tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988299562536912229.post5846738866697822720..comments2023-09-28T05:30:19.279-07:00Comments on Lee's Daily Adventure: Second Entry on a Long JourneyLee Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02793240733282525356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988299562536912229.post-5100464224098106042013-09-28T14:10:59.727-07:002013-09-28T14:10:59.727-07:00Hi Lee...you're probably up in Tennessee by no...Hi Lee...you're probably up in Tennessee by now having the time of your life! Just don't fall off any mountains! <br /><br />I'd guess that Cohen's Temple is not Jewish; or even Messianic; but plain ol' fundy Christianity! You got some great shots driving through Florida's hinterlands! <br /><br />Got to tell you, I love the book. I'm about 1/2 way through because I keep getting sidetracked with other "necessary duties." I shall write a thorough review when I'm done! <br /><br />Let me know if you meet the Buddha on the road or any more Cohen's! :)Lowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15305748075301453010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988299562536912229.post-84212541615429001792013-09-27T16:43:29.495-07:002013-09-27T16:43:29.495-07:00The top two pictures of "Cohen's Temple&q...The top two pictures of "Cohen's Temple" are what really grabbed me about this post when I first read it last night, and then again when I read it just now. It isn't the sacrilege that offends me so much as the ignorance, and even that depresses me more than it offends me. Clearly no sacrilege or mockery was intended. If anything, whoever named that church intended the name as a compliment. You have to remember that the sum total of everything the pastor and congregation of that church know about Judaism comes from the Old Testament portion of their King James Bible, and the only Hebrew they know is from the footnotes. That's what I have to tell myself every time I pass one of the many storefront churches around here with a similar pseudo-Hebraic name. I was going to ask if you know whether that's a black or a white church--the congregation, of course, not the building! And then I wondered if it really makes any difference. Probably not nearly as much as the congregation thinks it does.<br /><br />The thing that impresses me more than anything about this post is how wonderfully you evoked the universalism of American poverty. I kept thinking about the business establishments in my own down-and-out neighborhood. They are all same: the Burger King, the places that buy gold and silver, the discount stores. We don't have Dollar General as far as I know, but we do have the Family Dollar and 99 Cents Only--and those are just the newer ones. There definitely seems to be more similarity between rural and urban poverty than differences. Rakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280365011937595321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988299562536912229.post-32330598412549416542013-09-26T07:50:49.586-07:002013-09-26T07:50:49.586-07:00I'm so glad you're having such a fun an fa...I'm so glad you're having such a fun an fascinating trip! Enjoy! Sylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.com