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Originally posted by aurora_borealis
My farm town has pita bread and the pastor said in his sermon last Sunday "Jesus is ready to get the party started".
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This had me ROFLMBO -- too funny when you get a mental picture. Was he wearing overalls with a hanky hanging out of his back pocket?!
I kinda sorta led hubby away from the Catholic Church. Well - he did it himself after he realized that there are a lot of inherent issues with the doctrine. I about had it out with my in-laws regarding Eli's baptism -- we did it when he was 6 weeks old. They were terrified that something would happen before then, and he wouldn't be seen before the eyes of God. I was like WTH are you talking about. Dad-in-law said, well, it would be like taking the nose bleed seats at a basketball game. His soul would be in heaven, but God would not look upon him because he wasn't baptized. Okay - whatever - anyone who would think that an innocent baby would die and go to hell is just really creepy!
Anyhow - we wanted to go to a church that we could both believe in and raise our kids to believe in (although like my momma taught me, our kids are more than welcome to question their beliefs and their faith - if you don't question it, how do you really know what to believe?) So, we joined the United Methodist Church. We really love it, and believe in their "Love all, Serve all" philosophy (to borrow from HRC).
Funny, I went to mass with the in-laws this weekend, and the homily was about coming together to the one table to dine with the Lord --- I thought....now THAT is hypocritical since it says right there on the visitor forms "If you are visiting with us and are not Catholic, you may not partake in communion" -- so much for the ONE table, huh? UMC'ers don't care who you are - all are welcome at the table, and that is perfect for me!