Creed by Steven Turner

We believe in Marx, Freud and Darwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.

We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy's OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.

We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.

We believe there's something in horoscopes
UFO's and bent spoons.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha,
Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher
though we think His good morals were bad.

We believe that all religions are basically the same-
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens
they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its
compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps
Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn

We believe in Masters and Johnson
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.

We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and
bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors .
And the Russians would be sure to follow.

We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behavior that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.

We believe that each man must find the truth that
is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will readjust.
History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth
that there is no absolute truth.

We believe in the rejection of creeds,
And the flowering of individual thought.

If chance be the Father of all flesh,
disaster is his rainbow in the sky and when you hear:


State of Emergency!

Sniper Kills Ten! Troops on Rampage!

Whites go Looting!

Bomb Blasts School!

It is but the sound of man worshipping his maker.



*What do you believe??*

Sanctinasium????

An on-going argument between myself, my father, and our youth pastor is that of sanctinasium versus cathedral or chapel. So, just to stir up a little trouble: my side of the argument.

First of all, what is a sanctinasium? A santinasium is a strange mix of sanctuary and gymnasium. It is a sanctuary that has thin, gym floor carpeting, basketball hoops, and portable chairs - no pews. Some see it as mainly functional, since it houses both church youth activities and church services. However, I see it much differently.

I see a "sanctinasium" as pure disrespect. Shoving God into a box. There is nothing wrong with a "youth center" or something else like that, even within the church, provided it is a tool used to reach others. However, there is no way that God would've allowed a basketball to even enter the Holy of Holies in the temple. So why allow it in the sanctuary? Of all places in a church, the sanctuary, the altar, is the place where God dwells, and the place that deserves the most respect.

It's true, the altar is just a bunch of two-by-fours nailed together, sanded, and finished. However, the symbolism behind the altar, that it is the place of God's great presence, the place where He can be reached, is so important, and very few people see it as such. They feel that since God is omnipresent, the exact place and style does not matter at all. However, this is undoubtedly not true.

God should be respected. Respected more than anyone or anything. And a sanctinasium is, without a doubt, very, very disrespectful.

NCN News - Church of the Nazarene

NCN News - Church of the Nazarene

The church in France is a very important part of my life, and I ask that you pray for it as I do. Although many people and churches assume that, being in Europe, France is a high point of culture and civilization and therefore, already established as a very Christian area, the church of the Nazarene has been present in France for only 27 years, and it is still very much developing.

I thank God for France, Paris, and the people that are working there. I hope you will do the same.