LANGUISH CRYSTAL BALL: Will Caliga's county vote to repeal alcohol prohibition?

[grumbler]

Yes, I know.  I grew up a Methodist and we drank grape juice, but the rationale there was "we don't want to serve wine to children, and also it's expensive".

You had mass at a Methodist church?

[Valmy]

You know that do you?

I try to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[Valmy]

You had mass at a Methodist church?

Well they have communion at Methodist churches.

[Valmy]

Not only did 'yes' win, but preliminary count indicates it was a landslide!

TAKE THAT BAPTIST DOUCHEBAGS 

:nelson

Baptists = fail

[grumbler]

Well they have communion at Methodist churches.

I did not know that.  A quick search says it is only occasional in many Methodist churches, though, so maybe that is why I didn't even know they did it.

[DontSayBanana]

Well they have communion at Methodist churches.

I did not know that.  A quick search says it is only occasional in many Methodist churches, though, so maybe that is why I didn't even know they did it.

I'm pretty sure communion's both protestant and Catholic- my parents' old Presbyterian church would do communion every fifth Sunday.

[grumbler]

I'm pretty sure communion's both protestant and Catholic- my parents' old Presbyterian church would do communion every fifth Sunday.

Yes, communion is common in many protestant denominations, as I well knew;  Lutheran, Presbyterian, Anglican/Episcapalian; pretty much all the "high church" kinds of denominations.  I didn't know it was practiced by Methodists, nor do I still know if practiced by Baptists, Anabaptists, Quakers, Shakers, or Unitarians.

[Barrister]

It's practiced in the United Church, which was a merger of the Methodists and Presbyterians.

[ulmont]

nor do I still know if practiced by Baptists

Yes.

[Admiral Yi]

At my dad's Methodist church they make a point of saying that you don't have to be a member or even a Christian to chow down.

[Valmy]

At my dad's Methodist church they make a point of saying that you don't have to be a member or even a Christian to chow down.

Yeah the Catholics announce if you are not a Catholic do not partake...not that they will do anything if you do but, you know, God knows you are a heretical bastard.

The Methodists do not concern themselves with it on that level.

[ulmont]

Yeah the Catholics announce if you are not a Catholic do not partake...not that they will do anything if you do but, you know, God knows you are a heretical bastard.

The Catholics also allow at least some Orthodox denominations to partake, at least according to the program notes the few times I've been in proximity.

[Valmy]

The Catholics also allow at least some Orthodox denominations to partake, at least according to the program notes the few times I've been in proximity.

I guess Orthodoxy is so rare in Texas they don't bother to mention it.

[MadImmortalMan]

At my dad's Methodist church they make a point of saying that you don't have to be a member or even a Christian to chow down.

Yeah the Catholics announce if you are not a Catholic do not partake...not that they will do anything if you do but, you know, God knows you are a heretical bastard.

The Methodists do not concern themselves with it on that level.

Protties just pass around a plate of bread or crackers and little cups of wine or juice. They don't go up and get it from the priest. It's the no-priest-between-you-and-God thingie. Every Christian denomination that I know of does communion at least once in a while.

[Valmy]

Protties just pass around a plate of bread or crackers and little cups of wine or juice. They don't go up and get it from the priest. It's the no-priest-between-you-and-God thingie. Every Christian denomination that I know of does communion at least once in a while.

Interesting fact: I have never actually not-gotten communion from a priest before.  Even at my good friends Catholic marriage it was he himself (and his bride) who gave communion.  I think the Priests deputize members of the congregation these days to speed things along.