tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post111627701794639266..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: As a GenXer, I feel talked down to.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116601482696650772005-05-20T11:04:00.000-04:002005-05-20T11:04:00.000-04:00What confuses me about that is that Rich Asterling...What confuses me about that is that Rich Asterling is normally a really good writer. <BR/><BR/>I liked his book on Mormonism. <BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116422322242843322005-05-18T09:18:00.000-04:002005-05-18T09:18:00.000-04:00I think the AP article was pretty cruddy, now that...I think the AP article was pretty cruddy, now that I look closely. I also popped over to Amazon and read through the reviews of The Gospel According to The Simpsons and those tweaked my memory a bit more. The book focuses on Christianity and it gives little in the way of thought or information on other belief systems. They're mentioned but they do get the short end of the deal. I think that actually this is probably what I liked about the book, from a UU perspective. <BR/><BR/>We often find ourselves (at least in my UU world) ignoring the Christian or working overly hard to include other sects and this book brought Christianity back to the front of the line in a way that didn't feel threatening to the non-Christians in the household. (am I making sense?)Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892310455009114258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116364679097032062005-05-17T17:17:00.000-04:002005-05-17T17:17:00.000-04:00I didn't mean to make you out to be some stick in ...I didn't mean to make you out to be some stick in the mud on this one at all. I suspect you and Katy are mostly right in principle. I'm just somewhat enamored of Pinsky's book and rather curious what someone did with it.jfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01273271100173874903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116343120955919812005-05-17T11:18:00.001-04:002005-05-17T11:18:00.001-04:00I haven't read it, I'll admit.If it is a good curr...I haven't read it, I'll admit.<BR/><BR/>If it is a good curriculem, great, though the AP article sure did it no favors in describing it. <BR/><BR/>SChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116343119672821682005-05-17T11:18:00.000-04:002005-05-17T11:18:00.000-04:00I haven't read it, I'll admit.If it is a good curr...I haven't read it, I'll admit.<BR/><BR/>If it is a good curriculem, great, though the AP article sure did it no favors in describing it. <BR/><BR/>SChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116341962497008952005-05-17T10:59:00.000-04:002005-05-17T10:59:00.000-04:00CC, have you read the full curriculumn? Have you ...CC, have you read the full curriculumn? Have you read the workbooks for Religion and the Simpsons (forgive me for not tracking down the full title of the book(S))? <BR/><BR/>I have actually read them and I found them pretty interesting (and I'm not a young adult anymore) and my 18 year old also found them interesting. We didn't have the videos to watch along with the topics but if we had, we would have REALLY enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>There are similar books for "Peanuts" and "Harry Potter" though The Simpsons was my fave of the bunch!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892310455009114258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116331281462842502005-05-17T08:01:00.000-04:002005-05-17T08:01:00.000-04:00Oh, I am OK with using pop culture to talk about t...Oh, I am OK with using pop culture to talk about these issues, I just find:<BR/><BR/>A. This curriculem itself a little dumb<BR/><BR/>B. the assumption that twentysomethings will like a Simpsons curriculem no matter how dumb a little annoying. <BR/><BR/>I was starting to feel that I was needlessly being a whiner on this one and I called to ask Katy-the-Wise. I said that I thought it sucked, but I was far from the acerage twentysomething so perhaps a bad person to ask. <BR/><BR/>Katy made the point that the average UU twentysomething was probably far from the average twentysomething so maybe I wasn't so off. <BR/><BR/>I thought that was a fair point.<BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116300790847721122005-05-16T23:33:00.000-04:002005-05-16T23:33:00.000-04:00I'm OK with using pop culture to talk about theolo...I'm OK with using pop culture to talk about theology and philosophy.<BR/><BR/>I'm waiting for someone to adapt the book <I>Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale</I> along with the DVD collections into a youth or adult RE class that talks about Kierkegaard, Platonic eudaimonism, Nietzsche, and other topics along with being chock full of religious symbolism.Steve Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333184436301854794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116299395651759972005-05-16T23:09:00.000-04:002005-05-16T23:09:00.000-04:00Well, Homer did, and only in the context of offeri...Well, Homer did, and only in the context of offering to kick one of our asses. <BR/><BR/>CC<BR/><BR/>Ps. Thanks JfieldChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116287965854739362005-05-16T19:59:00.000-04:002005-05-16T19:59:00.000-04:00And Bart even mentioned Unitarians to a Catholic p...And Bart even mentioned Unitarians to a Catholic priest on last night's episode.faustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858053354116695746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1116282082196114092005-05-16T18:21:00.000-04:002005-05-16T18:21:00.000-04:00It may be an assinine way to atract young adults b...It may be an assinine way to atract young adults but otherwise I think it is a reasonable scaffold to use pop culture to get people to think about theological issues.<BR/><BR/>You're a self directed learner and anyone else's activities will seem contrived to you, but I suspect many people would enjoy the easy intro.jfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01273271100173874903noreply@blogger.com