General Discussion

Calvinist is the right word. I think of them as the tightwad pennypinching daddy types. Telling the grasshopper he should’ve worked over the summer like the ant did. But that business about poverty being a moral failing. I’m pretty sure Romney’s religion actually says that. Charles Dickens had plenty to say about it too. So many things that determine our fortunes are way out of our control. I lost count of how many recessions my career went through. None of it my fault. I consider myself lucky to have a decent retirement. Many people worked harder than me and don’t. I gave up on religion when I was 12 and our church racially integrated pretty much the same time as our high school did, and one of the elders decided to cancel all of the dances. No more dances after that. Didn’t want the black boys dancing us. I hadn’t believed in God for a while anyway