Comments on: Not Only Is God Dead, but the Really Smart People Always Knew It

By: KitKat

KitKat — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:52:17 +0000

So I just discovered this blog and I was reading through some back logged posts and I found this and it abso-freakin-lutley made my day.

I was also raised big C Catholic, went to Catholic schools all my life, was an altar girl, and graduated from Catholic university in May. I’m not a great Catholic, I’m doing a lot of questioning and I am also shocked at how predictable my spiritual crisis has turned out to be (i bang my boyfriend, vote democrat and am a feminist. . .perhaps soft buddhism will be good!) but I am genuinley trying to figure out what’s going on out there, if anything, as best as anyone can. It was really comforting to know that I’m not the only one frustrated with the contempt of intellectuals for religous white people, especially as someone with aspirations of the intellectual (i’m working towards a grad degree in poetry). It’s nice to know that I’m not alone in feeling like faith and intellectualism don’t have to be mutually exclusive, and that the contempt towards white mainstream christianity in particular is poor academics at best.

that said, keep on doing what you’re doing. . .this is a great blog!

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:57:28 +0000

Kate- I know this comment is super-late to the party but I just really wanted to comment on this entry…wonder if you’ll see it? (I was searching for the personal history post you referred to in your blog entry today, and by the way I can’t find it! :( , when I stumbled across this entry).

Sometimes I feel like I am in the minority here at Shapely Prose because while I am a woman who believes in what is discussed here in relationship to body image and the current obesity propaganda (obesity causes global warming and will kill you etc) I do not hold many of the other political or social views y’all discuss. But, because I believe in not throwing the baby out with the bath water and also that I can learn a lot by listening to other people, especially those who think differently than I do, I often read blogs that I partially agree with and that at the same time partially drive me crazy :) I just choose not to stir things up on some issues and I am fine with that. All of that is to say that as a white Christian woman who is also an academic, I greatly appreciate this post.

By the way, for what it’s worth many Christians, including myself, cringe at things like a “christian” theme park on the Sea of Gallilee.

By: ralfalfa

ralfalfa — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:57:45 +0000

well, you kind of have to think about in- and out-groups when talking about the hypocrisy of white academia to call white christians idiots, but not to speak on brown religious folk, huh? i mean, i can call my dad an idiot, but if YOU do, then my feelings are hurt; i can laugh at people whose backgrounds i (wrongly, sure) identify with, but i honestly respect those with whom i see a greater amount of differences. i don’t really see it as hypocrisy, although i have to admit, it reads as a little patronizing… god i hope i’m not just trying to justify some deep, deep racism.

By: a fellow depaul student

a fellow depaul student — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:17:29 +0000

Fascinating post.

I also go to DePaul; I began my graduate program in August.

I like the way you think and that you're not afraid to argue a point.

Cheers!

By: suzanne

suzanne — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:28:30 +0000

Amen to all that! Thank you for saying it so brilliantly. I was very surprised to find out in graduate school that my professors who studied religion and ritual didn’t seem to want anything to do with the God part, and were somewhat embarrassed and uncomfortable with any talk of belief or spirituality or supernatural phenomenon, especially if we were talking about Christianity. Of course a lot of them were anthropologists, and they were pretty pissed about the whole Christian missionary project and the destruction of indigenous cultures in the name of Jesus and colonialism and you can’t blame them for that. Still, you would think that they might want to leave open the possibility that all their traditional lines of scholarly inquiry might eventually lead them to a door that, if they opened it, would reveal God sitting on the other side laughing her head off.
(Which is why I left graduate school to become a park ranger)

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:34:56 +0000

Link away.

You would have been welcome to anyway, but I just figured out who you are, after two days of being a complete moron about it, and now you're even more welcome.

By: massey

massey — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:58:54 +0000

last post here, I promise, because comments are weird places for conversations. I linked to this post on one of my blogs, called Recipe Narratives, about my life as a park ranger. If this isn’t OK, PLEASE let me know!

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:45:27 +0000

Thanks! Wish I weren't serious about the theme park.

My blog about life as a park ranger is secret.

By: massey

massey — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:36:31 +0000

I apologize for posting that twice.
the approval thing is a good idea. I get comments from people “who find my blog inquisitive,” then link me to sites about their life as a park ranger. Which is fine, except they’re different people every time, and none of them are park rangers. ??

By: massey

massey — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:27:35 +0000

oh my God. That is virtuosic writing, plus the truth as I’d never thought about it before spelled out, and it made me laugh, and you said “batshit crazy” and referred to “hagiographies,” which I have never heard of before, after describing them as fucked up, which should not be possible given linguistics as I understand it but you DID DO IT, I saw it, it’s a miracle. In the name of the father, son, and holy spirit.
Are you serious about the theme park? Don’t be.