of being closer to God. But that's just, like, my opinion, man. I'm sorry if I came off judgy. I try not to, but I fail a lot, even when I try hard at things.
Posted by: red sweater at August 08, 2013 12:15 PM (oATMN)
Posted by: Nanny Hag at August 08, 2013 12:22 PM (39IHH)
We believe almost all people have accepted some degree of the truth of God's word. We offer an invitation to all people to bring the truth that you have and to see if we can add to it. To anyone who rejects the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith's teachings we respect your decision and hope you will change your mind. We will let you worship in peace and hope you offer us the same courtesy.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 08, 2013 12:28 PM (QehQP)
Thanks for the response. Doesn't change my mind that you're not Christian, though.
On the one hand, Mormon "fixes" Christianity - but to those "defective" Christians who reject Mormonism, it's just "live and let live".
I'm not finding a love or concern for Truth in that answer, though it is a very polite and tolerant one. Truth, however, is very intolerant.
Posted by: Guy from Hiroshima at August 08, 2013 12:52 PM (oY6Yp)
I would be more then happy to have a religious experience with Miss Upton.
Posted by: Dr.Mr.Badman at August 08, 2013 01:00 PM (MlqTY)
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Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 08, 2013 01:47 PM (RXQ2T)
Unfortunately, she'd be beating the damned thing with a rolled-up copy of Vogue while she screamed it.
Posted by: Jesus at August 08, 2013 06:21 PM (qvify)
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