Reply #48: I was at the time but it did happen and it was reasonably [View All]

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annoying at the time. It was a UU church. I grew up in an Episcopal Church that was highly tolerant and attended the same denomination back East and it was an entirely different deal. "Liberal" groups can have their own dogma as well; and their own intollerance. In this case, it wasn't about the accuracy of the story it was about my so called attitude in making a joke with the kids and equating doughnuts with gods promise--disrespectful I was told. When they had their 'chat' with me, I felt like someone had put acid in my coffee. But afterwards, I had an enlightenment which was I did not need to belong to a church or drag my kid to a church to feel as though I were a good parent and to give her what she needed form a moral perspective. No church after that for her (at age 6) and my daughter is now college age and one of the most ethical, considerate people you'd ever want to meet (takes after her mother).

This crap happens all the time, it's just for different reasons and with a different style. Intolerance is intolerance.