[nyconse]

A guy we go to church with told us he was in Mass. a couple of weeks ago. He went to a church up there and he said it was completely political...against Bush, the war etc. How can lib churches get away with it but not Conserv. churches?

[RubyCosmos]

Catholic school, my eight grade year. In our religion textbook, there was a diagram of closeness to God. (This is entirely true ... I can't remember the name or company, though.)

It was done as concentric circles. In the middle was God. The circle outside that was the angels and saints and all the company of heaven, etc. Outside of that was the Catholic Church, then the Protestants, then those 'odd' forms of Christianity. Outside that were the Jews, then other religions that recognised a single God ... then other religions, then agnostics, then atheists.

So clearly, liberal churches are further up in the circle.

(Man, I wish I was making that up.)