[JimWayne]

In fact, his being the Synod speaker before his election was my pivoting point in looking for a new Church.

Why not one of the churches whose adherents have a culture of supporting the free-market? Protestants fled Europe to escape socialism imposed by the Catholics.

[surroundedinCT]

I had been to those first. I was, at the time, very reluctant to leave a Protestant church. Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Baptist, LDS. None seemed to match what I was looking for. In fact, they are way more liberal, here where I live, than ANY Catholic church I’ve ever been to, with the exception of LDS. Frankly, if it weren’t for the children, I’d have joined the Eastern Orthodox. There is just no way, however, they could stand quietly for that amount of time.

[Jeff Chandler]

Protestants fled Europe to escape socialism imposed by the Catholics.

Fascinating. Could you provide a few citations for that assertion?

[vladimir998]

you wrote:

“Protestants fled Europe to escape socialism imposed by the Catholics.”

The first Protestants who fled here were fleeing other Protestants. Also, there were no socialist Catholics in the 15th, 16th, 17th, or 18th century. None.

Are you a government school product?