RIP Billy Graham

Focker

Is nola replying to himself again?

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

dmchicago said:

nolaegghead said
  I'm really confused, as usual. 

Then it's time to turn to Jesus, my son. 

Naw.  I'll stick to reading Harry Potter books.

J. K. Rowling is sneaking christian values back into your life. god works in mysterious ways

nolaegghead

Focker said:

Is nola replying to himself again?

Only in your wet dreams.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

nolaegghead said:

dmchicago said:

nolaegghead said
  I'm really confused, as usual. 

Then it's time to turn to Jesus, my son. 

Naw.  I'll stick to reading Harry Potter books.

Rev. Graham would not approve of your reading choices!

I grew up fire and brimstone southern baptist. Christian schools, church twice every Sunday and every Wednesday night (that made twice on Wednesday’s too during the school year as Wednesday was “chapel”at school), Christian summer camp and many tent revivals in the summer as well.

Billy Graham was a huge part of my life growing up. Saw him every time he came to Dallas. It was like The Stones were in town for my fundy parents! 

While my views on Rev. Graham have certainly changed over the years, I do understand the fielty some feel for him. I am the only member of my family to escape the fundy Christian belief system. Holidays with my fam are a hoot

it took them 20 years but they have stopped telling me (and my kids) that We are all are going to hell every Christmas Day so that’s nice. They still believe it but they have learned to work around it in a passive aggressive way


Godspeed Billy! I did cop an over-the-shirt feel of a lovely 8th grade lady classmate in 1983 under the bleachers while you were yelling at us at one of our school “field trips” so it’s all good! 

Note to those sending your kids to private Christian schools: the first time I drank, smoked weed, went past 2nd base, and many other things were at First Baptist Academy in Dallas Tx. Turns out many of the kids are there for a reason . 

baychilla

lousubcap

Will this thread see 2/22??

baychilla

lousubcap said:

Will this thread see 2/22??

I shook my Magic 8-ball and it responded with "Definitely Maybe".

JohnInCarolina

baychilla said:

Epic.

fishlessman

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

nolaegghead said:

dmchicago said:

nolaegghead said
  I'm really confused, as usual. 

Then it's time to turn to Jesus, my son. 

Naw.  I'll stick to reading Harry Potter books.

Rev. Graham would not approve of your reading choices!

I grew up fire and brimstone southern baptist. Christian schools, church twice every Sunday and every Wednesday night (that made twice on Wednesday’s too during the school year as Wednesday was “chapel”at school), Christian summer camp and many tent revivals in the summer as well.

Billy Graham was a huge part of my life growing up. Saw him every time he came to Dallas. It was like The Stones were in town for my fundy parents! 

While my views on Rev. Graham have certainly changed over the years, I do understand the fielty some feel for him. I am the only member of my family to escape the fundy Christian belief system. Holidays with my fam are a hoot

it took them 20 years but they have stopped telling me that me my kids are going to hell every Christmas Day so that’s nice. They still believe it but they have learned to work around it in a passive aggressive way


Godspeed Billy! I did cop an over-the-shirt feel of a lovely 8th grade lady classmate in 1983 under the bleachers while you were yelling at us at one of our school “field trips” so it’s all good! 

Note to those sending your kids to private Christian schools: the first time I drank, smoked weed, went past 2nd base, and many other things were at First Baptist Academy in Dallas Tx. Turns out many of the kids are there for a reason . 

i remember 8th grade night classes, remember drinking whiskey for the first time, remember chugging the whole fifth. went to class then helped set the gym up for a halloween party, could barely stand for even a minute. none of the adults knew. they must have all been lit

The Cen-Tex Smoker

fishlessman said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

nolaegghead said:

dmchicago said:

nolaegghead said
  I'm really confused, as usual. 

Then it's time to turn to Jesus, my son. 

Naw.  I'll stick to reading Harry Potter books.

Rev. Graham would not approve of your reading choices!

I grew up fire and brimstone southern baptist. Christian schools, church twice every Sunday and every Wednesday night (that made twice on Wednesday’s too during the school year as Wednesday was “chapel”at school), Christian summer camp and many tent revivals in the summer as well.

Billy Graham was a huge part of my life growing up. Saw him every time he came to Dallas. It was like The Stones were in town for my fundy parents! 

While my views on Rev. Graham have certainly changed over the years, I do understand the fielty some feel for him. I am the only member of my family to escape the fundy Christian belief system. Holidays with my fam are a hoot

it took them 20 years but they have stopped telling me that me my kids are going to hell every Christmas Day so that’s nice. They still believe it but they have learned to work around it in a passive aggressive way


Godspeed Billy! I did cop an over-the-shirt feel of a lovely 8th grade lady classmate in 1983 under the bleachers while you were yelling at us at one of our school “field trips” so it’s all good! 

Note to those sending your kids to private Christian schools: the first time I drank, smoked weed, went past 2nd base, and many other things were at First Baptist Academy in Dallas Tx. Turns out many of the kids are there for a reason . 

i remember 8th grade night classes, remember drinking whiskey for the first time, remember chugging the whole fifth. went to class then helped set the gym up for a halloween party, could barely stand for even a minute. none of the adults knew. they must have all been lit

Ha ha. It was like a master level class in doing bad $hit. I had never seen any of that stuff before 7th grade at FBA. Turns out parents were using FBA as rehab for their little troubled kids. Sheltered kids like me were like wtf is this!!!??? It was glorious. 

 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

FBA= First Baptist Academy. 

Our school cheer was FBA- All the way! Many of the high school girls took it to heart  

I had been expelled by then so no dice for little Centex. 

JohnInCarolina

My father became a Southern Baptist because they had the better softball team.  At least, that is the story we’ve been told.  I’m starting to wonder if perhaps there weren’t other motivating factors...

GATraveller

We had to remove my son from a Christian grade school because it was a dumping ground for kids with ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia etc. who couldn't hack it in the public school system.  Practicing "Grace" isn't always a good thing.

GATraveller

The Cen-Tex Smoker

GATraveller said:

We had to remove my son from a Christian grade school because it was a dumping ground for kids with ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia etc. who couldn't hack it in the public school system.  Practicing "Grace" isn't always a good thing.

Both my kids have add and dyslexia. Thanks. 

Woodchunk

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

GATraveller said:

We had to remove my son from a Christian grade school because it was a dumping ground for kids with ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia etc. who couldn't hack it in the public school system.  Practicing "Grace" isn't always a good thing.

Both my kids have add and dyslexia. Thanks. 

Grandson also, but he got into a private school and graduated. It's a long haul but worth it when they get that diploma. 

SemolinaPilchard

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

nolaegghead said:

dmchicago said:

nolaegghead said
  I'm really confused, as usual. 

Then it's time to turn to Jesus, my son. 

Naw.  I'll stick to reading Harry Potter books.

Rev. Graham would not approve of your reading choices!

I grew up fire and brimstone southern baptist. Christian schools, church twice every Sunday and every Wednesday night (that made twice on Wednesday’s too during the school year as Wednesday was “chapel”at school), Christian summer camp and many tent revivals in the summer as well.

Billy Graham was a huge part of my life growing up. Saw him every time he came to Dallas. It was like The Stones were in town for my fundy parents! 

While my views on Rev. Graham have certainly changed over the years, I do understand the fielty some feel for him. I am the only member of my family to escape the fundy Christian belief system. Holidays with my fam are a hoot

it took them 20 years but they have stopped telling me (and my kids) that We are all are going to hell every Christmas Day so that’s nice. They still believe it but they have learned to work around it in a passive aggressive way


Godspeed Billy! I did cop an over-the-shirt feel of a lovely 8th grade lady classmate in 1983 under the bleachers while you were yelling at us at one of our school “field trips” so it’s all good! 

Note to those sending your kids to private Christian schools: the first time I drank, smoked weed, went past 2nd base, and many other things were at First Baptist Academy in Dallas Tx. Turns out many of the kids are there for a reason . 

There may be some truth to the old saying that the preacher's son always ha the best weed.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Woodchunk said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

GATraveller said:

We had to remove my son from a Christian grade school because it was a dumping ground for kids with ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia etc. who couldn't hack it in the public school system.  Practicing "Grace" isn't always a good thing.

Both my kids have add and dyslexia. Thanks. 

Grandson also, but he got into a private school and graduated. It's a long haul but worth it when they get that diploma. 

Mine are both gainfully employed adults. Good thing I didn’t have to count on grace to get them there. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Grandson also, but he got into a DUMPING GROUND (fixed that for you) and graduated. It's a long haul but worth it when they get that diploma. 

nolaegghead

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Grandson also, but he got into a DUMPING GROUND (fixed that for you) and graduated. It's a long haul but worth it when they get that diploma. 

You have a grandson that graduated?!  What, did you have kids when you were like 12?

alaskanassasin

so is @Sherryjames the reason my application was flagged and I had to email the admin after waiting 10 days to get approved? 

thetrim

John and Nola must've lost the Sherry's password.

Either way, RIP Rev.

nolaegghead

thetrim said:

John and Nola must've lost the Sherry's password.

Either way, RIP Rev.

Funny, I thought Focker forgot it....

nolaegghead

Why would I create a troll account that follows me around being a d!ck?  I have enough real accounts doing that.

Hans61

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

FBA= First Baptist Academy. 

Our school cheer was FBA- All the way! Many of the high school girls took it to heart  

I had been expelled by then so no dice for little Centex. 

The babtists in my town by junior high had to take an abstinence pledge that they wouldn’t have premarital sex. I don’t think any of them graduated high school still a virgin.

I can’t help but think that all the negative attention given to sex by the church and youth leaders had the opposite of the intended effect 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Hans61 said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

FBA= First Baptist Academy. 

Our school cheer was FBA- All the way! Many of the high school girls took it to heart  

I had been expelled by then so no dice for little Centex. 

The babtists in my town by junior high had to take an abstinence pledge that they wouldn’t have premarital sex. I don’t think any of them graduated high school still a virgin.

I can’t help but think that all the negative attention given to sex by the church and youth leaders had the opposite of the intended effect 

I had to take that pledge. It worked all the way up until a girl said “ok”. 

Botch

I will say this for Billy Graham: he, and his movement, have always kept their financial books open for anyone's perusal.  I'd like to see any other televangelist, religious outreach, mormon, catholic, moonie, branch davidian, or any other religious organization do the same.    

etherdome

Looks like the troll’s  distasteful post has been removed.

JohnInCarolina

thetrim said:

John and Nola must've lost the Sherry's password.

Either way, RIP Rev.

Right.  That Sherry account was always showing up in threads to troll me, typically ones where i was already getting into it with other folks already.  No thanks.  I’ve got better things to do than troll myself on a bbq forum.

JohnInCarolina

My friend Milton Brasher-Cunningham whose book on faith and food I told you guys about some time ago posted this on Facebook tonight:



That’s him as a 4-yr old on the right.