I will definitely tweet it, but I seriously want to know about your opinions on transubstantiation. I got in a LOT of trouble at one point for calling Catholicism "symbolic cannibalism" which seemed entirely obvious to me.
Also I utterly loved that bit in V for Vendetta. But I'm sure I have no sense of what your opinions are.
Most of Christianity falls in to "symbolic cannibalism". Catholicism just tries to make less symbolic (more "real" cannibalism, that is), in a magical way.
But I'd love to hear our hostess opinions on that subject too.
I cannot begin to justify the fact that I even *have* an opinion on this. I was raised generically protestant, and I am currently an atheist. I did a long stint as an agnostic, and I have sat/stood through a variety of religious services, paying more attention to whether I'm supposed to be sitting or standing than just about anything else. I was raised in a left-wing Congregationalist church, and they pride themselves on open-mindedness.
But transubstantiation viscerally offends me. Catholicism is otherwise fine, but it bugs me no end that they insist that the host is the literal flesh of God, and the wine is the literal blood. How can anyone bring themselves to believe sincerely in a deity incapable of metaphor?
Oh, while I'm thinking of it, do you have a Twitter hande? I thought you did and that I was following you but on quick search I failed to find it so I did a general re-share without your name attached.
Have shared. Having recently been tremendously helped by someone else's stories from the battlefield of really incredibly difficult parenting, I've learned huge respect for the value of hearing stories from the 1% of small% of small% that line up with yours; I hope that telling your story helps someone else, as well as accomplishing any other goals you may have had for it.
Also, I am looking forward to hearing your overdeveloped opinions on just about anything, anytime you care to share them, but especially your opinions on Henry VIII. Call the Midwife recently brought workhouses to my attention, which brought their establishment under Elizabeth I to my attention, which brought up the issue of why they were necessary.... I was never fond of Henry VIII, but this has rather lowered my opinion of the man. Not that I've found time or energy with which to post about it, so I'll completely understand if you never find the necessary resources to post yours....
I swear, most of our aloneness is a consequence of failing to have the necessary resources to communicate anything. Congratulations on finding the necessary resources to communicate about your experience with reconstruction. I'm still hesitating on communicating about a lot of my demons.
Oh my good gracious. I saw people linking that around, but I didn't realize it was you.
I am so sorry.
Also, that piece was incredibly well-written, both in that it was composed of beautifully crafted sentences and that it conveyed complicated experiences and emotions in an intense and moving way.
That was really moving and thought-provoking. One of the things I try to teach my pre-nursing students is that when people are grieving, or dealing with serious illness, we shouldn't assume anything about how they're doing or how they "should" be doing. Your essay is a great example of that.
Oof. Medical science still has things they can't solve.
On the upside, you're still here. Not too far in the distant past the cancer would have killed you. I, for one, am glad you're still here to keep writing good stuff.
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(Wow, what a piece. And you are on the Toast!)
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Also I utterly loved that bit in V for Vendetta. But I'm sure I have no sense of what your opinions are.
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But I'd love to hear our hostess opinions on that subject too.
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I cannot begin to justify the fact that I even *have* an opinion on this. I was raised generically protestant, and I am currently an atheist. I did a long stint as an agnostic, and I have sat/stood through a variety of religious services, paying more attention to whether I'm supposed to be sitting or standing than just about anything else. I was raised in a left-wing Congregationalist church, and they pride themselves on open-mindedness.
But transubstantiation viscerally offends me. Catholicism is otherwise fine, but it bugs me no end that they insist that the host is the literal flesh of God, and the wine is the literal blood. How can anyone bring themselves to believe sincerely in a deity incapable of metaphor?
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Also, I am looking forward to hearing your overdeveloped opinions on just about anything, anytime you care to share them, but especially your opinions on Henry VIII. Call the Midwife recently brought workhouses to my attention, which brought their establishment under Elizabeth I to my attention, which brought up the issue of why they were necessary.... I was never fond of Henry VIII, but this has rather lowered my opinion of the man. Not that I've found time or energy with which to post about it, so I'll completely understand if you never find the necessary resources to post yours....
I swear, most of our aloneness is a consequence of failing to have the necessary resources to communicate anything. Congratulations on finding the necessary resources to communicate about your experience with reconstruction. I'm still hesitating on communicating about a lot of my demons.
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I am so sorry.
Also, that piece was incredibly well-written, both in that it was composed of beautifully crafted sentences and that it conveyed complicated experiences and emotions in an intense and moving way.
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--Beth
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On the upside, you're still here. Not too far in the distant past the cancer would have killed you. I, for one, am glad you're still here to keep writing good stuff.
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