(September 5, 2012 at 3:10 am)greneknight Wrote: I don't understand your complaint. I bring up my altarboy status as my CREDENTIAL as a Christian. People in forums usually think I'm an atheist because they're usually American and they only understand the fundy version of religion. So it's important I establish that I'm a Christian before I proceed to explain my thoughts.
They tried to get me blacklisted as an atheist in Christian Forums because in CF, if you're not a Christian, you can't post in many sections including the debate section. Hence, the importance of my credentials. Nobody says you've got to believe in rubbish in order to be a Christian. At least my church doesn't. We used to have a very important prelate who was Archbishop of York who denied that Jesus ever existed and nobody said he wasn't a Christian. At least I believe Jesus was an apocalyptic zealot, a real flesh-and-blood human although I don't accept him to be some bogeyman with magic.
So please understand whenever I talk about my position as an altar boy - I'm bringing up my credentials as a Christian.
I'm just being gruff. I simply long for the day when you will no longer find it necessary to tell us your an alter boy in every thread. This somehow reminds me of the hideous 'and I'm a Mormon' commercials we have in the U.S.
