Somebody well versed in the internet-tube should investigate how and why Onion articles keep escaping the site and turning into real life. How else to we get stories of Ministers who don't believe in Christ? Gretta Vosper heads West Hill United Church in Toronto:
Though an ordained minister, she does not like the title of reverend. It is one of those symbols that hold the church back from breaking into the future -- to a time "when the label Christian won't even exist" and the Church will be freed of the burdens of the past. To balance out those symbols of the past inside West Hill, there is a giant, non-religious rainbow tapestry just behind the altar and multi-coloured streamers hang from the ceiling.....Wha? Now don't get me wrong, I'm not at all bothered by her unbelief, some of my best friends, and all that, but I am way perplexed as to why she'd want to lead a church.
... In With or Without God, her book that was formally launched this week, she writes that Jesus was a "Middle Eastern peasant with a few charismatic gifts and a great posthumous marketing team."
It's like, ok, I want to become a dentist but I'd rather not fix teeth. In fact, I'd rather not even look into patients mouths. What I'd like to do is make coffee drinks, and perhaps sell a few small food items on the side. My dental office would have outdoor tables for when the weather's nice and we'd offer free internet access. We'd call my dental assistants baristas and train them on the espresso machine. Yeah, I think I'll call it Brite Smile Dental Solutions. Next step would be to design a logo; maybe something with a tooth in it.h/t: NRO
0 comments:
Post a Comment