gave me the implication that they didn't trust God
On the contrary; they were putting their trust in God. For some people that's how it's done.
If they want oil, the Greek Orthodox priests or Wiccan priests/priestesses, at least, will be happy to go bless things, too.
Okay. Sounds good to me. The more, the merrier.
Anything that smacks of a state church rattles me.
This smacked of no such thing. As far as I could tell from the article, it was some ministers practicing their religion and nothing more. Obviously it was not sanctioned. I doubt we're in danger of having a state religion on the basis of letting some people practice theirs on their own. The only bug I might have about the oil is if they left a big mess on the chairs.
To me, tolerance is when we let people be who they are and not expect them to hide it. It's okay for you if you want to be private, but criticizing others for being less private when they're not really hurting anything is...well, intolerant.
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On the contrary; they were putting their trust in God. For some people that's how it's done.
If they want oil, the Greek Orthodox priests or Wiccan priests/priestesses, at least, will be happy to go bless things, too.
Okay. Sounds good to me. The more, the merrier.
Anything that smacks of a state church rattles me.
This smacked of no such thing. As far as I could tell from the article, it was some ministers practicing their religion and nothing more. Obviously it was not sanctioned. I doubt we're in danger of having a state religion on the basis of letting some people practice theirs on their own. The only bug I might have about the oil is if they left a big mess on the chairs.
To me, tolerance is when we let people be who they are and not expect them to hide it. It's okay for you if you want to be private, but criticizing others for being less private when they're not really hurting anything is...well, intolerant.