Why I am starting to despise my Parish Priest

[cailin maith]

Do they have to start at the bottom?

BI - I've got your coat here, when you are ready

[ThomasSoerensen]

Seems he told one bride groom "take the cost of your wedding dress and suit. add them up. Halve that number. That is the donation I want from you."

Strikes me as very un-christian. And I have another couple of examples too......

suckers

[ThomasSoerensen]

That's because the theory is you only have a church wedding if you're actually involved in the church... traditionally you'd get married in the church you attend by a Vicar/Priest who is someone who knows you and offers pastoral care to you.

Of course most people having church weddings are hypocrites who have never met the vicar before and just want a pretty building to get married in. No wonder the vicar expects a donation from you. By contrast, you should see how excited a vicar is when 2 people who are genuinely christians ask him to marry them - he'll bend over backwards to help them out.

I guess the cult is enthusiastic about new subjects to bleed.

[Pogle]

Our Church wedding was free, so we bought the Priest a bottle of whiskey.
Of course he was invited to the reception, he was a friend of the family, as a Priest should be.

Perhaps the Priest was making some sort of point about all the finery being a bit of a waste of money - or something?
As we all know its the marriage that's important - the wedding last a day, the marriage lasts a lifetime (hopefully!)

[ThomasSoerensen]

If there is a God, do you really believe he'd condone what churches do in his name? IMO your relationship with God should be direct and personal, not via a hierarchy of money-scamming child molesters.

WHS.

Except it is a bit irrelevant, due to there being no Dog erm God, sorry

[Moscow Mule]

Except it is a bit irrelevant, due to there being no Dog erm God, sorry

Prove it...

[ThomasSoerensen]

Prove it...

Do I also have to prove that there are no Elves helping Santa?

You prove there is a God.

Scientifically, reproducibly, objectively prove it.

Burden of proof lies on the party claiming the object exists.

Back to you.

[TimberWolf]

An old woman in our block of flats gives 10% of her income to some (Christian) church or other.

[cailin maith]

Do I also have to prove that there are no Elves helping Santa?

You prove there is a God.

Scientifically, reproducibly, objectively prove it.

Burden of proof lies on the party claiming the object exists.

Back to you.

Faith.... rightly or wrongly we have faith - it's not so simple to disregard it. And as long as we aren't forcing our beliefs on you - what does it matter to you, who or what we believe in?

[Pinto]

Do I also have to prove that there are no Elves helping Santa?

Ok clever clogs, who helps Santa then?