(October 25, 2023 at 11:23 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote:(October 25, 2023 at 6:28 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I don't want laws based on religious teachings but I am not on a mission to deconvert people. Some of my favorite people are religious. A couple of them VERY religious. We have either discussed our differences and come to a place where it doesn't matter or it's just not on the list of things to talk about.
As much as I don't like the door knockers, I certainly don't want to be one of them in reverse.
Some of my great-aunt's associates are nuns, as was she. A nationally known educator, college president. They're (obviously) older ladies.
They taught English to migrants, and other disadvantaged people. They've always been a part of our extended family
as we got to know them since we were introduced when very young. I visit them now frequently,
making sure they are OK. They have no families left, (their families are mostly "passed' now). We are all they have left.
Nobody has ever tried to convert anybody. We've never discussed religion, ever.
I know (from other sources) most of them are very very liberal. Kinda like the "nuns on the bus".
I could care less. They are all just "extra aunties" to me.
I have two favorite teachers from high school and one was Sr. Mary Claire. She was also assistant principal and instrumental in starting the school. I get it.
I'm your huckleberry.