tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post6582697086810998060..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: Baptism by tortureDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-25620100898232230092014-04-30T14:13:15.305-07:002014-04-30T14:13:15.305-07:00I honestly have no recollection of this thread at ...I honestly have no recollection of this thread at EC, 8thday, but I (who had an unpleasant experience in the early stages of the ordination process myself) share your offense.<br /><br />I once was at a lecture where a media critic said of advertising (para.) "it's demographic penetration---in other words, Rape". Whatever the critique, I couldn't believe he went THERE.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-69527901773075274142014-04-30T12:46:12.017-07:002014-04-30T12:46:12.017-07:00It was not long ago on the Episcopal Cafe that som...It was not long ago on the Episcopal Cafe that someone quoted a priest as comparing the ordination process to rape. Comparing ordination to rape. As a rape survivor I was quite offended and was surprised that there was not a backlash. I guess comparing baptism to torture just offended more people. 8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-26457726006585036872014-04-29T01:33:32.735-07:002014-04-29T01:33:32.735-07:00I suspect that Palin thought she was just spearing...I suspect that Palin thought she was just spearing the sacred cow of "waterboarding upsets Teh Libruls".<br /><br />But, in bringing baptism into it, she speared something even her conservative Christian (esp. Roman Catholic) allies hold sacred. [NB: as a Pentecostal, baptism-by-water probably means very little to her]JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-14926811277884869962014-04-28T21:07:07.146-07:002014-04-28T21:07:07.146-07:00Kevin K, I 'm no conservative, but I totally ...Kevin K, I 'm no conservative, but I totally agree with your response. <br /> IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-11355457597431568042014-04-28T13:12:46.597-07:002014-04-28T13:12:46.597-07:00Ok...just for the record. I'm a Christian, a ...Ok...just for the record. I'm a Christian, a Republican and a conservative. I'm appalled. <br /><br />Kevin KKevin Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192330313518885427noreply@blogger.com