Poll: Do you know the political views of the pastor who baptized your Children?

[woolldog]

Just wondering how many people know the personal political views of the pastor who baptized your children.

[Oleladylib]

1. well this has got to win the stupid question of the day award.

[spoony]

48. Why?

I don't have any kids but when I was looking for a church to be baptised in, I talked to the pastors quite a bit and picked the kindest, warmest and most Christ-like person I found. Not only did it assure me the church itself would be a pleasant place for me but that my memories of the baptism would be all-around good. That's an emotionally powerful event and you want the people involved to be the right people. I can't imagine it being different for parents wishing their child baptised.

[TwilightGardener]

2. I didn't know the priests who baptized my kids. I didn't care

who they were, or what they thought, I just needed them to do the sacrament, because that's their job.

[MNDemNY]

3. No, but one would know, intimately, the political views of..

ones "spiritual adviser of twenty years", dontchya think?

[woolldog]

7. Not really,

I don't see the connection between spiritual advice and politics.

[MNDemNY]

10. Keep looking, you'll find it. Have you checked your pockets?

[woolldog]

15. Nope, because there's no connection.

[scheming daemons]

21. And of course... KNOWING the views is the equivalent of AGREEING with them....

:eyes:

[anamandujano]

28. Especially if one hears it from the pulpit week after week.

[DevonRex]

42. Who says he's there week after week?

Either that pastor or Obama? If I remember correctly that church is HUGE and has several. Probably lots of different services every week, too.
No clue what my pastor thinks about politics.

[displacedtexan]

4. Yes.

I made sure it was a thoughtful, caring, gentle Unitarian minister.

Thanks for asking.

[eissa]

5. I know my priest's views

He married us and baptized my children, and I don't agree with his views at all (republican if you haven't figured it out.) It's not easy trying to find a progressive liberal priest in the Orthodox church!

[nxylas]

9. w00t, another Orthodox DUer

:hi:

That makes 3 of us that I know of: you, me and knitter4democracy.

[calico1]

6. No.

I'm not running for President though.

How many of you are?

[Bobbie47]

8. Bad parent here

my daughter is not baptized.

[Drachasor]

12. So you didn't vett the Pastor then?

[Debi]

26. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

:yoiks:

Just kidding, don't think I've ever said welcome to DU though :hi:

[KoKo]

11. My Pastor doesn't preach his views from the Pulpit of the Church

nor promote any candidates for office.

[napi21]

13. NO. Because when MY kids were baptized the Church,

priests & nuns NEVER talked about politics! I remember being told "We can't discuss politics or candidates or we could lose out tax exempt status!" WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

[Benhurst]

14. How about adding, Have you dedicated a book to the pastor who baptized your children?

[GoldieAZ49]

16. I would have if they were preached from the pulpit

like Wright does

[paperbag_ princess]

17. kids are not baptized as babies in my church but

I have left about 5 churches because the pastor has preached something that is anti women or tacitly endorsed the republican candidate. When we lived in Arkansas we visited a new chuch...it was fourth of July and Huckabee was the guest speaker...

I have to say that we stayed for the entertainment value....I wish I had that one on film.

[woolldog]

18. haha

was he entertaining?

[paperbag_ princess]

23. think a wall full enormous American flags

salutes and battle hymns...

hey but they did give out free coffee...

[4_Legs_Good]

19. Geesh, I'm glad I'm not held accountable for every bozo thing that my pastors have said

[NMMNG]

20. I don't have children or a pastor

But if I had a pastor who preached politics from the pulpit I would have to be a deaf idiot to not know his political views.

[nonconformist]

38. I wish I could rec your reply. nt

[noel711]

22. Silly question...

Political views have nothing to do with baptism,
or any of the sacraments.

People of faith, of ANY faith have a diverse
world view, and diversity in ANY form is good.

Screening religious leadership for political
narrowness is mean-spirited and not in the
framework of religious tolerance and acceptance.

[Georgie_92]

24. When I wanted my children Christianized, they refused it, because I'm not active in church. Pfff

[Debi]

25. Pretty much, my son was baptized Catholic n/t

[BigDDem]

27. Present

[yardwork]

29. Um, what if we have children but they're not baptized?

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that the bishop who baptized me was a jerk. Sure sounded like it during his sermon.

[formernaderite]

30. my kids aren't baptized but

and I'm an atheist. However, I think this guy preaches this stuff in church...so, it seems it would be pretty obvious what his views are. Obama needs to get out in front of this NOW. I'd hate for this to sink his nomination.

[Bluenorthwest]

31. My mother lead me out the aisle

of the Baptist church our family attended for years when the pastor spoke politics from the pulpit. In the middle of services. And she agreed with him politically. She was a righteous person.

Me? As a gay person, I can know the political and religious views of anyone at will by simply mentioning my boyfriend. Snap, I get the whole picture. I'll say it is not always negative, at a family funeral on his side, an Episcopal cleric was freaking great to us, a real witness as they say, but still I knew her views were inclusive and liberal, didn't I?

I sure perfer Rev Wright to Donnie McClurkin or Caldwell or the rest of the basher Bush backers Obama employs. Wright is pretty good on gay issues, and Trinity UCC welcomes and employs gay people. If Obama had not stood with McClurkin and thrown me under the bus, I could really write some nice stuff about Trinity, and why all churchs are just as reflective of the cultures in which they function as Trinity is, if not more so. But I'm not going to.

[jakem]

32. OK. who the fuck let someone baptize my children.

NOT OK!

[DevonRex]

39. LOL!

Love it. You made me smile so thanks.

[xultar]

41. ROFL

[JVS]

51. I did it when you weren't looking

I was afraid they might go to hell if I didn't :scared:

[grantcart]

33. why did you assume everyone has baptized their children?

This assumption that everyone is a Christian is really frustrating because it is so prevelent.

[woolldog]

44. Are you really that silly?

to assume that I think everyone here has kids who were baptized or even has kids???

Obviously I'm interested in hearing the opinion of that subset of the population of DU that has children that have been baptized b/c I'm interested in how much THEY knew of the pastor who baptized their children.

Good lord. :eyes:

[grantcart]

47. You would be surprised how often this comes up in daily life for those of us that

are not Christians. If it was once a month that would be one thing but it is a constant drip of a majority viewpoint that Christianity is the normative american experience and that those that are not are somehow exceptions. Would it have killed you to have added another choice in the poll? So what is the point of the poll that makes it Christocentric and you specifically do not want to know say the political opinion of the Rabbi who conducts the Bar Mitzvah? Next time just label it exclusively for Christians.

[woolldog]

49. I'm interested in how much

Christians knew about their pastor's political views b/c I'm interested in what a reasonable expectation is for Obama, who is Christian and had his children baptized by that wacky preacher, on that issue.

That is what I'm interested in. I'm not going to apologize for my interest in that question.

[grantcart]

58. got it

[sueragingroz]

34. Yes and I don't belong to the church anymore

[XemaSab]

35. All I know is my pastors are good democrats who reject bigotry and hate

:shrug:

(on edit: except hate for the BFEE :hide: )

[xultar]

36. WOULD YOU JOIN FALWELLS CHURCH THEN??? ummm hummm

Just sayin

I don't thin you'll know until they get up on the pulpit and start spouting shit, or say shit in the media then I gotta think, do I wanna be associated with this person?

Do I want their brand of Christianity?

[JVS]

37. I thought Church and state were supposed to be separate?

[Madam Mossfern]

40. Well, being Jewish and all

I don't have a pastor. But, I did belong to a synagogue in which I disagreed politically with the Rabbi - even became president of the congregation. I finally had enough and quit my leadership role and quit the synagogue; but it took me more than five years to do that. During the time I was a member while he was the rabbi, I would have been mortified if anyone equated me with his views. BTW, I left for other reasons than political...the guy was just a jerk.

[susankh4]

43. Yes, in fact...

I am very careful about who I surround myself with when it comes to my beliefs.

[MrSlayer]

45. Political views? Hell, I couldn't even pick them out of a lineup.

Let alone know what their politics are. I only got my kids baptized because the families would have gone nuts if I didn't. I didn't want to do it at all.

[Bake]

46. Yes and I don't go to that church any more.

How's that?

Bake

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

50. I was raised a Catholic

I can't say I'm a really good one, but I disagree with the Church's position on abortion. But I'm not just a single-issue person and I think there are many reasons why someone would attend a church besides the official views of its leadership on a couple of issues.

[Occam Bandage]

52. Hell, when I was baptized, I lifted my little months-old head, looked

my priest square in the eye, and said, "Do you now, or have you ever, supported Communism or Communist ideals?" When he hesitated, I turned to my parents and announced that I would not be baptized into the faith until we could find a more patriotic priest.

[JVS]

53. Did you make the next priest wear a flag-pin on his vestments?

[jmg257]

54. No, but my priest gave sermons on religion, not political speeches about race in America.

[woolldog]

56. So you believe priests shouldn't give sermons that touch on race relations?

[Kool Kitty]

55. No, alas, I did not.

I hope this doesn't complicate my intended run for President in 2012.

[maxanne]

57. my kid wasn't baptized

I'm an atheist.

I joined a UU church 5 years ago. I know my the political views of my minister. There aren't too many Republican UU's.