re: #73 Guanxi88
Wasn’t sure if you still indulged, and hence the proviso. I think it’s possible to weaken the case against these folk by indulging in too-great an emphasis on the otherwise benign aspects of their version of worship. Charismatics practice a faith that, at its roots, is probably a continuation of the oldest forms of human experience and communion with Divinity; if more people treated them with half the regard they have for, say, Yanomame shamans…
No, I never indulged, unless you mean having attended these sort of meetings (and many sorts of meetings). I am an atheist, but have practiced many different flavors of worship.
This is not unusual at all.