re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

exactly: I am simply anti-clerical, not against the notion of religious faith

best way to kill faith is to force people to make a false display of it against their will

Given my mother’s history, I could never be a Roman Catholic - my own anti-clerical streak has a very strong (yeah, I’ll call it this) bias in that respect. I found the Episcopalian/Anglican tradition a relief because I could have the ritual I loved with a much saner approach to the issues of authority and teaching. For example, we Elect our bishops from a slate of those who choose to run.