This has an awful lot of potential.

I think the articles written for this should be intended to encourage distrust and animosity between different Christian cults: for example, I'm considering writing a transubstantiation article entirely from a Catholic point of view, ignoring the Protestant views on the matter as though they didn't exist.

icangetyouatoe wrote:

I personally go to All Saints in Pasadena, it's Episcopal-and behind me a few pews back last sunday was a 300 pound transvestite man, pretty as a picture in a big white hat and white sundress despite his 5 oclock shadow, booming out a negro spiritual in his irish baritone. I love that, and love the church because it supports the idea that God made all of us, and for that reason we are all saints as well as sinners, and to love one another, and ourselves, is our highest earthly calling. It's my spiritual home for that reason. Let your freak flag fly.

http://www.allsaints-pas.org/site/PageServer

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icangetyouatoe wrote:

As a Christian myself, I don't think we even have to try to get everyone hating each other as quickly as possible-just mix in a few self hating evangelicals and the whole place will explode.

I personally go to All Saints in Pasadena, it's Episcopal-and behind me a few pews back last sunday was a 300 pound transvestite man, pretty as a picture in a big white hat and white sundress despite his 5 oclock shadow, booming out a negro spiritual in his irish baritone. I love that, and love the church because it supports the idea that God made all of us, and for that reason we are all saints as well as sinners, and to love one another, and ourselves, is our highest earthly calling. It's my spiritual home for that reason. Let your freak flag fly.

http://www.allsaints-pas.org/site/PageServer

Toejam,

just be careful to furl that freak flag if on Sunday you find yourself within the third of California that is the Diocese of San Joaquin.

Last edited by Johnny_Rotten (2008-09-29 19:47:16)

jesusluvspegging wrote:

This has an awful lot of potential.

I think the articles written for this should be intended to encourage distrust and animosity between different Christian cults: for example, I'm considering writing a transubstantiation article entirely from a Catholic point of view, ignoring the Protestant views on the matter as though they didn't exist.

I thought the Protestant view was somewhere between consubstantiation and memorial service.

Last edited by Baywolfe (2008-09-30 23:49:52)

George Orr wrote:

Baywolfe wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

This has an awful lot of potential.

I think the articles written for this should be intended to encourage distrust and animosity between different Christian cults: for example, I'm considering writing a transubstantiation article entirely from a Catholic point of view, ignoring the Protestant views on the matter as though they didn't exist.

I thought the Protestant view was somewhere between consubstantiation and memorial service.

In my Baptist childhood, it was Welch's grape juice and some stuff that looked like busted-up stale crackers.

Better not make too much fun of those crackers....  The fuckin' Catholics take their crackers seriously enough to put out death threats over them.... 
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008 … racker.php

Back in Podunk Elementary School (I estimate around 2nd-3rd grade), Podunk, GA, I heard me an urban legend (though I'd never heard the term before) about a kid who stole the cube of Wonderbread from his church communion plate, then put it in his pocket.  He forgot about it and was taking a leak later, and remembered he had it in his pocket.  Fearing getting in trouble, he tossed it into the can and IT TURNED INTO A SCAB AND THE TOILET FILLED WITH BLOOD BWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OH SHIT HELL NO!

Seriously, an adult told me this as though it was the Gospel Truth.

Last edited by jesusluvspegging (2008-10-01 01:05:42)

whiskytangofoxtrot wrote:

Baywolfe wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

This has an awful lot of potential.

I think the articles written for this should be intended to encourage distrust and animosity between different Christian cults: for example, I'm considering writing a transubstantiation article entirely from a Catholic point of view, ignoring the Protestant views on the matter as though they didn't exist.

I thought the Protestant view was somewhere between consubstantiation and memorial service.

Good summary. Depends on your particular denomination.  Lutherans:  Consubstantiation.  Methodists, et al. (Calvinist basis):  essentially a memorial service.  Episcopalians:  Transubstantiation (after all, they're essentially Catholics with the English sovereign as the nominal head of the church).  Mormons (not *real* Christians anyway): complete fucking travesty.

You're right about the Methodist approach to communion - they regard it as a memorial but they're certainly not Calvinist. Methodism is mostly Arminian, while a smaller group - Wesleyans, as a rule - fall under the Calvinist umbrella. Just sayin'...