Comments on: The opiate of the masses http://blogging.la/2009/03/05/the-opiate-of-the-masses/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: waltarrrrr http://blogging.la/2009/03/05/the-opiate-of-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-56835 waltarrrrr Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:07:27 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=22275#comment-56835 Interesting. I wonder what was the impetus? An outreach effort to the old-timers who didn't leave the neighborhood and make way for the Korean and Spanish speakers? Or people kept attending services, and the pastor got tired of people singing hymns in their own language? The funny thing is, there was a time when English was the exception for Lutheran church services, they were traditionally held in German, while the Catholic services until 1969 were all in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/waltarrrrr/3017241275/" rel="nofollow">Latin.</a> Interesting. I wonder what was the impetus? An outreach effort to the old-timers who didn’t leave the neighborhood and make way for the Korean and Spanish speakers? Or people kept attending services, and the pastor got tired of people singing hymns in their own language?

The funny thing is, there was a time when English was the exception for Lutheran church services, they were traditionally held in German, while the Catholic services until 1969 were all in Latin.

]]> By: Jodi http://blogging.la/2009/03/05/the-opiate-of-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-56834 Jodi Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:11:33 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=22275#comment-56834 I highly doubt that he's the only one 'round these parts, LucindaMichele! ;-) I highly doubt that he’s the only one ’round these parts, LucindaMichele! ;-)

]]> By: kint http://blogging.la/2009/03/05/the-opiate-of-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-56833 kint Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:10:28 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=22275#comment-56833 It's not a play on the Marx quote, it is the Karl Marx quote. It’s not a play on the Marx quote, it is the Karl Marx quote.

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2009/03/05/the-opiate-of-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-56832 frazgo Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:22:08 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=22275#comment-56832 the headline is a play on a karl marx quote, n'est ce pas? the headline is a play on a karl marx quote, n’est ce pas?

]]> By: lucindamichele http://blogging.la/2009/03/05/the-opiate-of-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-56831 lucindamichele Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:55:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=22275#comment-56831 An atheist! Everybody, get him! An atheist! Everybody, get him!

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