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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

Buster Gammons















Friday, July 15, 2016

High Church vs. Low Church


Here's a funny comment received from a faithful reader about my "Mike Pence, Religious Idiot" post.  Thought it was worth a post of its own.  Thanks, faithful reader!
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Mainline Christian churches, sometimes referred to as High Churches, are those such as Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists and other denominations with a hierarchy (i.e. bishops, priests, pastors, deacons).  High Churches maintain that "church is for sinners".  

Low Churches are those without a hierarchy, such as Baptists, Pentacostals, storefront ministries, and TV Evangelists.  Low Churches are prone to requiring that you be "saved"  or "purified" before you can enter their church. Occasionally, the process of "purification" involves money or sharing one's wife with the preacher.






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