Are there any members of the Clergy here on DU?

Taverner

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:24 PM
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Are there any members of the Clergy here on DU?

I know my posts may give a certain reticence to chime in, but I've never felt that religion must preclude you from being a progressive, caring and loving individual.

So are there?

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xchrom

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:26 PM
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1. religion was the birth place of lots of progressive ideas.

and there have always been progressives in the ranks of the faithful.

and quite radical at that.

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fascisthunter

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:37 PM
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3. Jesus was a Radical Liberal

the left is the closest thing to what Jesus preached.

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Taverner

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:41 PM
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4. But are any of the clergy members our little radical group?

And yes, it pains me to think that in this day and age, Democratic Underground is radical...

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slackmaster

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:28 PM
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2. Ordained Minister of the Church of the SubGenius

It cost me only $30, and includes Eternal Salvation with a Triple-Your-Money-Back Guarantee.

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Taverner

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:43 PM
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5. At OSU a bunch of SubGenius Parishoners put up signs all over campus with parts of SubGenius

As in, you'd walk and see a sign with a mention of Jehova I, Bob Dobbs or something else. If you continued down the path, you might see a full paragraph...or not

My explanation does not do it justice

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dimbear

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Fri Jun-17-11 05:13 PM
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6. I'll stack my Universal Life cert up against that any day , and it was free.

I can perform marriages in the state of California, frinstance.

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GKirk

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Fri Jun-17-11 08:02 PM
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8. I have one of those too...

...I thought it might have come in handy if I needed an excuse to not
get drafted as cannon fodder for the VietNam War.

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cleanhippie

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Fri Jun-17-11 05:42 PM
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7. Yes, I am.

Ordained in the Church of Spiritual Humanism. I have 12 marriage ceremonies under my belt.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Fri Jun-17-11 11:15 PM
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9. Reverend Cheesehead and My Critters are both ordained ministers

I think Reverend Cheesehead is United Methodist and My Critters is UCC.

Neither of them has been around much lately.

Those are the only two I know of.

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