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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:17 AM Original message |
FORCED INTO CHURCH!!!! ADVICE! |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unitarians |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Find some liberal Catholics - they exist |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. pfft, yeah, but it's some kinda dirty trick. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. But you get to drink in church! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Mmmm ... GodJuice! Now with calcium! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. But...I'm not Catholic |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah there's a whole rigamarole you have to go through |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. Rigamarole makes it sound negative |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Agreed - RCIA was the best thing I ever did |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Well, if you're gonna be a Christian, might as well go all the way... |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Amen |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. 27 |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. If I ever went back to church, it would be Catholic or maybe |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. Another Liberal Catholic vote here |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. I thought Deists believed that God had not yet revealed |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. "Deist" simply means they believe in a God. Period |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. you are smarter than me |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Deists don't believe in the |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. where do I sign up.... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I think it's more of |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. maybe I just need to realize that |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Open your heart, get into the groove. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. boy, you've got to prove |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Episcopal. Liberal, Progressive (mostly) and no minimum income standards |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. If one is looking for diversity, one can find it in an episcopal church |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I was being facetious. |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. sorry i didn't get the sarcasm |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Go with high church. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. GETS MY VOTE TOO |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
81. I agree with Episcopal, but |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. Could she deal with UCC? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. United Church of Christ... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. She'd be OK with them because they're Congregationalist |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
82. Not all UCC are Congregationalist in background - |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. what's the point? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It is only to appease her |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. understood |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yes but she's worried about the kids' "moral values" |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. then its a moot point |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Hmmm thats an idea |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. not necessarily what I meant. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. Scientology |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. If you were in Baltimore |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. hmm, there's an interesting question here about kids |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well, I wouldn't go simply to appease your grandma |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I dunno - I'd like to leave her with the parting thought that she gets |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Would she love you any less |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. My thoughts on the afterlife |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. Methodist or Episcopal |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. why don't you just try a different church a week |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Aren't you in the Bay Area? |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. If you are closer to Sacramento, go to Christ Unity Church |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Non-denominational |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. A suggestion |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Dude...she's 95 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Hey, that one big coranary and *poof* |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. Are you from Grand Rapids? Are you a Zondervan? |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. "...United Methodist, but hate being the only person in the pews." |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. That statement is truer than anyone wants to admit. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I guess I didn't know that |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. They are dying out in many areas. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. There's a liberal American Baptist congregation in the Walnut Creek |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Good to know.... |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. My oldest kid is 8 |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. Episcopalian, Quaker, some Lutheran |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. You need to decide for you and the children, not your grandmother. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. OK, here's how I see it (from what you've told me) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Yep, pretty much that's it |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'm sure I am biased, as a life-long Lutheran and a PK to boot (Dad was |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. Well, if you were me, I'd be going to the Unitarians. |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. We go to the Disciples of Christ |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Quaker |
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Catbird (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. UU Christian Fellowship |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
65. Of the one's listed, I'd recommend Dutch Reformed. But ELCA is better IMO |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. I have the same view as you on religion |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
67. Call the local headquarters of the denominations you're interested in |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
69. Go Unitarian anyway. |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
70. Speaking solely as a devout member |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
72. Episcopalian can mean anything - find the right one for you. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
73. May I ask why you are letting your Grandmother force you to go to a |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
74. Since you're going to somehow improve the spiritual life of your kids |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
75. I think church is comforting for kids |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
76. For some reason I thought you were Jewish |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
78. A peace church that celebrates & supports gay marriage. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
80. United Church of Christ - mostly liberal, nice and open, |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. UCC is a very progressive thinking church..... |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
87. Quaker Meetingds in Sacramento and Davis |
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