#ooc

no, this is a guy trashing on protestants because they are wrong because THEY don't have apostolic succession

Urk.

when pointed out that multiple denominations do, because, hey, protestants aren't a monolith...

Y'know...I was raised protestant...and I don't have a clue what that means.

well, protestant apostolic succession "doesn't count"

basically, a tradition that a minister was ordained by a minister who was ordained by, back and back and back to Jesus ordaining the apostles.

Anglican, Lutherans, Methodists - lots of denominations follow that tradition

others explicitly reject it - Baptists being a pretty prominent one

But this jagoff apparently doesn't think protestants count as christian at all.

Well...if I'm understanding it correctly...Episcopalians have that.

Yup!

But boy, it sure sounds Gardnerian when you think about it.

Episcopalians share communion with ELCA. 🙂

??

Well - preacher's kid here.

ELCA - evangelical lutheran church of america

Bishop's kid here, but a whole bunch of decades out of the fold.

the protestant branch I was raised in

Ah, got it.

and cross-communal for overlap in beliefs - including apostolic succession

Heck, Episcopalians will sit down with anybody.

They're a friendly bunch

I like the moniker "Episcopagans."

But, like, declaring somebody else doesn't believe what they declare they believe pisses me off, you know?

Or insisting that they OBVIOUSLY believe "X" because of label "Y"

Yeah, there comes a point where you just have to call a jagoff a jagoff, brush the dust from your hem, and not sweat it.

I mean, Mormonism is weird and not my bag, but I'm not gonna be like "Even if you call yourself christian you don't get to be one!"

And that has a damn sight more merit than the Catholics-aren't-christian canard. (I mean, dude. History?)

I should probably try being someone else for a while.

Sorry?

Excellent idea, Shades. Which somebody do you want to be?

I do not know. August, I guess?

❤️ I don't have a problem with catholics, just this particular jagoff?

I think 95% of my other PCs are arguably occupied.

How's EBG doing?

He's occupied trying to dig up the dirt on a girl Caesar is seeing.

Ahhhh. 🙂

*chuckle* Months ago, Caesar and EBG were having a nice drink together after CC's performance at the club.

Caesar had to ask "What's with you and mom getting pets?" (A dog and a cat.)

"Well, Caesar, it was that... or get you an XXL tee-shirt reading "Guess who's going to be a big brother?"

Caesar was, fortunately, not drinking at the time.

ha!

chuckle Yeah, Caesar's probably counting his blessings in this regard.

Well EBG likes him, for all that he's Seelie. And this young lady that has her hooks in him has upset CC. So.

soooo

Well, Rae and I are currently in a PBEM of Coradel/Vince, and I'm not sure whether it's going to inform her next conversations with anybody else.

*nod* Understood, and I would imagine great potential to do so.

Cat?

dunno

*nod* Ok.