Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <Hannity forum? Is that where this came from?> Where do you want me to go? Democraticunderground?
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <Yup, I saw that as well when I googled it. So much for the claims he's made about his political leanings.> Which claims?
Originally Posted By barboy My Catholic ex- wife used to use that spiel so some of it stuck with me over the years: mk:Our Father who art amongst us, Catholic:Our Father who art in heaven, mk:Obama by thy name, Catholic: blessed be thy name mk:thy administration come, Catholic: thy kingdom come mk:thy agenda will be done, Catholic:thy will be done The rest I don't know since I am not Catholic
Originally Posted By Mr X our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give is this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil amen Did I get it right? (I was highly trained in the christian arts as a kid) One question (I think the prayer is a cool one, actually...for the most part), WHY would you have to pray to god to not lead you into temptation? Why would god do such a thing? Isn't it insulting to insinuate that he might (unless you plead for him not to)? That's the one part of an otherwise cool sentiment that I think is kind of jacked. But on the other hand, looking at the old testament it's entirely reasonable for one to pray that god doesn't screw with them, please. (god has been known to do that according to myth, sometimes just for his own amusement, or to prove something to the devil or whatever...)
Originally Posted By Mr X Barboy, I didn't learn "blessed" personally, but I suppose it's pretty interchangeable with "hallowed". (actually, "blessed" sounds better to me, but I've got a tape recorder in my brain that insists that it must be "hallowed" lol)
Originally Posted By barboy ///(I was highly trained in the christian arts as a kid)/// I would rather be highly trained in the jedi arts And X I guess you got the spiel right.....well it sounds right anyway based on my ex's use who expected me to know it----- but I could give a rats ass about it. Ah yes..... the days of old being surrounded by ritualistic faith holders. Forgive me X as it has been 8 years since my last visit to the stained glass, pews, altar, robes, smoke, Christ on a stick, latin house. As to 'blessed' vs 'hallowed' I do believe you are correct now that I think about it.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>And I think he seems to believe the senator talks like a rapper.<< OT, I know, but this has been bothering me: Is it just me, or has the senator's speaking style become a bit more "ethnic" over the course of his campaign? When I first heard him speak, back in 2004, I thought he sounded like a bit like Harry Truman--a typical, flat, Midwestern lawyer's voice. This year, he seems more, I guess he would say "impassioned," but I think most people would say "black." Anybody?
Originally Posted By Mr X blessed pertains to the hail mary, that's where you got confused I think. hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee BLESSED is thou amongst women and BLESSED is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for our sinners now and at the hour of our death amen
Originally Posted By barboy <---- plugs his ears screaming "NO MORE LATIN HOUSE, NO MORE LATIN HOUSE"
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <One question (I think the prayer is a cool one, actually...for the most part), WHY would you have to pray to god to not lead you into temptation? Why would god do such a thing?> That's a pretty darn good observation and question. My guess is to emphasize the humans on the "lead us" and "but deliver us from evil" parts.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <The rest I don't know since I am not Catholic> We Protestant heathens have the same prayer; we just take out "trespass" and substitute "debt" and "debtors." I fully believe mrkthmpsn could have composed this. It's not all that clever, it's full of assumptions that aren't in synch with reality, and if it sounds like something any dittohead could have written... well, probably any dittohead COULD have.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Thanks Dabob But don't conservatives need some sort of motivation to vote for Obama?
Originally Posted By DAR Oh good we got 8 years of mostly lame Bush jokes. Now we'll get at minimum 4 years of lame Obama jokes. I for one can't wait.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I still am missing the point of post #1. I guess it's a spoof, but Obama isn't a Catholic, nor is he particularly associated with The Lord's Prayer. I'm just not getting the humor.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Oh good we got 8 years of mostly lame Bush jokes. Now we'll get at minimum 4 years of lame Obama jokes. I for one can't wait.<< Could be worse: At least we won't be recycling the old Clinton jokes. ;-)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan If I were a comedy writer, here are the things you could do to spoof Obama: You could do a lot with him being for change, and then avoiding anything too specific. There's a truthyness quotient to that -- enough bedrock upon which to construct some funny stuff. You could have him be the annoying smartest kid in the class, knowing ahead of time that Iraq was a bad idea. The Lord's Prayer? Maybe I'm missing the reference. To spoof John McCain, you could have him saying how he doesn't like to mention his time as a POW, and yet everyone in America knows the story by heart now, so SOMEone's telling it. But maybe mrkthompson would construct a new reading of The Act of Contrition for McCain.
Originally Posted By DAR What shocked me most about this topic is that Mele went on Hannity's website.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Here's a fun article. Don't fret Mr. X. I didn't write this one. I'm not that clever... <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece" target="_blank">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t...2846.ece</a>
