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[debboamerik]

I. (A dialogue between debboamerik and VeryProtestantBoss)
[Scene: debboamerik is getting her lunch out of the refrigerator. VPB stands in the kitchen doorway.]

VPB: I hear you go to a Russian Orthodox Church.

DA: Yes, I do.

VPB: Is it true that you have to pay to go to an Orthodox church?

DA [mystified]: No.

VPB: But you have to pay to go to the Greek Orthodox

Comments

[dindin]

Um, Jews do this too. You have to pay to be a member. You don't have to be a member to go to services. It's like American Express: Membership has its rewards (or something).

I think VPB is a bit of an idiot.

(Edited for punctuation fail)

[papertigers]

thing is, this is true in (most) protestant churches as well. it's not necessarily explicit, but if you want to take an active part in the governance of the church, you have to tithe or contribute in some practical way to the church community.

[dindin]

This is why I think VPB is an idiot.

[papertigers]

we ALL think VPB is an idiot.