Which is the lesser of the evils? Or for better translation of the title, which American Christian Church does the best job of not pissing NSG off?
As I watch us make threads about how this Pastor spoke out against gays, this one against Muslims, this one against evolution, this one against the homeless, it seems a bit depressing that my religion, Christianity, is just this shitty.
However, I remember that I'm part of one of the few American denominations that really doesn't try to force its religion on other by offending people. That is the American Catholics. I respect the other Christian denominations, but I really do think that other religious leaders are a bit wacky.
Example: I went to a Methodist Church to attend a service with all respect to the Methodists, and well, it really kinda just was fucked up. The pastor spoke out against technology and how we should nevereverubberever trust it or we'll just end up like the Titanic. Keep in mind that the Titanic was an ocean liner that had new technology and was a mix of human error by crashing into an iceberg and underestimate of safety precautions by not putting enough lifeboats on the ship. What does Jesus say about this?
Protestants, well, radical southern Protestant leaders are really the ones who are very into conservative traditions and end up offending a lot of people, they also do a good job of influencing the southern states' political sphere, and therefore we get pissed off by their actions.
Lutherans are not as bad as the Protestants and Methodists, but there are a couple of times we bring them up on NSG and blast them just the same.
Now the ones we really never get ticked off by are the East Orthodox and Catholic Churches. In my 2 years on NSG I've never really seen many threads on which an American Catholic Priest is an antagonist, and I'm sure there is one out there, but we never bring them up that often. The same goes for American Christian Orthodox priests, I've never really seen an Orthodox Priest be the subject of offense.
Now I realize that as a Catholic, I'm part of a church that doesn't allow gays or lesbians and has little tolerance for atheists, but the thing is do we just say, "We are a church that doesn't want gays in the church." I recognize that, that doesn't mean I agree with it, I am a Liberal Catholic.
So to restate the question, which American Christian Denomination does the best job of not pissing people off? Which one takes to national attention all the time? Which one is the best at making us all pissed off like a Bill O'reilly clone when his teleprompter stops working. Why not tell us what you reckon, just click the Post Reply button and click in the typing box, and then merrily beat down on your keyboard with your fists or head, please, if you want to answer my question, go right ahead.
Or be civil and use your fingers to answer.
Anyways, I'm going with American Catholics and East Orthodox.
Oh yeah, and no trolling or flamming plz? Thanks
