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Old June 30th 12, 08:00 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Joy
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"Bobble" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote in
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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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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Old June 30th 12, 08:11 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
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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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Old June 30th 12, 10:53 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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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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Old July 1st 12, 11:02 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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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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