{"id":736,"date":"2002-09-28T08:21:10","date_gmt":"2002-09-28T08:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/?p=736"},"modified":"2002-09-28T08:21:10","modified_gmt":"2002-09-28T08:21:10","slug":"its-full-of-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2002\/09\/its-full-of-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s full of stars…"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a conversation regarding Firefly<\/i>, there were these two comments:
\n“Book’s preaching bugs me, but then I’m an atheist so that’s to be expected.”<\/i>
\n“Huh. The reason it bugged me was that I’m not.”<\/i>
\nI’m not a religious person, athough agnostic is far more accurate than atheist, so I guess I’m looking at this from between these two poles. I have a friend<\/a> who is deeply involved in his church, but in his life it is simply part of his daily activities, and gets just as much or as little “talk time” as the other important things in his life. If he constantly brought it up the way Book does, I don’t think he’d be as close a friend (any moreso than any other person who regards me as a ‘potential sale’ :), or nearly as good a Christian. (Lead by example and all that. I may not be in a church any more than I was, but I do believe I’m a better person for having known him*.)
\nThat said, I’ve known quite a few pastors in my time and as a general rule they are a bit different than even the most dedicated church deacon because it is their job, so to speak, to always be ‘on’.
\nSo, comparing Book to the one good (non-judgemental, open-minded) Christian that I know, he comes off poorly. Comparing him to most pastors I’ve met, he’s about average. Whedon himself is quite anti-religion, so I suppose that fits.<\/p>\n

* – And his family, especially his most divine (currently sickly) wife. Hi Margie!<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a conversation regarding Firefly, there were these two comments: “Book’s preaching bugs me, but then I’m an atheist so that’s to be expected.” “Huh. The reason it bugged me was that I’m not.” I’m not a religious person, athough agnostic is far more accurate than atheist, so I guess I’m looking at this from … <\/p>\n

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