Spies Don't Wear Ninja Pajamas

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by ebacon

This also explains why I thought the churches in the U.S looked like circus freak shows compared to what I saw in Germany. I settled in the U.S. during the height of the neocons religious right movement.

I hear ya, Ed. I got talked into attending one of those Calvary Chapel shindigs back in the '70's. Strangest religious service that I had ever been to. Lot's of laying on of hands and weird shit like that. I told them to keep their god damn hands to themselves. Methodists don't play that sh*t and they don't beg/pray for money, either.
Unitarians aren't too bad in a freaky/ lighthearted sort of way.
Were you raised in the German Catholic church? Pretty stoic bunch there. No snake charmer's allowed, I'll bet.

[bobabode]

I'll check out those videos later, I'm feeling little too mellow for it now. Just had a big Mexican dinner, I'm stuffed! Carne asada and carnitas, good stuff made in the traditional way.

[ebacon]

Actually I wasn't raised in any church. I just happened to grow up in Bavaria near the root of Martin Luther and the Lutheran church. Of course I was too young to know that stuff then. All I knew was that churches were at the center of towns and they rung bells on the hour. They were peaceful presences and set the harmony for their communities, like drummers do for their bands.

When I settled in the states I saw TV preachers wearing Rolexes, raucous chanting, faith healing, and thought WTF is this crap? On top of that the U.S. churches didn't even have bells. Instead they had tape recorders that played bells through a distorted PA speaker. I thought what kind of religion relegates duty to a cassette player?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by ebacon

Actually I wasn't raised in any church. I just happened to grow up in Bavaria near the root of Martin Luther and the Lutheran church. Of course I was too young to know that stuff then. All I knew was that churches were at the center of towns and they rung bells on the hour. They were peaceful presences and set the harmony for their communities, like drummers do for their bands.

When I settled in the states I saw TV preachers wearing Rolexes, raucous chanting, faith healing, and thought WTF is this crap? On top of that the U.S. churches didn't even have bells. Instead they had tape recorders that played bells through a distorted PA speaker. I thought what kind of religion relegates duty to a cassette player?

A phony one, that's more of a business than a religious institution.

Regards,
Dave

[d-ray657]

Ever heard Yakoff Smirnoff's schtick. No one's a better right wing tool than a converted commie.

Regards,

D-Ray