Slog - Comments on "Thank God I Was Raped" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped Gratitude finds a new pimp in John Castagnini, whose book series/website Thank God I... will feature "[t]housands of writers' gut-wrenching accounts of how they transformed perceived crisis into blessings." As Radar notes, "Its promotional video is seemingly ripped right out of the Patrick Swayze scenes in Donnie Darko." As viewers of the video will note, the roster of life-altering tragedies includes being raped, going blind, getting cancer, and, uh, being gay. Enjoy!... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:35:09 -0800 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:48:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Thank God I can't finish watching that.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994989 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994989 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:38:43 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave thank god I post on slog!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebVlTPZO4Xg

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994991 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:39:40 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave lmao, thank god my husband died? THAT BITCH MADE OUT LIKE A BANDIT AND BOUGHT A NEW FUCKING RACK. She doesnt have to sleep with that asshole to get his money any more. OF COURSE SHES HAPPY HER HUSBAND DIED!

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994993 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:40:54 -0800 Comment by bma So if I break all of his fingers, he'll thank me for it? Sweet.

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c994994 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:41:25 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Thank God my baby died?

Seriously, WTF?

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995018 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:49:18 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger Thank God that people who thank god for getting cancer will probably die. Thank God!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995028 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:56:46 -0800 Comment by Levislade Man, the things people will tell themselves to prop up their superstitions . . .

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995032 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:58:03 -0800 Comment by citrus also tragic:

being a virgin
being adopted

]]> citrus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995052 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:08:38 -0800 Comment by applesandoranges thanks godd fur mai Aids, it's alot bedder then havving AIDS

]]> applesandoranges http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995062 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:18:22 -0800 Comment by soul glo Thank God for the hair weave.

]]> soul glo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995092 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:35:25 -0800 Comment by mattymatt http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/04/thank-god-john-castagnini-john-demartini-janet-atwood.php

]]> mattymatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995101 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:40:50 -0800 Comment by infrequent i understand who some people use their religion, spirituality, belief system, or faith in a higher power to help deal with difficult and trying situations -- and i'm okay with that. but to be thankful for the hardship, as opposed to being thankful god helped you through it? that just seems odd. yeah, he deserves to be mocked for this one.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995104 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:44:43 -0800 Comment by monkey And then I stopped looking IN the mirror and started looking THROUGH the mirror, that's when I saw my ego-reflection.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995150 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:23:21 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Notice how they are all western/American middle class people. You would NEVER hear this sort of stupidity out of humans struggling everyday to survive in Non-western nations. These people live in the top 1% of human society and generally have really not known suffereing on an onging basis. If you want to see suffering go to a Refugee camp in Lebanon or the West Bank. Go to a R.C. in Africa. This churchy crap is just that, crap.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995219 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:12:48 -0800 Comment by matching pants I'll rape you, and you'll be GRATEFULL for every moment of it! Bwa ha ha!

]]> matching pants http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995235 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:22:26 -0800 Comment by Ad Thank god I am an atheist.

]]> Ad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c995797 Media Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:41:45 -0800 Comment by Nick Ok, getting over stuff and learning from all the shitty stuff in your life is one thing, but shouldn't you be able to do that without having to believe that the actual shitty event was still shitty? See, this is what ticks me off about people who insist that you can't find meaning or morality in life without religion or God or whatever: they turn around and say that the only meaning that anything can have is that God wanted it to happen and the only moral significance anything can have is that it is good because it's what God wanted to happen.

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c996180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/thank_god_i_was_raped#c996180 Media Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:48:17 -0800