[1000 silverlings]

Good post John. You wont find this Baptist running out any windows during a church service, praying with his hands out, speaking in tongues, real or pretending, or doing outward signs in church of what *others* think is "proof" of an undead religion.

However, if you want real spiritual help, as in prayer, I'm there for you.

If the measure of a Christian is other peoples' opinions, then something's wrong, and not with the reserved quiet ones. There's room for everybody in God's church and we have the right to worship as we see fit.

[Quix]

Show and sham for whatever imagined audience

can be displayed in virtually any ways, degrees and settings.

Personally, I am most grieved and put off by the prissy showy shams—DISPLAYING OSTENTACIOUS PROPRIETY TO THE HILT—of the frozen chosen varieties than I am by even the outlandish—and admittedly nauseating—Pentecostal varieties.

I have told a lot of people that nothing stinks worse than a sham Pentecostal church . . . and few spiritual congregational contexts are ever any better than the best authentic Pentecostal congregations.

[Augustinian monk]

Lot of emotion and hollering in black churches as well yet 99% still vote for Obama.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**** or doing outward signs in church of what *others* think is “proof” of an undead religion.****

You mean you don’t believe in emotional exibitionism? SEE ME! SEE ME! ;-)