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For me it all about worshiping the Lord! For the Lord does not reside in temples made by man but in the heart! sam 
posted by
sam444
on July 30, 2012 at 6:38 PM
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Ace
As a lapsed Catholic but practicing Christian, I recognize the twisted marriage counseling you describe. My dad was an easy-going Lutheran who worked for the fire department, yet always figured he had a calling to be either a short-order cook or a preacher. Go figure. My mother was a strict Catholic who was nevertheless crazy about him. The theology of the whole arrangement became pretty crazy at times.
The large number of children in the family and the "wooden professor"(I was on intimate terms with it at St. Philip's grammar school in the Bronx) also resonate clearly.
It was one way of growing up.
posted by
2902
on July 29, 2012 at 5:29 PM
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Bill, my father's aunt (my great aunt) died when my father was a boy or adolescent. Anyway, our Aunt was dying at home and the Father of her church came by to give her her last rights. The priest pulled my father's uncle off to the side and told him if he didn't divorce my aunt before she died, then she would burn in hell. Reason being, my uncle was a prodestant Baptist. This was in the 1950's. Well, he did it. The priest annulled the mariage and my uncle went into a depression and died soon there after. I refuse to let another man, regardless of their theological education and/or interpretation, dictate to me or interpret the Bible for me. We all have the right as educated men and women to study and interpret the Bible; especially sense it is written (in my opinion) much in a metaphorical state. Thanks BCA! Thanks for sharing as well. Ace.
posted by
aceblade
on July 29, 2012 at 1:31 PM
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aceblade
Sace, for myself that radio preacher that called the date of the bend of the world in an evangelical stance demonstrated why the early church councils met and put down in writing the Apostle’s, Nicene, and other creeds and confessions of faith. This prevented individuals from prophesying their own beliefs. For a Roman Catholic that my mother was but was buried by my Lutheran pastor because the priests refused the
Roman Catholic clergy’s more absolute than ours that do preside over sacraments. But even in any confessional church body I decided for myself that I’m telling God that He should enter me into His heaven because of the faith in Jesus as described in John 3:16: Simply whoever believes in Jesus! He’s my personal Lord and Savior. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on July 29, 2012 at 11:55 AM
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Oh yes it truly is "..all they know."
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 29, 2012 at 9:41 AM
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