http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628&cpage=1#comment-295627 llirium Sat, 03 Jun 2017 19:12:39 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628#comment-295627 Better to think you're receiving something from "God" via your own actions than to feel like nothing is happening when you pray, I guess? Better to think you’re receiving something from “God” via your own actions than to feel like nothing is happening when you pray, I guess?

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628&cpage=1#comment-291621 Pete Rogan Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:37:06 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628#comment-291621 It IS an interesting perspective, and it suggests that the religious urge is closely tied to punishment/reward -- that is, we need God so we can plead for more good things, and if we don't get them, we know it's time to sacrifice some more virgins or burn down the local Planned Parenthood office or in some other get God to respond, one way or another. This suggests that the actual intent is less important than any perceived response, even a hateful or inexplicable one. You can then write in the blanks, if you're vengeful and cynical enough, and get a result you like whether or not God would approve of it. Explains quite a bit, really. It IS an interesting perspective, and it suggests that the religious urge is closely tied to punishment/reward — that is, we need God so we can plead for more good things, and if we don’t get them, we know it’s time to sacrifice some more virgins or burn down the local Planned Parenthood office or in some other get God to respond, one way or another. This suggests that the actual intent is less important than any perceived response, even a hateful or inexplicable one. You can then write in the blanks, if you’re vengeful and cynical enough, and get a result you like whether or not God would approve of it. Explains quite a bit, really.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628&cpage=1#comment-291618 Christopher Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:33:35 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628#comment-291618 I remember it being bandied about, at least with my friends. Maybe "The Spy who Shagged Me" from a few years before popularized it. I remember it being bandied about, at least with my friends. Maybe “The Spy who Shagged Me” from a few years before popularized it.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628&cpage=1#comment-291617 ronald Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:13:30 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5628#comment-291617 Not that it matters but "shag" is a Briticism; I've rarely if ever heard Americans use it. Admittedly, Bruno came back from Britain not all that very much long ago, but... Not that it matters but “shag” is a Briticism; I’ve rarely if ever heard Americans use it. Admittedly, Bruno came back from Britain not all that very much long ago, but…

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