Another rant

I started this blog a few years ago to journal our life on our small homestead we call Outlaw Farm. But it has developed into a page of rants. Not something I wanted or intended to happen.
But my wife and children are Outlaw Farm as much as the grass, the trees, the animals and all the wildlife that surround us. So when my children have been treated badly, then the whole farm is treated badly.

Recently, the girls were invited to a sleepover at the weekend. As we already had plans they politely declined the invitation, as did their other friend.

It was then disclosed that the reason for the invitation was to recruit new members for their church and to convert any non church going heathens.

When the parents were informed that my girls are half Mexican and the other girl was Jewish, they stated that they wouldn't have been made welcome in their house anyway. So apparently this church only accepts you into their fold if you are white. That there are bigotry and hypocrisy at their finest.

I'm white. I'm whiter than white. I'm Anglo-Saxon. You can't get any whiter. But if we're going to use color to judge, then those people are as black as the preacher's robe.

I am proud of my kids, and of their Jewish friend. They are all A honor students. Good musicians. Accomplished in sports. They show responsibility in their community. They are kind, thoughtful and caring for others. They mentor children younger than themselves. All in all, they are really good kids.

I will tell you why I am not a fan of the organized church. When I was a small boy back in England, I attended a Church of England run primary school. There were two schools in town. That one and a county council run school. My mother decided to send me to the church school, thinking it would be the best school although we were not CofE and were Methodists. I went to Sunday School every week and chapel once a month. Every day we would have a school assembly where we would sing hymns and pray. I was even in the school choir.  But once a month the local vicar would come to school and lead the assembly and serve communion. All of a sudden, the Methodist kid and his Roman Catholic buddy would be asked to sit in the classroom and read a book. At the age of six I discovered the hypocritical world of the organized church.
Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of very good people who go to church and believe in the unity of the organization. Some of my closest friends are devoted church goers. But these people are truly good people. If you took the church away tomorrow, they would still be truly good people. They don't wear the church as a badge of honor. They live their lives with honor. You won't hear them quote scriptures while interpreting it to suit their needs.

What kind of cult is the church these other people attend, that send kids out to recruit other kids? If the church was such a great place to go then surely reputation would fill the pews rather than subterfuge.