Spies Don't Wear Ninja Pajamas

[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