| | Wow...32 comments. I couldn't have gotten that many had my post
simply been, "Hey guys! Oh, by the way, I just got
married!" (Oh wait...that's how rumors get started.) Moral
of the story: Christians really enjoy being made fun of--as long as
it's by a Christian.
This very long
Wall Street Journal article is all about my newly reclaimed learning
institution, the lovely Wheaton College. I had Dr. Hochschild,
the prof in question, for my intro philosophy class, and he was
awesome. But hey, the Record scooped the Wall Street Journal by
nearly two years! Woo hoo!
A couple of days after the last Christian points list came out, Steve and I (and Cathi and mom and dad)
brainstormed a few more. Steve and I tried to remember as many as
we could a few days later, so consider this an addendum:
Referring to God as "Daddy" in prayer: +100
Using Greek or Hebrew in prayer (i.e. "Yahweh Father, I pray that you would forgive our chata and show us your hesed to restore us to shalom with You..."): +200
Keeping your eyes closed and head bowed five seconds after everyone else is finished praying during group prayer: +100
Saying "Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...yes" whenever other people are praying, as if you're eating a nice piece of cheesecake: +200
Taking a Greek New Testament to church so you can compare texts during the sermon: +200
Taking a Hebrew Old Testament to church so you can compare texts during the sermon: +500
Having to replace your Bible because your old one's too worn out: +300
Highlighting so many verses in your Bible that it's just meaningless now: +400
Seeing Casanova (a Heath Ledger movie about incessant heterosexual adultery): 0
Seeing Brokeback Mountain (a Heath Ledger movie about incessant homosexual adultery): -1,000 (but, of course, +1,000 Cool, Rebellious Christian Points)
Ending your emails with a Bible verse: +50
Having Bible verses (or C.S. Lewis quotes) for all your Facebook quotes: +50
Praying noticeably before you eat in the cafeteria: +50
Praying noticeably before you eat in the cafeteria, but only because
you noticed all your friends praying and quickly bowed your head to
pray, with a huge bite of chicken already in your mouth: -50
Bringing only liquids on your tray to eat with your friends in the cafeteria because "I'm on a fast this week": +500
Hanging out: 0
Fellowshipping: +250
Making up your own improvised descant line during worship: +100
Making AIDS your life cause: +500 and +500 Cool, Rebellious Christian Points
When you're at a worship time and the worship leader says "We're
officially done now, but we're going to keep playing for anyone who
wants to stay":
Staying until they pack everything up: +200
Staying but jealously eyeing the door: +100
Leaving: -100
Waking up drowsily from your long "prayer": -200
Not even hearing, because you snuck out half an hour ago to catch
Brokeback Mountain: -1,000 (+5,000 Cool, Rebellious Christian Points)
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It's just NOT the same here without you, bro. I almost puked while eating lunch with Tiffany one day last week as she was mayonais-ing her sandwich. Keep on keepin' on!
