Re: [issues] Religion (was: YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article))

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:53:46 -0500 (EST), Bad Mojo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Recognition isn't all bad. It does allow a church the ability to do
>many things important. Tax free contributions, marriage under law,
>etc.

You can get the tax free thing without being a church.  

>When you get ordained by mail, you are `joining' another officially
>recognized church. Catch22?

I was ordained over the Internet, actually.  I am aware that by doing
so I joined a church.  The church I joined has no doctrine and exists
only to ordain people.  It is a deliberate thumbing of the nose at the
way the state chooses to recognize religious organizations.  I feel
no spiritual or religious attachment whatsoever to that church, and I
don't expect they expect me to either.

Kelly

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