tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post8772320175357649306..comments2024-03-28T03:10:51.807-05:00Comments on Julia Sweeney: Julia Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02459682985438227986noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-14118994702419110202017-03-31T19:59:49.401-05:002017-03-31T19:59:49.401-05:00Just received a check for $500.
Many times people...<b>Just received a check for $500.</b><br /><br />Many times people don't believe me when I tell them about how much you can earn <b>taking paid surveys</b> online...<br /><br />So I took a video of myself actually <a href="http://opinion-surveys.syntaxlinks.com/r/TakeSurveysForCash" rel="nofollow"><b>getting paid over $500</b></a> for doing paid surveys to set the record straight.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-85691471970691960222007-07-19T18:13:00.000-05:002007-07-19T18:13:00.000-05:00Julia: "Oh my god."Me: "What god?"Let's show some ...Julia: "Oh my god."<BR/><BR/>Me: "What god?"<BR/><BR/>Let's show some consistency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-52907743997066762502007-06-24T17:38:00.000-05:002007-06-24T17:38:00.000-05:00Well, I've just discovered your blog. I get email...Well, I've just discovered your blog. I get email announcements from the Sam Harris site and I saw Julia Sweeney's name on a list of guests at an atheist's forum in D.C. in September. <I>The</I> Julia Sweeney? The one who was on SNL? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I was intrigued and have read a couple of posts in your blog. I sure can identify with a lot in this post. I wish I could somehow take back all the angst I felt at age 35, after two children and having put on a bit of weight. I would <I>kill</I> to look like that now :)<BR/><BR/>I was raised Catholic. Left the church in 1968 (in my mind) when the Pope came out with his encyclical banning artificial birth control. Went through a long period of being mostly agnostic, but drawn to Judaism in my early 20s. Married a Jew and converted to Judaism. That was 26 years ago. In the past 10 years, I've become increasingly atheistic and have only recently become comfortable calling myself an atheist. I stumbled upon Harris's book The End of Faith while browsing a bookstore table. I couldn't put it down.<BR/>It was so good to read something that confirmed my own thoughts and feelings about religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-63812565801576667612007-06-22T12:52:00.000-05:002007-06-22T12:52:00.000-05:00Oh! My bad...I misspelled 'will,' Kathy. Please d...Oh! My bad...I misspelled 'will,' Kathy. Please don't shoot me?<BR/><BR/>Julia put her blog up to invite commentary, otherwise she would have a fan site like Barbra Streisand, who brooks no commentary, as I am sure no one would have anything to criticise there.<BR/><BR/>But seriously, Kathy, Julia Sweeney did a terrific job of addressing my thoughts, and I don't think any less of her for that.<BR/><BR/>Also, if she wanted to, I am sure Julia could delete each and every post I have left on this blog.<BR/><BR/>That you do not get the analogy is a problem for you and you alone. Lack of intellect can be life threatening (bathing, cooking, cleaning, crossing streets, basic hygiene). So, Kathy, you may wish to do something about that.<BR/><BR/>God Bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-23114804155021525062007-06-18T23:19:00.000-05:002007-06-18T23:19:00.000-05:00Like "It's Pat!" this latest effort wil fall as fl...Like "It's Pat!" this latest effort wil fall as flat as a tarantula on a baby's face.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Okay, this part of the tirade really got me. How can a tarantula be flat? Further, why would its falling on a baby's face make it very flat, so flat that it would be as bad as the mule guy thought your movie was? Hard for me to imagine. Aren't tarantulas harmless? I would think the tarantula being flat would be because it was sucking blood from the baby's face. I don't think they suck blood. Is it trying to blend in with the baby's face--is it hiding from the mule guy? The baby would have to be an African American, or some other brown-skinned baby, in that case. Because tarantulas are brown and do not change color as lizards and other animals, not spiders, do.<BR/><BR/>Also, why does he want to go to your site to comment on your movies? Why would you care what Mule Scarer of Tarantulas on African American or Latino Baby's Face thinks of your movies? He should go to Amazon.com and write his reviews.<BR/><BR/>Mule Pants thinks he's smart, but he can't spell "wil."<BR/><BR/>My name is Kathy and I don't belong to Google blogging, but I am not a coward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-2533330845178769652007-06-09T12:14:00.000-05:002007-06-09T12:14:00.000-05:00P.S. in response to a couple of comments:It is vit...P.S. in response to a couple of comments:<BR/><BR/>It is vital to remember a couple of things: just because you disagree with something a person says does not automatically mean that their opinion is "hateful" or "hate filled" or has anything to do with hating anything. It is tiring to see people's opinions discounted in such a flippant way, "Oh they are a hater and haters are baaaad so let's ignore everything they say." Not cool, not tolerant, not open minded. Appreciate what people say as it is their POV and not yours. Find the truth in it. Don't just close yourself off and make yourself feel your opinion is superior by saying that person is a hater so therefore they can't have a valid opinion. <BR/><BR/>Tolerance. You can't tolerate something you agree with. It is not possible. When you tolerate something, it means it is distasteful to you, something you disagree with but you keep your mouth shut and allow it anyway. So many people say they are tolerant but are quick to refute anyone's opinion and call them names. That's NOT tolerance. The person who *didn't* attack the religious person (Mule) is the one who is really tolerant. Mule has a right to an opinion without being called names. If everyone's on their own journey you must allow people whom you disagree with to have a journey as well. And you can't say whose journey is right and whose is wrong because that would be judgmental of you. <BR/><BR/>"It seems to me that Catholic school is WAY more right wing than it used to be. My kindergartener comes home almost every day with Jesus this, Jesus that. Back in my day, it seems like we talked about God, but the Jesus stuff was reserved for the holy rollers."<BR/><BR/>I am totally unsure of what's being said here. Catholics don't do that "personal Saviour" stuff or the born again evangelicalism. And you know, if your kid is coming home talking about Jesus and you think they shouldn't, take your kid out of that school and put them in a school that teaches them what you want them to learn. <BR/><BR/>Don't like Catholics? Don't be one. <BR/>There's no need to try and interfere with other people's faith. <BR/><BR/>So far the Catholic Church has never stopped me from doing anything I want to do. I don't know why everyone keeps saying they are so dangerous. I can get all the sex, drugs, porn, violence, foul language, people disrespecting each other and so on and the church never once stops me or censors or prevents me from having anything that's mine under the law. <BR/><BR/>As for truth and meaning in life without God -- that doesn't work for everyone. If it works for you it works for you, but I don't find any meaning in human beings without the Divine. We are subject to death, not in control of ourselves or our destinies. And I want to believe that all the people who have suffered unjustly in this world might have some kind of restitution in the next world. To know that so many people were murdered, that children died painful deaths they didn't deserve to suffer will not have any kind of payback is just too unsettling for me. To take that and make it meaningless just does not go with my beliefs. All we go through has to mean something more than just this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-25479333114823468252007-06-09T12:00:00.000-05:002007-06-09T12:00:00.000-05:00Hmm. I'm not sure why so many people are so ready ...Hmm. I'm not sure why so many people are so ready to attribute all the bad in the world to religion. I mean religion is just beliefs, and everyone has beliefs. So in essence, everyone has a God, whether it's themselves or some celebrity or what they read in a magazine or book. Everyone believes in, and lives according to something. And it doesn't take religion to make people want to have everyone agree with them. I mean there are agnostics and atheists in the world who want ppl to agree with them and who get mad when someone doesn't. Whatcha gonna do? Personally I think alcohol and sex have caused a heck of a lot of anguish and pain for people -- but it's not like the liberal camp is going to tell you how "dangerous" those things can be (despite AIDS and other STD's, crimes of passion, drunk driving accidents and so on). Wars have begun because people are just plain selfish. Nothing to do with religion. Religion is a smokescreen and if it is gone, people will still be selfish and still want to control each other. *shrug* I don't know your beef with the Catholic Church, exactly. I don't pay attention to the Pope(s), anyway. John Paul advocated macro evolution as viable, so I can't believe much of what he's said on other topics. And you can't agree with him just because he said that, so where are we?<BR/><BR/>I thought your appearance on Sex and the City as a nun with cancer was very cute and a great way to illustrate how cancer doesn't discriminate. <BR/><BR/>Pat was a great character as well. <BR/><BR/>Admittedly, I have not read your books yet. I mean we don't share a lot of the same views, but that's life. I hope you find some peace in the world. I'm interested in your book Letting Go of God and whether the cancer made you not believe anymore. I had a bad experience with my church and it has caused a great problem with my own faith, so I am interested in knowing how one loses their faith. <BR/><BR/>Ok well I gotta go. God bless (you know what I mean.) I hope you're well now and that we all find the answers we are hoping for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-40044425482933518342007-06-08T18:31:00.000-05:002007-06-08T18:31:00.000-05:00So happy to have found your blog. When I was in 7...So happy to have found your blog. <BR/><BR/>When I was in 7th grade, the teacher vidoetaped a class exercise where I spoke. I was seriously suicidal for a few days after that. It was awful. I often have told myself that people don't run away when I start speaking, so it must be OK. And I go from there. But I can totally understand the weirdness and all of the feelings you go through when editing. I can't wait to see the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-44358275928993498212007-06-05T19:02:00.000-05:002007-06-05T19:02:00.000-05:00I remember spending the whole week after having ta...I remember spending the whole week after having taken an on-camera class, wondering why my friends hadn't told me that I was a terribly deformed human being who looked like a round expanse of pizza dough with two little raisins (my eyes) in the center. how dare i spend my life even flirting with the idea that i was attractive! I told an actress friend of mine this and she said that when she sees herself on camera she looks like one of Picasso's later portraits, several noses, one big eye, one small eye.<BR/><BR/>sigh.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910470604925604486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-7820293058397700522007-06-05T17:28:00.000-05:002007-06-05T17:28:00.000-05:00Anonmalous Lisa provided a link for a very funny b...Anonmalous Lisa provided a link for a very funny bumper sticker....just love those.<BR/><BR/>But please know that the people in our party are neutered...they will NEVER impeach W. Just isn't going to happen. We are getting back into that whole mythology thing....like hoping that Albert Gore won Florida in 2000.<BR/><BR/>They are really letting it all hang out by failing to flush that bumbling loser, William Jefferson, from Congress. They are going to hang onto that guy, and make themselves look as corrupt as the G.O.P.<BR/><BR/>God Bless...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-46036313989369493492007-06-05T11:46:00.000-05:002007-06-05T11:46:00.000-05:00Here is the web site where you can buy the "Will s...Here is the web site where you can buy the "Will someone please give Bush a blow job so we can impeach him?" bumper sticker! I just bought one for each of our cars!<BR/>http://www.cafepress.com/fullmoonemp.56108529<BR/>Thanks for keeping it real!<BR/>~LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-20329846991599817672007-05-31T13:54:00.000-05:002007-05-31T13:54:00.000-05:00Julia,Just read your entire blog. Love it. I'm a s...Julia,<BR/><BR/>Just read your entire blog. Love it. I'm a single mom of two girls from China too and a recovering Catholic. I AM sending my girls to Catholic school because I wanted them to be in the "club" that my family belongs to. However, if you do move back to Spokane, you may want to rethink that. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that Catholic school is WAY more right wing than it used to be. My kindergartener comes home almost every day with Jesus this, Jesus that. Back in my day, it seems like we talked about God, but the Jesus stuff was reserved for the holy rollers. Not anymore, sister. I keep expecting her to ask me when I accepted Jesus as my personal savior. And try to explain the thousand crosses and giant billboard in front of school that tells us how to vote on stem cell research. Thank you Catholic Church. I didn't really want to explain abortion to my five year old yet. But let me not stand in the way of your political agenda...Whooee.<BR/><BR/>Reading your blog, I am having the same feeling about sending her to Catholic school as I do when she asks me, "Mom, do you swear Santa Claus is real?" and I say yes I swear. Is lying to keep a fun little myth alive a little longer just as bad as lying about a giant boogie man in the sky and his male minions on earth who know better than me how to run my life?? I'm just not sure anymore. And it makes me more uncomfortable each time she calls me on it.<BR/><BR/>Our family is untraditional in a number of ways - I have lost count of how many times I have been called Mrs. C by not only the kids (which I can understand) but the teacher and parents who KNOW I'm not married. WTF? And because my kids don't look like me. Until someone explains how we ARE a family, we have to suffer the slightly turned heads and frowns of the kids (and some parents) of "That just caint be, Homer!" So I shudder to have one more reason for the other kids to misunderstand my poor, fatherless, Chinese kids by heading into the atheist realm. <BR/><BR/>But I really hate lying to my kids. Well anyway, the Santa myth is going to have to go soon. My 7 year old just said, "Well, I'll ask Santa for a Wii because then you won't have to pay for it." Yikes! Pretty soon they'll be ordering Lamborghinis too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-77299987148571448762007-05-30T07:31:00.000-05:002007-05-30T07:31:00.000-05:00Wow! I met Molly Ivins once, at an event for Ann ...Wow! I met Molly Ivins once, at an event for Ann Richards.<BR/><BR/>She seemed funny, at first but, then she turned rather angry. She ate everything in sight, and Governor Richards was so drunk she couldn't focus her eyes. Quite a mess, the two of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-34978822644060757982007-05-29T21:38:00.000-05:002007-05-29T21:38:00.000-05:00This post was beautiful. I'm glad you're "back" o...This post was beautiful. I'm glad you're "back" on this forum, sharing your search for self, continuity, meaning, truth...sans God. Can't wait to see the movie!<BR/><BR/>Oh, I cringed just thinking about having to watch hours of myself on film. I would have guessed that as a performer you are used to that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-46517147389944483102007-05-29T19:18:00.000-05:002007-05-29T19:18:00.000-05:00Julia Sweendy wanted to meet Molly Ivins, but neve...Julia Sweendy wanted to meet Molly Ivins, but never got to.<BR/><BR/>I want to meet Julia Sweeney. <BR/><BR/>Julia, you are a gem.<BR/><BR/>-- JackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-87167836477167560752007-05-29T18:31:00.000-05:002007-05-29T18:31:00.000-05:00Sheldon,You are a darling!xoSheldon,<BR/><BR/>You are a darling!<BR/><BR/>xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-48397360209542884042007-05-29T16:41:00.000-05:002007-05-29T16:41:00.000-05:00Julia, inheriting my mother's wedding ring was a p...Julia, inheriting my mother's wedding ring was a painful moment. I'd always hated the darn thing and all the pain it represented in Mom's life. But then this beautiful thing happened...I put it on, and saw my mom's hands. Now it's like a piece of her is with me every day. No, she wasn't the model celebrity I wanted to look like, but when I look in the mirror or in photographs and see the laugh lines and the double chin just like she had, it makes me feel less burdened with her legacy...it's okay if by the time I have children of my own I can't describe her voice quite right, or remember her stories, because just by knowing me, they know her...<BR/><BR/>Looking like what the media wants women to look like is all about earning love. Your essence is already known and loved. Bask in it!Kidsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531006647626539668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-27512145521881368652007-05-29T16:20:00.000-05:002007-05-29T16:20:00.000-05:00Well, actually, I was just providing a point of vi...Well, actually, I was just providing a point of view. Some call it dissent, others call it hate.<BR/><BR/>It is troubling that those who clothe themselves in the shrouds of rolerance and inclusion are the least tolerant and most exclusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-51624375516543840412007-05-29T11:52:00.000-05:002007-05-29T11:52:00.000-05:00Hey Mule Skinner,I'm sitting here, trying to figur...Hey Mule Skinner,<BR/><BR/>I'm sitting here, trying to figure out what would possess a person to visit this blog, click on Comments, and then type 171 of the most hate-filled words I've seen.<BR/><BR/>I think it must boil down to one of two things. The first possibility is that you are a Christian who feels both threatened by Julia's message and emboldened by the anonymity of the Internet (I notice you didn't have the nerve to identify yourself or to register with Blogger so we can reply in kind). In that case, I think your ad hominem attack is a type of death rattle; I had a similar reaction when I first began my journey toward Atheism...fighting the idea with all my might, attacking anyone who unwittingly served as devil's advocate to my religious beliefs. If this is the case, my prediction is that you will be an Atheist within the year.<BR/><BR/>The second possibility is that you were born with a 1-inch penis. Micropenis is seen in about 1 in 10,000 births, and can cause severe feeling of isolation, emasculation, and rage. This would explain your tendency to lash out at Julia, ridiculing her in the most personal way possible, thereby justifying your own lack of personal achievements in life. Please know that there ARE penis-lengthening procedures these days, all of which are excruciatingly painful, but some of which can have positive results on both your anatomy and your personality. I suggest you try them all. Results vary, but denying pain medication increases the chance of success.<BR/><BR/>Good luck to you Teeny (I'm going to assume that was your nickname in high school), and God Bless.<BR/><BR/>-- Sheldon<BR/>P.S. Don't even try to pretend that you're not checking back to see if someone has noticed your posting. After all, attention is what you're all about, right?Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861876430546129295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-6932848339562839022007-05-29T11:50:00.000-05:002007-05-29T11:50:00.000-05:00Mule Skinner said:"the fact that God looms large i...Mule Skinner said:<BR/>"the fact that God looms large in the life of every atheist."<BR/><BR/>I'm pleased to inform you you're mistaken here. It's understandable you could get that impression due to the fact that atheists who speak out, tend to speak out against the effect of what many of us would consider to be 'mythical beings' on the world.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that the vast majority of atheists just get on with their lives so you wouldn't hear of them or be able to know what really 'looms large' in their lives.<BR/><BR/>Just from my personal experience I can tell you that when I became atheist 16 yrs ago, admittedly to start with, I was a bit angry at the whole 'God thing' because it felt like I'd been a fool all my life and had been cheated! It wasn't long though before I got over it and got on with my life.<BR/><BR/>In the intermediate years, I would always try and make an effort in looking at world problems, not to demonise religion and be bitter about it just because of my own history. Eventually though, I just had to face it. What is the underlying cause of all the major strife and threats to our future? And so, unfortunately, I end up having to spend a fair bit of my time thinking about religion and trying to work out how best to diminish its influence in the world.<BR/><BR/>To any atheist who does not just put the whole faith thing to one side and forget about it, I take off my hat because the world needs verbal 'faithless' to be showing the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-49661287874247454462007-05-29T11:49:00.000-05:002007-05-29T11:49:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861876430546129295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-52519751785344579902007-05-29T08:49:00.000-05:002007-05-29T08:49:00.000-05:00I saw "God said Ha!" live, in Los Angeles, in 1996...I saw "God said Ha!" live, in Los Angeles, in 1996. In that, Julia makes several loving references to a nun for whom she reserves no small amount of admiration, and says lots of nasty things about Pope John Paul II as well as the Catholic Church.<BR/><BR/>The essential problem with this schtick is the fact that God looms large in the life of every atheist. God means more to Julia than to the average believer, and is constantly on her mind.<BR/><BR/>Another problem is the fact that it is just not funny. God Said Ha! wasn't funny. Pat wasn't funny. It was excrutiating.<BR/><BR/>All of the 'jokes' are crafted to appeal to a microscopic segment of America, that being the Hyperion Avenue, 90026, 90027 zip codes. And no one else. <BR/><BR/>Without politicking this demographic, Julia would likely still be stealing money from the bar she was working at, rather than from network television.<BR/><BR/>Like "It's Pat!" this latest effort wil fall as flat as a tarantula on a baby's face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-29124438561532139832007-05-29T03:36:00.000-05:002007-05-29T03:36:00.000-05:00Can I just take a moment to express my sincere gri...Can I just take a moment to express my sincere grief over the recent loss of Charles Nelson Reilly? He was a helluva comedian, and I can't believe he left before I got a chance to see his one-man stage show "Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly."<BR/><BR/>-- SheldonSheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861876430546129295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-53702050197911387842007-05-28T23:39:00.000-05:002007-05-28T23:39:00.000-05:00Thanks for including so much reality in the movie....Thanks for including so much reality in the movie. Furniture and nic naks are a part os us, as our clothes, books, and bizarre manarisms are. In a world where relality tv, coverage of world events, and the war in Iraq feel like packaged entertainment, thanks for including a bit of you in your entertainment.Bjorn Watlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144413933796145344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16654170.post-28837280176647187372007-05-28T21:52:00.000-05:002007-05-28T21:52:00.000-05:00For me, the most difficult thing was hearing my MO...For me, the most difficult thing was hearing my MOTHER's voice coming out of my (then) four year-old son's mouth, to his (then) two-year old brother,<BR/><BR/>"HOW many times do I have to tell you, leave the cat alone?!"<BR/><BR/>I guess I sound EXACTLY like my mother because my son sounded EXACTLY like her and he hadn't spent any time with her at that point.<BR/><BR/>I cringe every time I think about it. And every time I hear myself say words, that as a child I PROMISED myself I would NEVER say to children.<BR/><BR/>We live.<BR/><BR/>We learn.<BR/><BR/>We deal. (Though sometimes we cringe.)<BR/><BR/>: ) PetraPetrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644395385612078883noreply@blogger.com