tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post3079281865328866967..comments2024-03-27T23:42:36.619-05:00Comments on Mock Ramblings: The things that stay with us...Michael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-66868241478306136522012-03-10T12:11:48.072-06:002012-03-10T12:11:48.072-06:00I'm not sure that using "Jesus Christ&quo...I'm not sure that using "Jesus Christ" (or some variation, often involving a pogo stick) is actually "taking the name of the Lord in vain". I have this long-standing suspicion that the sin which <em>that</em> phrase refers to is presuming to speak for God, arrogating to yourself His authority.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-80633535953306398952012-03-10T06:48:04.180-06:002012-03-10T06:48:04.180-06:00You curse like an Episcopalian? Well, Jesus, Mary ...You curse like an Episcopalian? Well, Jesus, Mary and Joseph!<br /><br />(Taking the Lord's Name in vain? Or a quick prayer in an exasperating moment? Only a "cradle Catholic" knows for sure...)Amaryllisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-35992103084501320892012-03-09T13:30:25.974-06:002012-03-09T13:30:25.974-06:00Yeah, I was the little boy who stepped off the pat...Yeah, I was the little boy who stepped off the path to go exploring, and got so interested in the woods that I never went back to the path. That's the Fairy Tale version, anyhow.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-19879566996382452882012-03-09T12:54:36.307-06:002012-03-09T12:54:36.307-06:00I'm right there next to you, an Episcopalian a...I'm right there next to you, an Episcopalian agnostic. I was a GREAT Episcopalian, not such a great Christian.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162098403885628942noreply@blogger.com