All DU Protestants, please take this poll

[bluestateguy]

Which denomination are you?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I claim none, but go to a Nazarene church with hubby, though I would

rather go to the UCC or UU.

[LSparkle]

2. UCC / Congregationalist

Just like Chairman Dean (from what I've heard).

[Shell Beau]

3. Episcopalian here!!

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. Catholic Lite!

:D

The nice thing about the Episcopal church is that they allow all to take communion.

[Shell Beau]

24. Absolutely!! And they are a very accepting society!

[no name no slogan]

4. "I was born a snakehandler, and I'll die a snakehandler" (nt)

[BOSSHOG]

5. They'll take your snake when they py it from your cold dead hands

[northzax]

6. hello? branch dividian?

we're always getting left off lists.

[Wickerman]

10. Are you a splinter group of the Branch Davidians?

Of the BD's there are an estimated dozen or so... surprising that you would be excluded and patently unfair. :grr:

http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/bran.html
# Size of Group:

Prior to the government raid, standoff, and fire in the spring of 1993, there were approximately 130 members. Currently, there are estimates from only a dozen active members to 30 or 50 surviving and active members, including recent converts. There are also groups that have splintered from the Branch Davidians, but current membership is unknown.

[northzax]

20. are you from the FBI?

you are, aren't you? well we're ready for you this time, we've dispersed, and are hiding in plain sight amongst you until Our Leader returns to rule.

[Wickerman]

23. bring it on, Cult boy

Vernon is taking his time on his return, eh?

Man, you would've at least thought he would've come back for his Camaro.


:D

[northzax]

25. you're just jealous

of the bitchin' camaro, we are used to little people like you trying to put us down. But we will be revenged, oh yes, we will.

[Wickerman]

27. I feel your persecution

must be a real downer to have a leader with a mullet.

[northzax]

28. jesus had a mullet, too

why you mocking jesus?

[Wickerman]

31. Mullets are SO B.C., and Jesus NEVER wore a wifebeater

[northzax]

33. of course he didn't

what a stupid comment. back then, they were known by their proper name, Italian Dinner Shirt

[JVS]

34. Ohh! You should have a poll to see which name is more offensive for...

the tank-top

[northzax]

36. I prefer "jvs tuxedo"

I hear it's the next big thing for the kids...:)

[JVS]

37. I don't wear those shirts though

[northzax]

39. well, sure, not since we all caught on

I was just looking for a new name...

[no name no slogan]

47. The "Branch" Branch Davidians?

The Branch Davidians are (were) a splinter group of the Davidians, who were initially a splinter group of the Seventh-Day Adventists, IIRC.

"Are you sure we're the Judean People's Front? I thought we were the People's Front of Judea?"

[JVS]

26. I know a guy who lives in Waco who has Branch Davidian neighbors

[youthere]

7. Presbyterian..PCUSA NOT PCA!

The PCA is the Fundie side.

[supernova]

11. PCUSA checking in!

:hi: :D

[youthere]

15. I knew you had to be a Presby....

all your posts are done decently and in good order. (LOL)

On edit: we were predestined to post on this thread.

[supernova]

22. SNARF!

:D

You've spent way too much time with the Book of Order. :silly:

[youthere]

46. LOL

waaaaaaay too much time. Actually served on my presbytery's Committee on Ministry as a liason. Yikes.

[DS1]

8. I don't know

:shrug:

[sldavis]

9. Christian Church Disciples of Christ

Kind of like UCC, except we have communion every week and you don't have to be ordained to serve it.

[trof]

35. Hey, me too. Used to be.

Me and religion eventually parted ways, but I have good memories of Sunday School there. Looking back, most were pretty liberal.

[Outrider]

48. Same here

Haven't attended for years (This is for the good of everyone, as I snore rather loudly and church service tends to put me to sleep), but last I knew I was still on the rolls. Once I get moved, I'm probably going to see about helping out at one of the DC churches in the area.

[Texasgal]

12. What?

No option for Scientology? :P

[Demeter]

13. UU--Unitarian-Universalist

We aren't necessarily Christian, or Protestant, but come out of those traditions--and anyone who suppports the Enlightenment issues will find a home with us!

[JVS]

14. Lutheran

[bluestateguy]

16. Missouri Synod or Chicago Synod?

I hear that the Missouri wing is more conservative.

[JVS]

21. As of April LCMS, ELCA (never heard it called Chicago Synod) from baptism.

My main reason for leaving the ELCA is that it has become far too entangled in other churches. I wasn't pleased with the kowtow to the Episcopalians (ECUSA) over apostolic succession. I am even more disturbed by being and moving towards being in communion with Presbyterians and Methodists. These churches both have theological underpinnings that do not jibe with the Augsburg Confession (let alone the full confessions of the Book of Concord) and as such we Lutherans have no business partaking of their teachings or worship. I'd much rather see a softening of relations between the Lutheran churches (ELCA, LCMS, WELS), which fundamentally have the same theology but differ in matters of church practice and interpretation.

Another reason is that the local LCMS has Wednesday evening services. As a student who usually has massive assignments due on Monday's, I appreciate their efforts to make their preaching of the word and administration of the sacraments more accesible to me.

[Wapsie B]

50. Former LCMS, now ELCA Lutheran

The reason we switched was we just became uncomfortable with the absolutist teachings in the LCMS. Theological differences with the Methodists, Presbys, and Episcopalians aside, it's like the saying an old Italian-American Roman Catholic told me, "We're all trying to get to the same place." I'll break bread with all of them. Matters not to me.

[micrometer_50]

17. Other Protestant

Christian (Disciples of Christ)

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. Former Methodist here.

Converted to (GASP!) Catholicism three years ago. From the few times I went to a Methodist church, it was very "hang-loose" compared to some.

[progmom]

29. Methodist here.

:hi:

[xmas74]

52. Me too!

[XemaSab]

30. Currently attending Methodist worship

and yeah, it's "hang-loose."

It's BY FAR the most liberal church in my area. The one time I went to the local Episcopal service the sermon was about how Bishop Spong is WRONG. My Methodist pastor loans out Spong all the time, and the book group is reading "God's Politics."

[ghostsofgiants]

32. Well, I was raised Pentecostal

But I definitely don't consider myself Pentecostal anymore.

[blue neen]

38. First United Church of Christ

[JVS]

40. How do you guys make an acronym out of that?

:evilgrin:

[blue neen]

42. In all of my life, I never put that together!

:rofl:

Here's the real kicker: It was the First United Church of Christ of Apollo (hometown) FUCCA! :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

41. ELCA Lutheran.

[Lilith Velkor]

43. X-treme Protestant

aka Satanist. :evilgrin:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. Became an Episcopalian because the ELCA Lutherans

in the Pacific Northwest were too folk mass-y and bland and oriented toward suburban nuclear families. Then I came to realize that, despite having been raised as a Lutheran preacher's kid, I was really an Episcopalian at heart. :-)

The combination of formal liturgies, great music, and an accepting attitude is perfect for me.

[amandabeech]

45. Lapsed and never confirmed Methodist here.

I had real issues with the fundy minister of the local church when the time came around for confirmation. He thought that he had a direct line to god, which wasn't a mainline Methodist thing in the '70s. I've since learned that he was recalled, sent to therapy and eventually defrocked. There were reports that the Wesleyans took him in.

[Kathleen04]

49. Other

Don't align myself with a denomination..and don't attend church regularly.

[Iris]

51. What? No Baptists?