I am a star

[_Hoops]

(for what it's worth, I don't drink coffee and I'm not baptist)

[_Jersey Girl]

If this had happened to me, I would have immediately rose up out of my seat, walked out the door and taken my family with me. In other words, it would have driven me away entirely.

I would have followed you.

The Methodists have at least one thing right.

:)

I attended an SBC for years and never saw anything like that happen in church. I have a habit of severing all ties with people or even a church when I feel grossly offended by something. Which is why I left and why I would leave in LDST's situation.

What kinda doofus singles you out in the middle of church like that? It's not my idea of love.

[_zeezrom]

Classic!

My first thought was, "maybe he didn't realize you were in the room?"

[_RockSlider]

I assumed LDSToronto was not upset about this. Heck if like me, his wife and children have been approached for years with the well intentioned individual catching them in the lobby and expressing their sorrow for the fallen/lost state of their spouse/father but reassuring them how much they love him, and ask the spouse/child to relay the message.

They (spouse/children) are bombarded with this constantly, it’s a well known general consensus and so having it mentioned over the pulpit or from a teacher to a class would only raise amen's, not eyebrows. With our spouses and children so used to it, heck just another Sunday.

After time, the comments do tend to diminish, of course until some talk on missionary work, or re-activation efforts stirs you violently back into play, like a metal pinball hitting a powered bumper.
Ding, ding ding … Ding

Before posting this, I see the LDS is upset … But I'll still post it as it was my experience and I do feel for him and his family.

[_Fence Sitter]

In front of your kids?

Wow.

I may not have been clear - not only in front of my kids, but from the pulpit during sacrament meeting.

H.

You were clear, I was repeating for effect. I am still a bit stunned that someone would do that. We had an elderly lady in my current ward make a comment disparaging of Hispanics, which led to the inactivity of a Hispanic family. The elderly lady was simply clueless about her remark, but that no one spoke up about it was troubling.

I have no idea how you would approach this.

[_RockSlider]

(for what it's worth, I don't drink coffee and I'm not baptist)

That Hoops is a wily one, very hard to pin down.
I got a good giggle out of your first post however.

[_Jersey Girl]

I can only speak for my own reaction and have. Dealing with my own yahoolishness is a full time job, I can't imagine making an active choice to be lead by a yahoo.

I'd have to draw the line and move outta there.

[_Hoops]

I attended an SBC for years and never saw anything like that happen in church. I have a habit of severing all ties with people or even a church when I feel grossly offended by something. Which is why I left and why I would leave in LDST's situation.

What kinda doofus singles you out in the middle of church like that? It's not my idea of love.

I've never seen it happen either, and I've been up and down the church scale like Pinetop Perkins on a piano.

But I've heard of it happening.

When something at church grossly offends, I spike the BBQ beef.

[_Jersey Girl]

I attended an SBC for years and never saw anything like that happen in church. I have a habit of severing all ties with people or even a church when I feel grossly offended by something. Which is why I left and why I would leave in LDST's situation.

What kinda doofus singles you out in the middle of church like that? It's not my idea of love.

I've never seen it happen either, and I've been up and down the church scale like Pinetop Perkins on a piano.

But I've heard of it happening.

When something at church grossly offends, I spike the BBQ beef.

:-) I'm so glad that you and Ceeboo came back, I felt like I lost my little tribe for a while there...

[_Blixa]

I can only speak for my own reaction and have. Dealing with my own yahoolishness is a full time job, I can't imagine making an active choice to be lead by a yahoo.

I'd have to draw the line and move outta there.

I used to hear insinuations over the pulpit...that tone of voice that means the speaker is referring to a literal person they have in mind. I always assumed that was mostly done for rhetorical effect, so everyone would wonder who it was and maybe feel some shame it was them!

But mentioning by name? I've never even heard of that anecdotally.