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Grugingly Rejoined Facebook
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... "jmcquown" wrote in : "Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , jmcquown wrote: I must also comment, I found a woman who was one of my best friends in high school. She was a wild child. I remember when she got drunk and tried to run off with a sailor she'd known for 2 days. She's been married three times. Now she's all holier-than thou, quoting the bible next to her bible-thumping husband. Yikes! I think I'm going to be sorry I clicked "friend". I can't stand people preaching at me. Besides, I know her history. I was the matron of honor at her first wedding... and her husband decided to quit his job to become a minister. She wasn't gung-ho about it at the time, I can tell you that. Turning over a new leaf is one thing. Proselytizing on FB is quite a different story. I don't mind getting back in touch, but she'd better not preach at me. Jill I too, hate to be preached at. When I'm confronted with bible bashers, I tell them that I've already sorted all that out, I'm happy with it and old enough to know my own mind. Converts are always the worse. Yes! They go at with a zeal which is sometimes frightening. Shortly after my mother died I went to the mailbox and there was a letter for her. Something snapped and I started crying. I went back in the house. Not a minute later, someone knocked on my door. She said she'd been walking up the street and saw I was upset. She said she wanted to come inside and pray with me. Excuse me?! No! Pray *for* me all you want. I'm not letting you in my house. I'm very religious but most people don't realise it. Nor should they. You're not proselytizing. Judith I wouldn't say I'm religious, I'd say I'm spiritual. I was raised never to discuss religion or politics. My father told me it only leads to arguments no one will ever win because everyone thinks their point of view is the right one. I say there is no "right one". That's where I get into to trouble with organized religion. Jill Amen! Bobble You may (or may not) be glad to know that there is one denomination of organized religion that agrees with you. The United Church of Christ lets each congregation decide for themselves. A few are very conservative. Many are liberal. Mine is one of them. We have members who are Jewish (they were not required to "convert) in order to join), a few who call themselves agnostics, and one who is an atheist. We have also had a wiccan member in the past. Joy |
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Grugingly Rejoined Facebook
jmcquown wrote: I wouldn't say I'm religious, I'd say I'm spiritual. I was raised never to discuss religion or politics. My father told me it only leads to arguments no one will ever win because everyone thinks their point of view is the right one. I say there is no "right one". That's where I get into to trouble with organized religion. Jill And, as a professional singer, I sang for so many different denominations (Including Jewish High Holy Days, Christian Science, and Bahai) that I realized that basically they all teach the same moral precepts, and the important thing is how you treat others (which includes respecting their right to believe as they wish). |
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Grugingly Rejoined Facebook
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
... jmcquown wrote: I wouldn't say I'm religious, I'd say I'm spiritual. I was raised never to discuss religion or politics. My father told me it only leads to arguments no one will ever win because everyone thinks their point of view is the right one. I say there is no "right one". That's where I get into to trouble with organized religion. Jill And, as a professional singer, I sang for so many different denominations (Including Jewish High Holy Days, Christian Science, and Bahai) that I realized that basically they all teach the same moral precepts, and the important thing is how you treat others (which includes respecting their right to believe as they wish). Exactly. In fact, just yesterday I was talking about that very thing with a man of a different denomination from mine. We agreed that if everyone would allow others to believe what they wish, and would follow those moral precepts, there would be fewer wars, and a lot less trouble in general. If only! Joy |
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Grugingly Rejoined Facebook
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... jmcquown wrote: Turning over a new leaf is one thing. Proselytizing on FB is quite a different story. I don't mind getting back in touch, but she'd better not preach at me. Jill I heartily agree with that! To me, religion is a very personal matter - each of us chooses the path to God that feels right to us, and unless someone ASKS for our input, that's how it should remain. (I doubt whether God cares - the important thing is to be the best human being we can be, not what form our worship takes.) I totally agree. A funny thing happened when I was visiting my aunt and uncle last Tuesday. Some man came to the door selling new driveways and he suddenly became a red hot evangelist. My aunt and uncle are Mormons, that church is their whole life. I was amused at first as Auntie did not let him get to her - they debated on the doorstep for some time. She is 88 and an absolute wonder, she remained very calm while he began to get heated. When he told her she should learn how to read the Bible I was stunned, I told him he didn't know what he'd just said and I had to walk off before I got annoyed. I don't think he realised what he'd taken on - she gave him a pamphlet, he gave her one, and they agreed to both read them. Auntie asked him to come back when he'd read it and they would discuss it again. No sign of him yet. Hoisted by his own petard. |
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