Ben Roethlisberger’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Church
Ben Roethlisberger and fiancee Ashley Harlan are getting married this weekend at their place of worship, Christ Church at Grove Farm in Pennsylvania. It’s a rock ‘n’ roll church that the couple has been attending for about a year.
Cote said it is hard to know what Roethlisberger goes through, being such a popular sports figure, but added he and Harlan have embraced the church community.
I love the idea that Roethlisberger is a popular sports figure. It’s like Pennsylvania is a whole other country.
Roethlisberger and Harlan enjoy what is called the “Third Service,” held in Wilson Hall. It provides high-energy music and a media-driven experience.
Guitars. Power point. It’s like God is a freshman at college and he has to give a presentation in his oral communications class. I wonder if they’ll be attending Sportsman’s Night Out? It will be during the middle of training camp, but I wouldn’t miss an afternoon of “Skeet and Trap Shoot, Archery, Pistol Shoot, Pistol Display, SWAT Team and Bomb Squad Equipment Display.” This church sounds awesome.
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July 18th, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Oh no, this could get ugly real fast
/cover eyes with hands
//peeks in between fingers
July 18th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Exactly. He doesn’t have “national” appeal.
/like Mark Sanchez
July 18th, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Douglas has violated a cardinal sin in that only these two Big Ben pics can be used:
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July 18th, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Oh no, this could get ugly real fast
The Roethlisberger jokes? Or the Rock n’ Roll church jokes? Or both?
July 18th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
I can’t stand Roethlisberger, but if he’s making a change in his life and is serious about the church thing, I applaud him. People may mock church (and some criticisms are warranted) but going to church is one of the best parts of my week. It’s a rejuvenating experience and allows a person to clear their head and get a fresh start for the week.
/soapbox
//awaits the inevitable crapstorm from spencer
July 18th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Oh no, this could get ugly real fast
my dad goes to a church like this.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Kate Upton’s grocery bags just broke on her 4 blocks from her apartment.
/gets in car
//shit, I don’t have a car
///hijacks plane
////flies over NY looking for Kate Upton in distress
July 18th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Neither does Sparty.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
/gets in car
//shit, I don’t have a car
///hijacks plane
////flies over NY looking for Kate Upton in distress
You’re actually kind of funny once you get past the irrational Aaron Rodgers hate and Yankee fandom.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Mainly the Big Ben hatred that flows faster than alcohol around here.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Call me old-fashioned and white, but as a Catholic I always preferred the mass with the organ and choir. I’m not a fan of any other type of mass.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
Fixed for you there…
July 18th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
The Roethlisberger face.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
/forwards to homeland security
July 18th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
/high fives traderjack
July 18th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
now this is a church i could get down with.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
but going to church is one of the best parts of my week.
I’ve already backspaced out three mean spirited trader jack jokes. And two were really funny. The third one had you pretending to be retarded so you could go to sunday school with the little kids, so I’m really glad I didn’t post that one. It might have made it awkward between you and me.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Call me old-fashioned and white, but as a Catholic I always preferred the mass with the organ and choir. I’m not a fan of any other type of mass
Especially the Priest’s mass that enters you from the rear. AMIRIGHT?
/Steps into elevator to hell
July 18th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
/attends church of “Good morning Mrs. WWoS, have fun at church, I’m going golfing”
July 18th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
I’m what you call a once-a-year Catholic…
/only goes to Church on Christmas Eve
July 18th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
Call me old-fashioned and white, but as a Catholic I always preferred the mass with the organ and choir. I’m not a fan of any other type of mass.
thanks for saving me the typing
/lapsed catholic, agnostic, but still
July 18th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
If I had a daughter, I’d send her out on a date with Big Ben before I’d allow to her Skype with Aaron Rodgers.
OT: I really want some candy. Suggestions, please.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
/raises hand
//reserves Sundays for hangovers, golf, and football
///Saturdays too
////heading to hell
July 18th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Can’t go wrong with Snickers
July 18th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Fantastic idea. Kate Upton in distress is a matter of national security that needs attention immediately.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Ben prefers a masked, wide-angled Chat Roulette.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Chocolate or Fruity?
July 18th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Suggestions, please.
twizzlers
July 18th, 2011 at 3:56 PM
OT: I really want some candy. Suggestions, please.
go get in a windowless van. They’ve always got candy.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:56 PM
if you’re going to hell for not giving an hour of lip service to a god who’s referred to as being all-forgiving, then that god’s a real dick.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
/fixed for geographical and cultural truth
July 18th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
My parents attended one of those Rock n’ roll mega – churches for a short period of time. I tagged along to see what it was all about. It was trip, that’s for sure. The only thing that really bugged me was the people who held their hands/arms above their head so that the holy spirit could get all up in them and whatnot. It was weird when the seemingly normal lady who sat next to me did that and started doing the “Lord Jesus” routine.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
+1
July 18th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Chocolate or Fruity?
Go get John Amaechi, and you’ll get both.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Same here.
RE Big Ben: I want to believe he has change for the better, but the jaded cynic in me which is responsible for my internetting is raising a very skeptical eyebrow to all of this.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
I finally had some pretzel M&Ms last Friday night and I felt that was a life changing event for me.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
the priest?
July 18th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Heard that.
July 18th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
ha!
July 18th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Hey if Roethlisberger wants to listen to a Skynard church ballad and believe that some hippy carpenter died so he could eat a gluttony of choco tacos…. more power to him.
/loads bowl for peace pipe that will have to be handed to church people.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
I’m what you call a once-a-year Catholic…
/only goes to Church on Christmas Eve
I grew up Catholic and never understood the people that did this. What’s the point?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
The only thing that really bugged me was the people who held their hands/arms above their head so that the holy spirit could get all up in them and whatnot. It was weird when the seemingly normal lady who sat next to me did that and started doing the “Lord Jesus” routine.
the term is charismatic. every once in awhile the wife wants to go to church. we tried a neighbor’s one sunday, and it was charismatic. hands in air, heads bowed, and then, and then….the horror! they got into small groups and hugged!
i like watching snake charming and gospel ceremonies, but i’m not generally peppy, so somber is better
/body of christ
//first communion, the wafer stuck to the roof of my mouth, couldn;t scrape it down
July 18th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
you humans really do have the superior intellect.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
/raises hand
//reserves Sundays for hangovers, golf, and football
///Saturdays too
////heading to hell
save me a spot…
July 18th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
go get in a windowless van. They’ve always got candy.
awesomesauce
July 18th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
instead of hosts, my church is gonna have starburst.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Church. Praying. Bibles. Sounds like someone to root for.
/TBL
July 18th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
That’s a tough part. You never truly know who is being sincere and who is just trying too hard and coming off as phony. I’ve gone to church my whole life and went to a christian college so I’ve seen people from all parts of the religious spectrum.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
big ben will get to father the children but charlie batch will be forced to raise them.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Looking for non-chocolate. My trail mix has peanut butter cups in it.
There’s a church a few towns over from where I grew up that has a laser light show involved with their mass. The property is set up in such as fashion that they have the church, a “holy restaurant” and what appears to be a Christian “night club” all on the same area of land. I knew some kids that went to church there in high school. Their parents made them change the channel when commercials came on because of the content and consumerism was the devil.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
I never really went to church that much anyway. Was raised Catholic and went to a Jesuit university, but always believed that I didn’t need a priest telling he how to find God.
/married a Jew too
July 18th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Appeasing the matriarch.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
So they can feel better about themselves.
/raised Catholic
July 18th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
You never truly know who is being sincere and who is just trying too hard and coming off as phony.
OK, so can I tell you guys my crazy rock and roll biker church story now? It ends with me not getting laid, like most of my stories do.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
/married a Jew too
Shalom.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
They thought that just going once a year atoned for everything else during the year (or it’s what they did in their family growing up)
July 18th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
My trail mix has peanut butter cups in it.
is this code for poop?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:04 PM
But did you get a Peach Milkshake from Chick-Fil-a? That’s the real question, sir.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:04 PM
this is the big one. well, that and the cavalcade of corrupt popes.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
bring it on, dirt. Some of the funniest stories are church stories.
/prefers a mixture of classic hymns and some contemporary music in church
//appeasing all demographics within the church
July 18th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
OT: I really want some candy. Suggestions, please.
Marathon bar
/old school candy
July 18th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Church is for the weak-minded.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m late for a meeting.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of early morning tee times yesterday.
/thanks bible belt
July 18th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Especially the Priest’s mass that enters you from the rear. AMIRIGHT?
I was an altar server and this never happened to me. I’m starting to feel like Mac in Always Sunny when the McPoyle twins accuse the gym coach of molesting them and Mac is jealous.
Was I not good enough?!?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
instead of hosts, my church is gonna have starburst.
Reeses Peaces in the House of ATL_Badger.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:06 PM
I pray to a god with the head of an elephant.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Gahnesh(sp)?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of early morning tee times yesterday.
/thanks bible belt
Whenever I have to go to the mall, I usually try to go on Sunday mornings during the football off-season. There’s nobody there.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
But did you get a Peach Milkshake from Chick-Fil-a? That’s the real question, sir.
i did last week, i cannot believe how awesome it was. chik fil a can do no wrong
July 18th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Minus the yellow ones. Fuck the yellow ones.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
the flaw of being human – everyone is susceptible to sin. It does bother me that there is so much corruption within churches (protestant AND Catholic). They are the ones supposed to be helping the needy and hopeless instead of taking advantage of their church members.
/simmers to avoid a 10 page rant about church problems
July 18th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
yea, but your gods are badasses unlike angry old testament god and sandal wearing hippie new testament god. and we’re not even gonna get into that lazy fuck, buddha.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
outside of a wedding, i haven’t been to church in over 15 years.
i did, however, steal money from the tip jar at their complimentary lemonade stand that was frequently unattended.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
I pray to a god with the head of an elephant.
Gahnesh(sp)?
Yep. Ganesha
July 18th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
but those are my favorites…
July 18th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
That is exactly where I’m taking my son for dinner tonight and I will be having a peach milkshake with my waffle fries.
/checks to see if boss left yet….
July 18th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
Always thought the concept of massive churches was funny. Shouldn’t you worship in a shack and give that money to the less fortunate?
Not trying to start an argument, just an observation.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
Biggest cop-out ever and I’ve never heard anyone be able to backup this arrogant opinion
July 18th, 2011 at 4:09 PM
I’m not laughing at your religion. I am, however, laughing at the sheer awesomeness and randomness of this comment. So many agnostic/former-Catholic comments in here, then this gem.
Don’t ask. I laugh at the strangest things. This one made me laugh for a while and think of the Simpsons episode where Homer messes with Apu’s statue of Ganesh at the Kwik-E-Mart.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Maybe I’m old-fashoined but I believe when the giant holding up the world dies, we are screwed.
/State;d
July 18th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
I am guessing the idea is to bring in more money with a bigger/gaudier church so they can do greater amount of good for a greater number. But I see your point.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
/State;d
/vezina;d
July 18th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
/marks ill down for a hell reservation with himself and Ty
July 18th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
agreed. best time to go to the grocery store as well, all the produce is stocked up and fresh.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
So many agnostic/former-Catholic comments in here, then this gem.
Reeses Peaces? Anyone? I thought that was pretty good.
/shameless
//crickets
July 18th, 2011 at 4:12 PM
that’s blasphemy in my church.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Actually, it’s one of the things I’ve kind of admired about Quakers. The meeting houses by me just look like any other house and in some cases, the houses are hundreds of years old.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:12 PM
/scribbles in notebook
July 18th, 2011 at 4:12 PM
jck, I’m not a fan of huge mega-churches. There needs to be a lot of accountability in all churches and there’s a tendency for some stuff to slip through cracks at those churches (but really..all churches). Personally, I’m offended at a lot of the megachurches you see broadcast on Sunday morning tv. It’s a lot of crap teaching about how God will give you whatever you want if you’re faithful, donate a lot of money, etc. A lot of these popular megachurches and tv preachers teach a whole bunch of unBiblical crap.
/appreciative of my preacher dad helping me distinguish good teachings from crazy teachings within the church during my formative years
July 18th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
best time to go to the grocery store as well, all the produce is stocked up and fresh.
plus anybody you run into is automatically cooler, since they’re not at church, either.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
I’ll send you my yellows if you send me an equal number of orange, pink, or red. Can be a combo of the three.
/Skittles too
July 18th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
I really hate it when Giants “fans” buy a home jersey and put a fucking name on the back of it. If you want to see a god* damn name on it, buy hte fucking road one!!
/nice tie in, right?
//there’s a guy on the WSOP telecast with a home #55 with Lincecum on the back
July 18th, 2011 at 4:13 PM
Church is for the weak-minded
Biggest cop-out ever and I’ve never heard anyone be able to backup this arrogant opinion
easy, cheif… he was merely challenging your domination to a game of trivial pursuit.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
*denomination
July 18th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Ark, I’ll bring some yellow ones for you to TBLKC.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:14 PM
One of my favorite games!
July 18th, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Always thought the concept of massive churches was funny. Shouldn’t you worship in a shack and give that money to the less fortunate?
The one I attended, the building had millions of dollars of audio-visual equipment. The speaker guy brought his former model housewife to the stage, and then they showed pictures of their $750,000 McMansion and lectured everybody on how to manage their money and help the poor people out every now and then. That’s when I tuned out.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:15 PM
/needs more teh
July 18th, 2011 at 4:15 PM
YouTube didn’t have the Simpsons clip I wanted, but here’s a good one nonetheless.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:16 PM
I am firmly on team Reeces Pieces.
My biggest thing is that the Catholic Church tries to help the poor and do a great job of it, but they turn around and are against condom & contraceptive use in Africa. Sorry, the only way to reduce poverty in underdeveloped countries is for women to stop having so many kids. That and allowing the spread of AIDS too.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:16 PM
Goodbye mailbox.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:16 PM
I don’t blame you one bit. The church where my parents are now has about 40-60 people, mostly low income families and retired folks. There’s more genuine passion and love in this church than any huge church I’ve visited.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:16 PM
w00t!
July 18th, 2011 at 4:17 PM
This
July 18th, 2011 at 4:17 PM
Love how Big Ben (and other athletes) supposedly “get religion” by going to a church that is all about entertainment. Why, of course! Pick your Jesus Ben.
Maybe Ben & Cal are two peas in a pod – The greatest prayer in Hollywood history.
“I like a party, so I like my Jesus to party … I like to think of Jesus like with Giant eagles wings and singing lead vocals for Lynard Skynard, with, like a angel band, and I’m in the front row and I’m hammered drunk.”
I’m sure Ben likes his Jesus to party as well.
“Daddy, you made that grace your bitch.”
July 18th, 2011 at 4:17 PM
See, I can get behind this. Church isn’t my thing, but I understand this more than congregations of 500 people.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:18 PM
Most days I say I’m an atheist. But even I can defend these people. Church is a community. These people are part of a group and they love going to Church. They wish to improve the church, so they donate money. Sure, some preachers are swindlers. So are a lot of people who aren’t preachers.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:18 PM
dammit, fucked that one up bad.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:18 PM
haha, screw you jck! Knew someone would say something with all the wanna-be English majors up in hurr
July 18th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I don’t blame you one bit. The church where my parents are now has about 40-60 people, mostly low income families and retired folks. There’s more genuine passion and love in this church than any huge church I’ve visited
Yeah.. my parents stopped going after that… now they go to a small church in the city that’s focused on helping the poor/homeless, which is what I think more churches should be focused on doing anyways. I go every now and then to volunteer.. I like the community aspect, I just don’t agree with the Biblical stuff.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
The last church I attended had about 800 people but there were three different services so it was only a couple hundred each time. That is very reasonable compared to say..Joel Osteen’s church in Houston which is tens of thousands of people. That guy is nothing but a phony hack and it angers me that people associate him with Christianity.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Ever play Bezzerwizzer?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:21 PM
I understand. Faith and believing in a person/being you can’t see is a tough thing and I totally get it when people struggle with the concept of God and Jesus, etc.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:21 PM
Probably my favorite thing church has been associated with.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:21 PM
Scuba, I never heard of it, but I’m googling it now.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:22 PM
Speaking of Capitalism and Christianity (and Convervatism), anyone go to one of these “Get Motivated” conferences? It just came to Rochester, a couple of people in my office went.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:22 PM
Church is a community.
I think you made our point for us though. If church is just a community, why the need for million dollar places of worship? Go worship in a rented space at a strip mall and used the money you saved to help others in need.
/disengaged
//hits eject button
July 18th, 2011 at 4:23 PM
i guess us agnostics are just completely overwhelmed by the mountain of evidence that suggests there actually is a higher power. if only we had facts and science on our side…
July 18th, 2011 at 4:23 PM
Like Trivial Pursuit, only with 20 categories and some strategy involved.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:24 PM
“Get Motivated” conferences? It just came to Rochester, a couple of people in my office went.
They had one of those in Atlanta last fall. 30000 people filled the Georgia Dome for that. I was shocked.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Managers do not motivate their employees. Managers give their employees the tools and resources to do their jobs. That is what may cause employees to be motivated. Giving motivational speeches in the workplace is garbage.
/grad school flashback
July 18th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
I don’t think so.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
As with anything that should be inherently boring as hell, (church, politics, etc) if you find a way to make it entertaining…people are drawn to it. Makes it less of a chore to attend if you’re having “fun”.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
lol. You are welcome!
July 18th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
this is where the problem lies though…the concept of god and jesus is something unique to everyone. it’s the organization of these thoughts into some sort of template that’s what’s wrong with religion.
well, that and using religion as a crutch to execute hateful or racist initiatives…
/glares at bachmann
July 18th, 2011 at 4:26 PM
I don’t think so.
ha.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:26 PM
One of the biggest problems with our country is that we try to pit religion against science instead of seeing how they work together.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:26 PM
A churchgoer could easily argue “We can do the most good when we can bring new people into the church. We bring more people into the church when the atmosphere is one that is enjoyable and impressive for everyone.”
I think my point here is that yeah, I agree with traderjack that there’s generally a whole lot of arrogance coming from the non-believers when details like this get discussed. Being an atheist is fine, I am, but I also don’t think everyone who attends church is some big sucker.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
They just need to make it shorter. ‘wrap it up padre. I got some sinnin to do’
July 18th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Totally agree with you on that part, spencer.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Ha! We split our office up to go. Some in the morning, some in the afternoon. I scored the afternoon session, got to see Joe Montana, who was the 2nd speaker, then spent the next 3 hours of my “work day” at happy hour. I was definitely motivated.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:28 PM
Yeah… this is where I hop off the traderjack wagon.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:28 PM
If you call that 800 number to buy special healing water off that church tv station, you’re a sucker. If you believed Oral Roberts enough to donate millions of dollars so he wouldn’t die, you’re a sucker. Most people that go to church aren’t suckers.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:28 PM
I scored the afternoon session, got to see Joe Montana
WTF? Did he motivate you to get your future son to throw a football really far?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:29 PM
You’ve seen the South Park where Cartman freezes himself into the future right?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:29 PM
Opulence…I has it.
/The Pope
July 18th, 2011 at 4:29 PM
lol. Wisconsin fully embraces this tradition every September to February.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:29 PM
It’s like you don’t even know me.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:31 PM
I don’t know about it being one of the biggest problems with our country, but the idea that you cannot embrace both religion and science is pretty close minded.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:31 PM
It’s like you don’t even know me.
NO! NO! I do… I know you’re team no kids. I just tried to shoehorn a joke in there, much like Brett Favre tried to shoehorn a pass to Donald Driver in the NFC Championship game. Like the dongslinger, I failed.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:31 PM
He is team Casey.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Did he get you a good deal on some new shape ups?
July 18th, 2011 at 4:32 PM
“Praise be to Science!”
July 18th, 2011 at 4:32 PM
You can embrace both…they just don’t mix very well.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:33 PM
agreed…religion is a great source of inspiration and hope if used in the right way. unfortunately, it’s too often used as a cure-all as in “god spoke to me…” “the bible says…”
yes, the bible says homosexuality is wrong but the bible says WAY WAY WAY WAY more about being forgiving and not judging others. the quran advocates suicide in the defense of islam but says many times more that homicide is wrong and that forgiveness should be the first path taken.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:34 PM
But you’re only half as good as the twice a year folks +Easter.
I attend mass every week. Every Easter I tell my wife …
“I go to mass every week so if we get there and all those selfish asshats show up for their once a year fix and I can’t get past the front door, they can have my seat and I’m leaving.”
So at noon service, when my oldest son was 8, it happened … and he and I went to the sports bar around the corner. Couple beers and sodas later, we picked up the wife and daughter. Awesome day except that we had to listen to them complain about their sore feet from standing in church.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:34 PM
It’s about to get weird in here.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:34 PM
The two can coexist. It’s the idea that one has to be wrong that frustrates me in both directions. No one really knows the answers to some of the questions both generate and however you’d like to fill those gaps is fine with me. Just don’t push your views unsolicited.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:35 PM
“Our Father who art in heaven without the express written consent of major league baseball…”
July 18th, 2011 at 4:35 PM
maybe not a problem but a big issue that is causing so much division.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:35 PM
having said that…death to the infidel!
July 18th, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Totally agree. There are just some things that will never be answered.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:37 PM
July 18th, 2011 at 4:37 PM
Haha. That gaffigan standup is hilarious.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:37 PM
Totally agree. There are just some things that will never be answered.
Yeah… like why George Steinbrenner traded away Jay Buhner.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:38 PM
the first people to tell you they don’t know how the universe got it’s start are the ones who know as much about how it evolved from that point until now. we can have all the answers for evolution and get a better picture of how big the universe is every day, but nobody has that answer…
i guess we’ll all find out when we die what the deal really is. i just hope the greeks didn’t get it right…
July 18th, 2011 at 4:38 PM
Hit submit too soon
It does upset me when people read something and apply no context to it, yet it becomes doctrine to them.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:40 PM
Ha! I almost made a Twitter joke yesterday while at the kids party to the tune of “now I know why Casey Anthony killed her kid”. Might have been too soon.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:41 PM
Yep. We need a new post.
/checks post log
FUCK!
July 18th, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Haha. That gaffigan standup is hilarious.
“I always look really studious and intent in church, but what I’m really think is ‘Did I go to Wendy’s twice yesterday?’”
July 18th, 2011 at 4:45 PM
I have met the devil before.
July 18th, 2011 at 4:49 PM
“Peace be with you..and an extra piece for you
July 18th, 2011 at 4:59 PM
You people disappoint me. Here I thought Ashley Harlan would have been humanized early in the comments, but nothing…