I almost walked out of church (an angry Vanity)

[donotpassgo]

First of all, it's not really my church. I'm a catholic and I wound up going to this...evangelical I would call it...new church near Simi Valley CA. Its a livlier service and I have a couple of good frieds who go there making it a friendly environment.

Their having their annual 'revival' and the pastor kept talking about how great it would be if all of L.A. would find their spirituality. Then he started in on how the country is turning to sin and Hollywood and immorality; all stuff I've heard before and woulld expect from this church.

Then this meathead pastor starts spewing crap about the ninth circuit court and 'geniuses' on the supreme court and prayer in schools and the separation of church and state. He read a letter from some anonymous person that totally savaged the ACLU and how America was founded on Christian principles and the Ten Commandments.

Now I am a firm supporter of the separation of Church and state...not only because it gets religion out of Government, but also so I don't have to have my church time bombarded by some Right Wing Fox News talking points Garbage. This dipshit preacher had the lights lowered and had selected quotes from Franklin, Madison, and Jefferson projected onto the screens all intended to gloss over the subject for his lemming/sheep followers who were all saying 'Amen'.

I wanted to either stand up and walk out, or go to the pulpit and tell them what Franklin REALLY thought about religion. What pissed me off was if my time at church was to be bombarded by politics, I would have like to have heard a well reasoned, well thought out argument, not something this twit read on the opening page of a website the night before. Suffice it to say, I am not coming back...I'll stick to my dry, plain, apolitical Catholic church. Thank you very much.