Why talk about church stuff??

Not much point talking about religion  So personal, so subjective.  The words we use are so loaded. So why do I do it? It's interesting,  That's why. If  somebody should  land here for good, non  controversial conversation, that will be nice. .

The Reformation and Martin Luther's ears

Am I a Protestant because of Martin Luther's health issues?  Heaven knows the poor fellow fell victim to just about everything that can go wrong with the human body.  It's known that he had terrible gastrointestinal  problems and he spoke of them quite graphically.  Now an audiologist suggests that he had severe Meniere's  Disease which further contributed to his cranky disposition and his split with his church. It's an awful inner ear thing that makes you dizzy, unbalanced and fills your head with awful buzzing, ringing and all manner of noises that won't stop.

BIG BAD CHRISTIANITY

The prevalent feeling about religion these days seems to be that all religions are evil and dangerous and Christianity is the worst one.

RELIGIOUS TV

I sat next to a well known long time local priest... had high hopes of engaging him  in conversation about EWTN, the Catholic TV channel about Mother Angelica, Father Groeschel and all the stuff happening there.  Didn't know what I was talking about .,..doesn't watch it. Probably true of us Protestants, too. Except for folks on the far right who have favorite preachers, most of us don't even know about religious TV, don't care and don't watch it.  Interesting.

EWTN AGAIN

It's been a while since I watched the Catholic Channel.  Back at it last night.  I saw Fr. Andrew Apostoli on the Sunday night show.  There's something appealing about the Franciscan Friars.  I still miss Father Groeschel and I continue to be irritated that he  had to leave because he said something not quite socially correct.

High Tech Religion

From my Facebook page:

"I watched an area church service on the internet.  Wow, what a high tech production .  Put network TV to shame.

How about a holy hug, babe

Church is a good place to cop a feel if it's one of those where everybody runs around hugging each other.  Come on, don't get all shocked and self righteous and say it doesn't happen.  You know it does.