The Next Step
Jan. 2nd, 2009 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThe next step is to find a church to belong to.
There's one just up the road
But it isn't medieval. The nearest medieval church is in Ashton. Mmmm- the legend of St Helena in glorious, 15th century , stained glass.
Remember what the Archbishop said in his New Year Address to the Nation; the church isn't buildings, it's people.
You mean old Beardy, the Welsh Windbag?
Calling him names is childish- and doesn't affect his argument.
But that's the other thing; I don't like people. And Christians are the worst of all
How so?
Oh, you know. Do I really have to spell it out? They're all hypocrites- and misogynists- and homophobes- and racists. And they go on about Jesus all the time. *Shudders*. You can laugh at me wanting to worship in an ancient building, but it's a deep, spiritual thing- I want to commune with the ancestors.
And the ancestors weren't entirely as ghastly as people today? Ask your friend, the medieval peasant, for his opinion of bougeres and women priests. Think of the present generation as the ancestors of tomorrow.
Oh, very clever. * Claps ironically.* But you just don't understand...
There's one just up the road
But it isn't medieval. The nearest medieval church is in Ashton. Mmmm- the legend of St Helena in glorious, 15th century , stained glass.
Remember what the Archbishop said in his New Year Address to the Nation; the church isn't buildings, it's people.
You mean old Beardy, the Welsh Windbag?
Calling him names is childish- and doesn't affect his argument.
But that's the other thing; I don't like people. And Christians are the worst of all
How so?
Oh, you know. Do I really have to spell it out? They're all hypocrites- and misogynists- and homophobes- and racists. And they go on about Jesus all the time. *Shudders*. You can laugh at me wanting to worship in an ancient building, but it's a deep, spiritual thing- I want to commune with the ancestors.
And the ancestors weren't entirely as ghastly as people today? Ask your friend, the medieval peasant, for his opinion of bougeres and women priests. Think of the present generation as the ancestors of tomorrow.
Oh, very clever. * Claps ironically.* But you just don't understand...
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Date: 2009-01-02 11:39 pm (UTC)I like the acoustics. And the darker the church, the better.
And short sermons.
We have lovely stained glass windows that look old.
I have an Epiphany rehearsal in the morning with an orchestra. I can't wait.
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Date: 2009-01-03 12:05 pm (UTC)The church I'll probably be going to is late Victorian or early 20th century. We'll be checking it out tomorrow.