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To: sionnsar
I absolutely agree. My former evangelical brethren in the old ECUSA bothered me not at all -- I would attend my "low church" friends' services and never say a snarky word, not even under my breath. My best friend in elementary school was a "sub-basement low church" Piskie, and I used to go to her church with her all the time.

Strange coincidence department - at that time her church (St. Dunstan's) was so small that it didn't have a building of its own. They set up a folding lunchroom table in the old gymnasium at the local Catholic parish, draped a tablecloth over it, and had their service there. The gymnasium was the weirdest building I ever saw -- it was round and the roof went almost down to the ground, it looked like a flying saucer and was known locally as "The Great Pumpkin". It was wrecked out when they built a real church, to make room for a parking lot and one of the classroom buildings of the parish school.

And now we are parishioners at that same Catholic parish. Go figure.

46 posted on 01/06/2007 4:56:45 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother
We left ECUSA in 1997. After earning a BA in cultural Anthropology/ South Asia in the 1970's I realized how limited we all are in our world view regarding other religions and cultures. Specifically, that other religions and cultures are more willing to die for their cause than are most christians (save our troops).

Reading about the squalor and superstition of India, Pakistan and South Asia brought me to the realization that Christianity is an umbrella formed by millions of souls. The strength and effectiveness of that umbrella is due to the commitment of each soul - each link in the chain. Each soul either adds or subtracts from the efficacy of the body of christ.

Ministers and churchmen who deny the divinity, and the ressurection of christ are like poisoned water wells that pollute and destroy an entire community. Tolerance for those who harm to the christian community - even through ignorance - should be abandoned. period.

56 posted on 01/06/2007 5:36:26 PM PST by x_plus_one (Allah has no son.)
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