tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5176943801343855516..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: What In The World?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28687713457885186882010-12-22T13:13:04.697-05:002010-12-22T13:13:04.697-05:00The problem we Americans have is that activities o...<i>The problem we Americans have is that activities once seen as innocuous have, in our sexually charged culture, become suspect: </i><br /><br />Oh, you mean like parades and public restrooms? Yes, it's a pity. Wonder who's responsible.<br /><br /><i>it's the reason many adult males are reluctant to express any physical affection towards young children in public</i><br /><br />Yes, pity poor Kevin Jennings, unable to express affection for those in his charge publicly, according to the videos he distributes.<br /><br />James, I'm sure you're only motivated by the highest ideals and compassion for those adult males, and the children who would be the objects of their ... affection.C. Andironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850876481256430215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-71575929694436849472010-12-19T07:30:48.412-05:002010-12-19T07:30:48.412-05:00I must wonder: is Europe's culture is highly s...I must wonder: is Europe's culture is highly sexualized as ours is? <br /><br />The problem we Americans have is that activities once seen as innocuous have, in our sexually charged culture, become suspect: it's the reason many adult males are reluctant to express any physical affection towards young children in public, for example, no matter how innocent the gesture. <br /><br />Acrobats in the circus often perform without shirts, especially when tricky maneuvering is involved. So do pro wrestlers for that matter. <br /><br />And natam, there's nothing wrong with being in shape, especially given the fact that 1/3 of American adults are obese (which often signifies a lack of discipline and self-control).Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694207997231305470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-29591541843588432852010-12-18T19:07:40.364-05:002010-12-18T19:07:40.364-05:00Was the Pope scorning these verses or commending a...Was the Pope scorning these verses or commending a part of it when he stood and waved his hands in the manner he did after that acrobatic feat?<br /><br />Here are the verses that got these young firmly fit and strong men to attain to such acrobatic balance:<br /><br /><b><i>1Ti 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. <br />1Ti 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. <br />1Ti 4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.</i></b><br /><br />The notion that the more things change the more they stay the same comes to mind seeing this church has a history of pleasing Popes and Cardinals with partly clad or nude displays by their subjects in their service to them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-47072335783107928462010-12-18T12:42:57.708-05:002010-12-18T12:42:57.708-05:00I found nothing homoerotic about that. Well, at l...I found nothing homoerotic about that. Well, at least until they started the bad '80s porn soundtrack.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694207997231305470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-76881523699998018922010-12-18T12:11:07.526-05:002010-12-18T12:11:07.526-05:00You know that the economy is really bad when Chipp...You know that the economy is really bad when Chippendales start moonlighting as acrobats.Alan E. Kurschnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963783504805163298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-88028677850943255222010-12-18T11:16:30.895-05:002010-12-18T11:16:30.895-05:00That was something to behold. It just keeps on get...That was something to behold. It just keeps on getting sillier and sillier don't it.<br /><br />That was some kind of big church!<br /><br />I wonder what does go through a man's mind like this pope when he sits in such a powerful position. Does he love his power? Would I love to be powerful and esteemed by hundreds of millions of people?donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62596018476726272642010-12-18T05:22:17.822-05:002010-12-18T05:22:17.822-05:00Peter, remember, you should view these things &quo...Peter, remember, you should view these things <a href="http://www.calledtocommunion.com/about/posting-guidelines/" rel="nofollow">"charitably"</a>, that is, make sure that your comments arise from a genuine love for the persons about whom (or to whom) you are speaking. It is a good habit to pray for the person you are writing to (or about) both before and after you write your comment. Pray that you will be [ontologically] united with this person in the Body of Christ."<br /><br />So you can bet that this good pope was praying while he was watching, praying to be <i>ontologically united with these young men</i> in the Body of Christ. It is, after all, <i>not totally inconsistent</i> to think that these topless young men were simply <i>good Catholic boys</i>, perhaps <i>former altar boys</i> who, <i>starstruck</i>, were simply making the attempt to impress <i>il papa</i>.<br /><br />And after all, that <i>shoo-ing</i> hand motion by <i>il papa</i>, it is not <i>totally inconsistent</i> to think that he was simply, <i>in paternal fashion</i>, simply telling them to go put their shirts back on.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com