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Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:49:48 GMT
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"The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith" wrote:
> I feel that "Reverend" is a significantly different sort of title than
> "Doctor". Whereas "Doctor" informs others of a particular college degree
> that the title-bearer has earned, and makes no value-statement about the
> bearer, "Reverend" boldly proclaims that the title-bearer is or should be
> revered by others. Its use by ministers and priests strikes me as quite
> pompous. It's like a adding "the Great" to the end of your name. And if
> religious authority figures can be pompous, why can't I? I have never
> falsely described myself to anyone as a minister or priest, or any other
> sort of position-holder in an organized religion, so I don't particularly
> feel like I am seriously misrepresenting myself.
Besides, there's plenty of places you could mail off to and get all the
official documentation you need in the US to be a reverend and conduct
weddings... (This is one of the things which really highlights that the
religious definition of marriage should be separate from the civil
definition - in order to not discriminate against religion, the US can't
set standards for religious leaders).
I had a minister who sometimes called himself the IRev (irreverend)...
Frank
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| (...) This was not intended as a harsh comment. It's just that when someone says "God bless" to me, and then specifies that the God who they are asking to bless me is the God of Christianity, it has as much meaning to me as my imploring Maury the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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