tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post2005719343112223241..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Geography and IdentityElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-38208764374778141982013-02-01T20:09:36.891-05:002013-02-01T20:09:36.891-05:00The biggest determinant of a person's religion...The biggest determinant of a person's religion is geography, in a big way such Salt Lake City, Jerusalem, Rome, or Mecca, but also in small ways. <br /><br />My mother was Protestant. What denomination Ma? Protestant. But what kind? Not Catholic. <br /><br />I was brought up Lutheran because the Lutheran church was 647 feet from our house. Ma didn't like them, Catholics that didn't learn their latin. She may not of liked them but she tolerated because the kids could shooed off to church, Sunday school and catechism without bothering an adult to drive them <br /><br /> My mother's great grand parents and grand parents came over on the boat from Ireland. What do you think the chances that they were Protestant?Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-11858901289357720522013-02-01T13:18:29.904-05:002013-02-01T13:18:29.904-05:00I continue to be amazed at how much phsical places...I continue to be amazed at how much phsical places ground and root us, particuarly if you are connected to the land and have been for generations and your faith is enmeshed in that reality. Adrienne Rich, an athiest poet, once wrote about her Jewish background and being rooted there, though not active and a believer. A good friend of mine is a gay ex-Mormon and he only dates Mormon or ex-Mormon men, which I found odd because he's now agnostic, liberal, progressive and everything Mormonism isn't. But he simply wants to be understood without explanation and when he dates another Mormon, that person gets it without having to learn it. He's also from Utah and still close to his family though they differ on church membership and theology. Though he has left the church, he still wears the Mormon underwear --not sure why, maybe its familiar -- and many of his dates with non-Mormons have ended in sneers, disrespect, and cultural insensitivity. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855171851801011788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-26605253620926606152013-01-31T22:47:53.558-05:002013-01-31T22:47:53.558-05:00LOL Sextant.LOL Sextant.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-90679758919428479712013-01-31T16:33:47.682-05:002013-01-31T16:33:47.682-05:00Glad to hear you consider Fox an asset. Thank God...Glad to hear you consider Fox an asset. Thank God for secular western democracies. Benne couldn't burn him at the stake. Which is about where you, Fox and I would have ended up not too terribly long ago, although I can be remarkably fluid in my theology when they start bringing out the oil and kindling. Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-38118187854965363072013-01-31T16:16:10.521-05:002013-01-31T16:16:10.521-05:00Sextant - Hmmm...I can't argue with facts and ...Sextant - Hmmm...I can't argue with facts and you report the facts. I'm just reporting what I've been told by locals - who obviously have their facts confused. And, I've never heard of the 12-mile circle. <br /><br />I knew about Papa Bennie and Matthew Fox and I do consider it a benefit. Thank you, Papa Bennie. We've got a wonderful, intelligent, articulate, creative theologian and priest. Your loss, our gain.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-38282930709184095022013-01-31T12:04:56.664-05:002013-01-31T12:04:56.664-05:00Some one gave you slightly wrong information. Sus...Some one gave you slightly wrong information. Sussex County Delaware is 1195 square miles including the water. Two counties in Pennsylvania are larger, Erie at 1558 square miles and Lycoming at 1244. I am not saying that these two counties take the coveted prize, just that they are larger. According to Wikipedia Sussex County is part of the "The Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is the largest micropolitan area in the United States, includes all of Sussex County."<br /><br />What exactly a Micropolitan Statistical Area is, I am not sure, but I have a feeling that it is a construct by politicians who want the biggest--apparently in shrimpy Delaware size does matter. BTW, you can return the 12 mile circle to Pennsylvania and give NJ back it's rightful half of the Delaware river. This stuff is amazing:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Mile_Circle<br /><br />While you are handing out compliments to "Papa Bennie," you might thank him for giving driving Matthew Fox over to the Anglicans, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your tastes. I certainly found Fox's notions of Original Blessing far more palatable than St Augustine Original Sin. <br /><br />Fox ran afoul of Benne back when he was the feared Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (I believe it used to be called the Roman Inquisition). Benne gagged Fox for a year, but mouthy Fox continued to poke the hornets next and Benne tossed his butt out on the street: <br /><br />According to Wikipedia:<br /><br />"Cardinal Ratzinger ordered the expulsion after Fox refused to respond to a summons to discuss his writings with his superiors in the Roman Catholic Church. Among the issues Fox was asked to defend were that he: called God "Mother";” preferred the concept of Original Blessing over Original Sin; worked too closely with Native American spiritual practices; did not condemn homosexuality; and taught the four paths of creation spirituality—the Via Positiva, Via Negativa, Via Creativa and Via Transformativa instead of the church’s classical three paths of purgation, illumination and union."<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fox_(priest)<br /><br />None of my affair, I am neither RC or Anglican but I am a bit of a flake and found Fox's brand of theology refreshing. Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.com