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Mageth · 04-24-2002, 01:44 PM

I just noticed that I said "paternal" above, when in both instances it should be "maternal." (not that it's that important).

Yeah, I was pretty immersed. My brother was an AoG minister (he's since switched to the Vineyard Church), and a couple of cousins are as well.

Movies, cards, dancing...all things that were prohibited in my youth!

Mageth · 04-24-2002, 01:45 PM

butswana...that sounds like Robert Duvall's character in The Apostle.

butswana · 04-25-2002, 12:23 PM

Yeah, he is a real crusty old son of a bitch. I can't remember the fuckers' name.
I don't think getting into fisticuffs with him would have been a good idea. The fact that he refused to preside over the ceremony almost stopped the whole thing. Oh, well. He should be dead soon, he's pretty old. I'll just go piss on his grave. That should even the score.

Hugh Jass · 04-25-2002, 01:09 PM

Most of my paternal family belong to an outfit called Plymouth Brethren,a.k.a. Open Brethren.
Everything smacking of pleasure was wrong or sinful. Two of my aunts had no children and it wasn't until I grew up that I began to suspect that somthing else often associated with pleasure was deemed wrong too! Seems likely anyway.....they all lived their holy lives in abject misery as far as I could see.

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04-24-2002, 01:44 PM	#11
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	I just noticed that I said "paternal" above, when in both instances it should be "maternal." (not that it's that important). Yeah, I was pretty immersed. My brother was an AoG minister (he's since switched to the Vineyard Church), and a couple of cousins are as well. Movies, cards, dancing...all things that were prohibited in my youth!

04-24-2002, 01:45 PM	#12
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	butswana...that sounds like Robert Duvall's character in The Apostle.

04-25-2002, 12:23 PM	#13
butswana Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,804	Yeah, he is a real crusty old son of a bitch. I can't remember the fuckers' name. I don't think getting into fisticuffs with him would have been a good idea. The fact that he refused to preside over the ceremony almost stopped the whole thing. Oh, well. He should be dead soon, he's pretty old. I'll just go piss on his grave. That should even the score.

04-25-2002, 01:09 PM	#14
Hugh Jass Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brandon Canada Posts: 70	Most of my paternal family belong to an outfit called Plymouth Brethren,a.k.a. Open Brethren. Everything smacking of pleasure was wrong or sinful. Two of my aunts had no children and it wasn't until I grew up that I began to suspect that somthing else often associated with pleasure was deemed wrong too! Seems likely anyway.....they all lived their holy lives in abject misery as far as I could see.

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