[mariejlt]

On Palm Sunday 2003 I took my 19 year old nephew to church with me .... he was in his dress uniform.... The priest proceeded to embark upon a sermon with the theme ,"Jesus would never be fighting a war in Iraq"
I wanted to throw the hymnal at the priest before he finished ... After 32 years in the Episcopal Church I had finally had enough... I removed my $4000 tithe ... I have spent most of my life working at church, so this is not easy for me... Part of me wants to stay and fight ,but there is too much wrong ,beginning with legalese that give the bishops total control. They can decide to confirm the marriage of two donkeys and no one would be able to stop them

[PattonReincarnated]

>> Part of me wants to stay and fight

Me too. But I would want to follow the lead of Jesus - just like when He cleared the temple. I'm not up for that, so I just left the church.