Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/13/methodist-pastor-sold-meth.html
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I Holy See what you did there.
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It’s not like he was doing something ungodly like dancing or drinking.
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What the hell did they expect? It’s not the Cocaineodist church, ffs.
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In fact, he encouraged his parishioners to be United.
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He who is without sin cast the first rock
Just hope they don’t smoke it
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Seriously? That’s what PornHub is for.
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he was operating his vehicle with a suspended registration and failed to maintain the insurance requirements.
Sounds like a sovereign citizen, so I’m shocked… shocked! that the cops didn’t give him a pat on the back and allow him to go on his way, because as any sovereign citizen will tell you, they are not required to have registration or insurance because they’re “traveling”, not driving.
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I’ve heard of Nominative Determinism, but not by Denomination. So what kinds of goods and services would other Christian clergy peddle according to this precedent, I wonder?
Anglicans: Angel Dust
Latter Day Saints: LSD
Baptists: Bath Salts
Eastern Orthodox: Colored Eggs
Quakers: Oatmeal, I guess?
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Catholics: blood that used to be wine?
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Jesus: the OG vampire king.
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Well…he’s Methodist, not Baptist. Dancing and drinking…and apparently meth…are perfectly ok for Methodists.
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This is is a little too up-the-nose for me.
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I think some still branches still frown on it, though most have are now relatively footloose, but back in the day the dancing ban and teetotaling was a thing.
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That’s the Church of the Nazarene. I wouldn’t describe it as a branch of the Methodist Church, more of an offshoot descendant of a sect within the original Methodist Church. This guy was specifically a United Methodist pastor. They can dance. I grew up in a United Methodist family. Not only was dancing, singing, drinking, and smoking allowed (those last two for adults only, of course), but we played D&D in the church basement with the pastor’s son.
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Not chocolate?
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One of my Dad’s go-to jokes:
Why don’t Baptists have sex standing up?
Because God might mistake it for dancing.
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is he married? if so is his partner ok with this or involved? I mean I guess if they’re all consenting adults and Jesus is ok with it who I am I to cast the first rock?
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