Religious Freedom

[Alex]

Well, he self-appointed himself a holy leader. I consider that assish.

And the teaching of Paul was not to not eat with sinners (which would be pretty impossible for an evangelical religion), but to not eat with those who are a member of the faith but lapse.

Glad to hear about your sister. As I said when you first posted it, I expected you'd find that people weren't quite to rigid about it as you feared. If there is one thing the religious are good at* it is rationalizing that which they were going to do anyway. Religion is rarely an impediment to the life people wanted to live anyway and when it is, they just form a new religion.




* The non-religious are good at it to, they just don't have to frame it within religion.