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sweetloukillbot

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9. Nah, he was a lifelong Lutheran, but he was REALLY, REALLY anti-Catholic.

Reply to ButterflyBlood (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 03:27 PM

Dec 2011

If you can imagine a liberal version of a hellfire and brimstone preacher, that was him. Not preaching damnation or salvation, but preaching social justice with a fire that was almost scary. The problem was he had a heart attack (which he survived) and he got kind of strangely driven, egotistical and domineering after that. My mom was assistant pastor and it just about drove her to a breakdown - my wife and I ended up leaving for a nearby Episcopalian congregation.

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Kind of a weird question, but have you ever heard profanity in a sermon? [View all] ButterflyBlood Dec 2011 OP

Not since the Jesus People (hippie Christians) in the early seventies. saras Dec 2011 #1

Ah...No onpatrol98 Dec 2011 #2

Tony Campolo timtom Dec 2011 #3

That is brilliant. Good for him! nt Critters2 Dec 2011 #12

The Sunday after Pope John Paul II died sweetloukillbot Dec 2011 #4

I'm wondering if that pastor was an ex-Catholic himself ButterflyBlood Dec 2011 #8

Nah, he was a lifelong Lutheran, but he was REALLY, REALLY anti-Catholic. sweetloukillbot Dec 2011 #9

Not in a sermon, but I did attend a service where we sang "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" Burma Jones Dec 2011 #5

I played that song as part of lay service I led for the UU fellowship I attend deutsey Dec 2011 #14

That wouldn't be in Westchester would it? Burma Jones Dec 2011 #15

No...I'm in Maryland deutsey Dec 2011 #16

Ah, I used to sing with the Columbia, MD UU Choir....... Burma Jones Dec 2011 #17

I don't think I have ever heard it in a sermon. Irishonly Dec 2011 #6

Not recently xmas74 Dec 2011 #7

That's what I'm afraid of. Critters2 Dec 2011 #11

And the slip of a tongue was from a pastor xmas74 Dec 2011 #13

I've come dangerously close. Critters2 Dec 2011 #10