Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Here's a curiosity, to put it mildly.

A roundabout investigation of a newly-discovered and interesting website led me to the pages of an individual with much to say. (Sorry, folks, I'm posting no links and don't feel like including too many specifics.) What particularly got my attention was a reference to a certain unpopular church I regarded highly in my youth. One residual opinion of mine: Maybe these people were wrong for the right reasons--though I've naturally wondered how that might compare with being right for the wrong reasons! Anyhow, this other blogger described in some detail her experience with an outfit ("cult," to use her fashionable pejorative) she described as an offshoot of this church after its partial breakup in recent decades. In retrospect, she didn't have much positive to say about the guys running it, which is not entirely surprising.

What did surprise was the religious system of her own she apparently assembled to replace her earlier faith. I found it off-putting enough without the inclusion of what she presumably considered her inspired prophecies--and then there was her recognition of her own virgin birth. Folks, I think we can agree that this is kinda weird--over the top, in fact. No thanks.