Faith Education (was -RE: [HPFGU-OTChatter] the Eight Days of Chanukah)

[erinellii]

> Iggy:

>   *grin* I'm a Neo-Pagan married to a Southern
> Baptist.  (My wife and I don't discuss faith all that much... it 
ends up
> starting too many arguments.)  


Erin:

Yeah, there are lots of those Southern Baptists in Alabama, aren't 
there, Iggy?  Practically all of my friends are (I'm Methodist) and 
one of the worst moments I've had with that recently was going to the 
mall last month with a big group of friends and passing a booth with 
a petition to support Roy Moore and his ten commandments monument.  
All my friends ran over there to sign it, and I just sort of stood 
there akwardly.  
  It was kind of bad.  All of them stayed there for a few minutes 
talking about how awful it was, the government trying to take 
religion out of our lives, and they kept looking back at me, the 
people running the booth would glance over at me... I finally drifted 
a bit closer, and one of my friends asked if I wanted to sign and I 
had to say "No, thanks", and then of course they ALL looked at me 
like "she's one of those evil people who's not a real christian", but 
no one said anything.  For which I was grateful, 'cause I don't think 
some of our friendships could have stood the ensuing argument.

Erin
"All BB GUN, All The Time"