By: David Worrell
To: Jan deBoer
13 Aug 97 11:08, Jan deBoer wrote to mhardy@dibbs.net:

Jd> You cannot legitimately compare clergy with other occupations.
Jd> Occupations are chosen, but clergy are 'called by god'.

I had an interesting encounter today.

I live in Memphis. In case you didn't know, yesterday was anniversary of the
day Elvis was found face down on the bathroom floor. I'm sure you can imagine
the "festivities" that went on around town last night.

We've got a television in the break room at work. A few of us were in there
last night, bullshitting and watching the news. Not surprisingly, most of the
coverage was about the Elvisfreaks. A reporter was interviewing one Elvis
impersonator who claimed to have been "called" to be an impersonator by a
spirit from his TV.

One of the fundies I work with immediately started ranting about how ludicrous
that was. "If he was called by a spirit to be a preacher, though, everything
would make perfect sense, right?" I ask. "b-b-b-b-but, that's *different*!" He
replies.

People are idiots.

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 * Origin: John Brawley's Quantum Bait Shop, No. 7 (1:123/67.7)