Religious Question/Opinion

[TLyttle]

Ordained minister? Interesting...

My grandfather was a Presbyterian minister, my father an atheist. Growing up, I heard the two of them go at it every Sunday in granddad's den. Through osmosis rather than actually paying attention, I learned a LOT about religion; once out on my own, I went to churches, synagogues, temples etc, listening some more.

It took awhile, but I eventually came to my own conclusions, and have tried to stay within my own boundaries as far as behaviour is concerned. The fights between Christians and Moslems, pro-life and pro-choice, hawks and doves, and all the other fights based on religion, I just stay out of them because I (by birth) am a bastard and welcome in few churches or temples, I will never be pregnant, have never faced war, and live my life with a social conscience rather than financial priorities.

With all this background, I always look forward to the JWs and SDAs, and I never send them away; I always make sure that they go back to their leader with more questions than answers!

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Ordained minister? Interesting...

Lemme explain.....

My cousin Herb was a great guy who disliked orgqanised religion. He had a place in the woods, and reckoned that anyone who needed more than God's creation (the woods) to worship in was nuts. So he becasme a mail-order priest in the Universal Life Church so he could perform marriages and christenings for his friends who didn't want to have to follow any particular set of rules. When he died, no-one else in the family picked up the baton, so I applied online to the Universal Life Church and voila! Ordained minister.
I've never used it, but am a legally ordained minister.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Ordained minister? Interesting...

My grandfather was a Presbyterian minister, my father an atheist. Growing up, I heard the two of them go at it every Sunday in granddad's den. Through osmosis rather than actually paying attention, I learned a LOT about religion; once out on my own, I went to churches, synagogues, temples etc, listening some more.

It took awhile, but I eventually came to my own conclusions, and have tried to stay within my own boundaries as far as behaviour is concerned. The fights between Christians and Moslems, pro-life and pro-choice, hawks and doves, and all the other fights based on religion, I just stay out of them because I (by birth) am a bastard and welcome in few churches or temples, I will never be pregnant, have never faced war, and live my life with a social conscience rather than financial priorities.

With all this background, I always look forward to the JWs and SDAs, and I never send them away; I always make sure that they go back to their leader with more questions than answers!

I ask her questions, such as the verses that was given here, and she always has an excuse, like, "that's a tradition."