Beer: It’s not just for Lutherans, or breakfast anymore.
That being said, in my opinion, the majority of atheist who wear badges, or use bumper sticker saying things like:
“Last time we mixed politics with religion, people got burned at the stake.”
or
Atheists do it WITHOUT GUILT.
are designed as an antidote to religous glurge.
Also, this whole thing about
For one thing, I seriosuly doubt that most of the people wearing lapel pins care what religous people who feel insulted by those pins think. For another thing, one arguement I hear alot against atheism is that it is impossible to disprove the existance of She/he/it. The magical pink sky fairy is not meant to be insulting, per say, but is, since it is a Reductio ad absurdum it can not help but be. In my case, since it is impossible to prove the existance of god, it makes just as much sense to say that an Invisible Pink Unicorn exists.
Our pastor is partial to wine, and he can imbibe with the best of 'em. I have seen him tipsy at various social events more than once. This is not surprising considering he is from Württemberg, which is known for its wine.
Also, our eucharist wine is not that sickly sweet stuff I have tasted at so many other churches. Our pastor is partial to using a nice Trollinger or Lemberger. Not surprising, considering that that first link says Martin Luther was known to drink Trollinger himself.
I have you beat. Our music director is Jewish. (He’s leaving soon, though, so I won’t get to say that anymore, unless we somehow hire another Jewish guy.)
Our accompanist is gay, along with a good percentage of the congregation.
Congregationalist/UCC - non-practicing for the most part. The church we attend when we attend embarrasses me with its awkward gender neutral language. I am happy to say that’s the worst it gets. My dad is a minister in this denomination and he doesn’t do the awkward gender neutral language but he does stupid shit like when he’s counseling a wife of a guy with gambling issues he brags about how well my BIL does gambling. That’s more of an “Oh, my God, da-ad! You’re so embarrassing!”
Caricci, my (Baptist) church does the gender-neutral thing too, but I’ve been there so long that it doesn’t seem that awkward… except in Christmas carols. The hymnal we use is for easily-offended liberals, and not only did they change all the references to God being male, but apparently Jesus can’t have a gender either, nor can he be referred to with terms associated with the monarchy. Also, whoever wrote the fluffified versions was a hack. I have no problem with PCing regular hymns, but I wish we’d leave the Christmas carols alone, if only for aesthetic reasons.
Not really…but there’s only really a handful of buddhists that most people around where I live have even heard of. Richard Gere seems to be a nice guy and appears serious about it. The Dalai Lama is a cool cat with a great head on his shoulders and Leonard Cohen is a pretty respectable poet (with great taste in woman).
There are a few I disagree with but none that really embarrass me.
Apatheist here. I’m disturbed by how many non-religous folk (the self-proclaimed radical atheists, usually) go around the place soliciting everyone’s religious inclinations and then get into pointless pissing matches (“No, that’s not what the Bible originally said”) and telling everyone they’re wrong. If it’s all wrong, then what’s the arguing about?
Agreed he was quite the tool, but putting on my Jewish personna, that idiot Foxman who made such a big deal out of “Passion” made me want to spew. Just shut the $%^& up, already, and this turkey of a movie will die of its own boredom.
Usually, I’m more in Buddhist mode, however, and in that regard I have to give a shout out to the government of Burmyanmar.
