Boy, fundie's don't like Sarah Mclachlan

>>>I might welcome these particular fleas.<<<

So you don't care if you contract bubonic plague of the soul?

The questions to be asked are these, "Who appointed this minister (whether fundamentalist or not) to be the official guardian of public morals? Do we really need a censor motivated by reliigious bias?" It is one thing to remind parents that they should monitor what entertainment their children are watching and listening to, but quite another to point out specific music, television or movies that offend the preachers very narrow sense of propriety. He is trying to remove the decision from the parents and tell them what specific artists, themes, genres they should forbid their children on the grounds that he, personally, finds these things offensive. Add the fact that much of the time he doesn't begin to understand what the entertainment is really about, what it is really saying and you have the makings of another petty tyrant in embryo. This is one casee where I think abortion is not merely a right, but a duty. <G>

Again, you are merely endorsing the opinions of one ignorant pastor whom you seem to trust simply because he calls himself a pastor. I may be mistaken in your motivation, but that's the way it looks at the moment. This clown is an imposter who forgets that the title "minister'" originally means "servant", not "master". The minister is appointed to serve his congregation, not to rule them; too many ministers have forgotten that, or worse, never learned it at all. And too many ministers are not appointed by God, but have thrust themselves forward on their own initiative because they see the ministry as a fine profession, where they can be paid (often well-paid) merely for talking to people. Not exactly hard labor, neh?

If you remember some of what I have shared before about the fact that the New Testament describes the church as a very small group, chosen for specific purposes in God's plan, but not numerous because our role doesn't necessitate great numbers, it should be obvious from simple arithmetic that most of the so-called ministers around today in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or perhaps even millions are imposters who have not been called by God and are simply professional busybodies who believe turning their collars backwards give them license to meddle in the lives of everyone around them. As human beings, we are responsible to our God, not to our servants. What insane version of faith gives our servants power over our lives? power that belongs to God alone?

You seem to suffer, Peter, from a mistaken belief that having faith means that taking a position on any issue means that you are required to hold onto that position forever even in the face of clear evidence that you may have made a mistake. This is not the case. Faith requires adherence to one's fundamental values. Christian faith should include the fundamental values of truth, freedom, love, compassion, forgiveness and humility before God. Or such is my belief. In the words of Cromwell, "I beseech you, consider that you may be mistaken."

If I have mistaken your motives in these matters, please forgive me; we can only know you by what you show us on our monitors and whatever conclusions we can draw from what we see.

With love under will,

Bob, Adastra,
The Wizzard of Jacksonville

I love being Reformed Christian. It liberates me for fundies and makes Jesus message so straight and clear.

The fundies block the real message of Christianity and I am now liberated from them and now believe in that faith without fundies BS. It is good day.

<What are u talking about?>

Joe Schimmel.