God saved me from the evils of… Doctor Who

1. Patrick B
   March 29th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

   Well as a Christian I would love to support my fellow in the faith. Unfortunately I can’t afford to bid on the Tardis.

2. Britt
   March 29th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

   I remember back when I was a fundamentalist Christian, my youth pastor had the same problem. He had thousands and thousands of dollars worth of Star Wars stuff. Then he converted to non-denominational Christianity and ditched it. In the garbage. I asked why he didn’t sell it for money, but he said it would be money from the Devil.

   For this guy’s beliefs, I’m not sure he has it right.

3. bean
   March 29th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

   I wonder how many times he’s gotten splashed and used it as a toilet.

4. just a guy
   March 29th, 2008 at 11:22 pm

   Oh geez…

   “the Dr Who obsession was the only thing that kept me going. I wouldn’t have given it up if you’d have put a gun to my head.”

   Sounds to me that Dr. Who kept him out of a scary pit of dispair. He should be more greatful.

5. L
   March 29th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

   Too much of anything isn’t necessarily good. It sounds like he was obsessed with it. Is he not allowed to move on? Granted, he’s gone from one mythology to another, but at least with this new obsession he won’t end up with giant blue postboxes in his yard.

   Now, if it had been the other way around, and he had been obsessed with God and now he’s obsessed with Dr. Who, I don’t think you’d see many of the folks on here telling him to be grateful for his former obsession. Well, maybe the Christians would (but I suspect they’d be telling him about his impending stint in hell for abandoning his belief in God).

6. Alex
   March 30th, 2008 at 12:57 am

   Good point, L - is he just trading one obsession with another?

7. Britt
   March 30th, 2008 at 1:38 am

   I hear you with the obsession bit, but I wonder if it isn’t normal? My life so far has been spent replacing one obsession with another. Winnie the Pooh to Pokemon to South Park to Christianity to Harry Potter. I’ve been stuck on HP for almost ten years now and I’ve yet to move on from it. Should I be worried? O Internets! Be my therapist!

8. Dan Smith
   March 30th, 2008 at 2:38 am

   I also feel like I have traded off obsessions my entire life.

   For me it was Ninja Turtles to Mighty Max to Legos to Transformers to Pokemon to Magic to Warhammer to Super Smash Brothers, Sneakers, and Magic again.

9. joo
   March 30th, 2008 at 3:06 am

   you guys are a bunch of nerds.

   (i’m joking, don’t get all up in arms/lightsabers/curses.)

10. Christophe
    March 30th, 2008 at 6:48 am

    Whatever, just don’t touch my PS3!

11. Tara Wheeler
    March 30th, 2008 at 10:29 am

    I’ve already accepted Doctor Who as my Timelord and savior.

    and I already have my own TARDIS prop, thank you very much.

    This poor bugger just wants people in his life who will tell him what to do and that they’re right and everyone else will rot in hell.

    He’s trading one obsession for another.

    Mine’s the lonelier path, but at least I get to think for myself.

12. Ty
    March 30th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Britt, that’s exactly what I was thinking. If you really think Dr. Who is “evil”, then what kind of Christian are you to allow that evil to fall into someone else’s hands?

13. just a guy
    March 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Seems like my point was missed…

    I, in fact, WOULD tell him to be grateful for his former obsession if the roles were reversed. Anything that would keep a person from self destruction is good, even if it is an obsession. (well, as long as it wasn’t self- or other- destuctive as well, such as alcohol/drug use, or serial killing or something.)

    It might not be ideal, but living with an obsession is better than sinking into depression - or worse.

14. ted
    March 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    He’s just trying to make good story out of it in order to attract higher bids for his useless crap - sorry, memorabilia.

    Sad that we assume he’s “trading obsessions” simply because he got religion. Perhaps his religion helped him to realize his unhealthy, costly obsession with Dr Who, and he decided to give it up. It doesn’t necessarily mean he’s filling up his house with Mary statues and tiny bottles of holy water.

    It is a material world, and we all obsess over something. Harry Potter is kinda yesterday - maybe you should give Dr Who a try, Brit.

15. VonSkippy
    March 30th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Ironic how people with mental defects (which are oh so common in todays world) so easily glom onto one external source of justification, or rationalization, or gratification after another.

    Kind of like addicts that trade booze/drugs for caffeine/sugar/nicotine (if you doubt that, just go to any AA or NA meeting and watch the endless chain smoking, coffee drinking, donut munching going on - not to mention all that “higher power” crap).

    Personally, I’m tempted to start RA (religion anonymous) and make a fortune showing people how to separate myth from reality.

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