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6 comments:
i kinda love this.
ben
Tis' sad but true! That is how many priests act.
Yes, its funny because its an exaggeration of what people and some priests are really like on both ends of the spectrum.
I find it funny, not so much because in my experience any priest is like that (tho they may indeed be so), but as a commentary on how generic secularists (boyfriend) and loosey-goosey "spiritual" outsiders (girlfriend) view liberal-conservative church dynamics.
It's either a "nice woman in the multi-colored jumper" or this guy.
Hilarious.
(a skit of reversed roles: orthodox visitor, liberal/unitarian vicar. based on true events or quotes from people/priests in TEC)
Visitor: Hi, i just moved into the area and i wanted to stop by and introduce myself.
Vicar: Oh, yes of course, we welcome everyone here. Well, let me tell you about our ministries here. On Monday's we sponsor the local Wicca Council (of which I’m a member). They love to use our old Altar, since we moved it in storage ages ago. Tuesday is Buddhism night. Its such as joy to see so many people in our church. And so many people call themselves Buddhists now-a-days. I myself find that Buddhism really just emphasizes the teachings of another great teacher, Jesus. Buddhism is really just about accepting the divinity within; which Christianity also teaches.
Visitor: Um, of course. I thought this was an Anglican Church?
Vicar: It is my child. But we are not concerned with irrelevant or unrealistic dogma. Who really believes in the virgin birth or the bodily resurrection? The world changes our knowledge grows. It would be putting God in a awfully small box if we said Jesus was the only way to enlightenment?
Visitor: Enlightenment? What Christian ministries do you have?
Vicar: On Wednesday we have a inquirers class you maybe interested in. It is geared to people who aren't accustomed to corporate worship. We sit together in silence on pillows and pray. Sometimes one of us will feel moved by the Spirit to play Whale Songs or other spiritually uplifting music from creation.
Visitor: Whale Songs? You know, I don’t think this church is for me. I really need to find a traditional, catholic, Anglican Church that holds to the Creeds and the Scripture.
Vicar: Oh, well now, we welcome everyone but the closed minded like you. You can’t tell me what’s truth. I went to seminary! Listen closely you bigot! The Scriptures are good to use for the basic teaches of Jesus, like peace and love, and forgiveness, but on everything else you must remember that the scriptures were written by fallible men, all misogynists, in a primitive culture and period of history. Times have changed and we are all fallible.
Visitor: Indeed they have and indeed we are.
It's funny for multiple reasons- not the least: those words have been in my heart on more than one occasion when dealing with the 200th "not religious, but spritual" yada,yada,yada inquirer. Many of us would have to admit in ministry, there is a breaking point. Thankfully, the bad vicar remains carefully in check!
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