Where are you and where did you come from?

[Guest nraforlife]

With no disrespect intended toward your post, THAT is funny.

No offense taken here. I've just had it with sanctimonious, self righteous hypocrites no matter if they are our self serving elected whores or bible thumpers of whatever religious sect. Bitch and moan about prayer in school or the ten commandments being removed from schools and courthouses but when the rubber hits the road its 'well the judge said so'. Sell those multi-million dollar edifices to the sect's glory, I don't think Jesus would care if they met in a barn to pray, pay the fines and fight. Else quit whining about how the courts are leading us down a path to hell.

Sorry about the rant...

Edited August 8, 2008 by nraforlife

[Guest clownsdd]

nra, you hit the nail on the head!!!LOL!!

[Guest clownsdd]

Mars, please don't move this, I'll loose track of it. Great discussion

[Guest Jason F.]

I can understand the move. I did not catch that Religious discussions were not listed as the purpose of this Sub Forum. Every other Forum I visit that has a Political Forum includes Religious discussions in that same Forum.

I have no problem with it if it needs to be deleted or moved as the mods see fit.

[Marswolf]

I moved it with my first post. I just don't see it as a political question. But I think there is a permanent redirect to here. I'm not deleting it. It's a fair question, if someone is interested. I was just curious about why there is an interest in this.

[clipslinger]

Well we met nekked in a field and danced until the moon was full then killed a goat, drank the blood, then orgied until dawn..............Got Ya. raised babtist until teen years and made a personal choice to go nondenominational. Which is really kind of penticostal( i liked the snakes....Got Ya again). dont attend regularly but I do believe. I honestly think that the whole religious thing is just a social thing. The real relationship with the almighty is a deep and very personal thing, complicated, and yet so very simple at the same time.

[ShaunM]

As with a lot of Catholics it seems...

I was raised Catholic and went to Mass regularly.

As an adult I have not been that good at attending regularly. But I guess I will always consider myself Catholic.

Same here I still consider myself Catholic but haven't been to mass in sometime.

[Guest Linoge]

Hm. Raised and baptized Episcopalian, went to both Lutheran and Roman Catholic schools, my family and I changed over to Anglican Catholic (where I was confirmed) while I was in high school, and married by a Methodist minister. In addition to the five already mentioned, I have also regularly attended Presbyterian churches in my past.

Were any of these changes due to educated decisions? Kind of... the Lutherans and Roman Catholics had the best schools in the areas we were in at the time. The Episcopalian -> Anglican Catholich shift came due to a change in the Episcopalian church's beliefs, and my parents' desires to "get back to the basics". The Presbyterian/Methodist tendency now is a byproduct of my wife.

*shrugs* I consider myself a generic Christian, and not a terrible fan of organized religion. Nothing aginst it, per se, just not entirely for it.

[Angus]

Wowsers...raised Roman Catholic, large Irish family from New York. Fumbled with non-denominational and Baptist type churches after moving here. Wife was raised Lutheran, soooo...now I am a hethan and attend the Lutheran Church.

It is ok though, the Catholic church said we are legally not married sine it was not performed in a Catholic church by a priest....heh...so I guess I get a freebie just because?

[wjh2657]

Raised in church.

Found Jesus.

Through Jesus found GOD.

Realized what and who GOD really is. (which is what Jesus wanted us to do.)

Realized church didn't really understand who and what GOD is.

Left church.

Still very much with GOD!