I am an ordianed minister.  I got ordained to help out a friend who was wanting a wedding blessed but didn't want a Christian minister.  She was Pagan and I was Pagan.....so why not.  I have been ordained now for a few years.  I will perform: Baby Blessings/Namings, Coming of Age Rites, Weddings, Funerals, and Memorials.  If you ask me nicely and I am in the mood for it I might even lead a Sabbat Ritual.  Which this last one is very much not going to happen because I dont' like doing them.  I don't care if your Christian, Pagan, or Worship the Pimpmunk !  If you need someone and your disconnected from your faith and dont' have a church, temple what ever I will help you out.  If your Gay or Lesbian and can't find a ministor to bless your marriage or child or perform your funeral.......I'll help you out.

In otherwords, I dont' just cater to Pagans.  Yes, the majority of the rituals I have done have been Pagan based but there a lot of folks out there that dont' feel the need to go to Church to Pray to God.  They have the same theory as my Father and a good friend of mine who are Christian.  If God made everything then everything is God's temple and I dont' have to go to one specific building to pray or worship him. 

Anyway why the specific title?  Well it is irritating not just here on Mindsay but all over the internet that you find this very nice ppl and they seem normal.......and then they open up their fingers (typing) and start spewing on a daily baises the Words of the Lord.  It wouldnt' be so bad if it was done occasionally.  But when you see it and have to read it every fucking day it is down right irritating!  I understand that some of these ppl are doing it because they are very much into their spirituality and they aren't preaching at anyone particular and are more about writting about their lives.  But come on if you were that Spiritual you would also understand it is irritating to others to have to constantly read about how this passage worked for you or that passage worked for this person.  Then there are those who preach because they are fundies.  Everything anyone does even others of their own Faith are devil incarnates simply because they dont' follow the exact same journey as the preachers are.  They tell everyone they are sinners.  My Gods we even had one jackass on mindsay tell someone that they were child abusers simply because they smoked!  How insulting was that?!

What I am getting at here ppl is that internet preaching is getting very old.  Many of us on the internet aren't Christian and don't follow the same path as others.  We dont' mind learning or reading about the Bible passages or the history.  It gives some of us great joy in taking the passage you use and going to OUR bibles and finding another passage that tears your passage to peices with how hypicritcal the "Good Book" really is.  It also gives those of us another learning tool to use.  But it irritates the Hell out of us when we have to constantly read the passages.  Especially by those "spiritually blessed ministers" who use a blog to try and convert, dam, or blast those who are not of their faith!  Or the ones that go into a religious specific chat room.......which states Islamic, Pagan, NA Indian, Buddist or the like.......and do the same things!  Or the ones that go to search sites specifically set up to get others of non main stream religions in touch with others of their like........those ppl are the worst!  They go to these sites and start nabbing names and sending out emails trying to convert or dam ppl from that site!  Do you see any others really doing this besides the Christians?  Not really.  I am sure they are out there but the Christians are the worst when it comes to Internet preaching. 

I live in a town on the Western Edge of the Bible Belt.  There are more churchs in this town then schools!  And I have not been preached too, accosted, or told that I am sinning in this town.  But the more I am on the internet the more times I have been told I am sinning, I am going to hell or I am outside of "God's" order and therefore am dirty.  What these Internet Preaches dont' seem to understand is that they don't have to outright preach to anyone, their constant blogging about anything and referring it to their Faith is equivalant to them preaching!  Giving a good message that relates to any faith .....now those I don't mind  They are helpful to everyone.

Internet Preaching is getting old and down right hateful towards anyone who doesn't believe in the same things as the preachers do........when are ppl going to realize that you can be a minister and that you dont' have to preach?  It is much easier finding a "flock" and "sheperding" them if they actually want to "hear" the words you are spewing from your fingers instead of overloading those who may not be sure on what journey of spiritual life they want to be on!  You're setting yourself up for those who aren't sure to turn on you and you becoming hateful towards everyone that is not what you preach.  You're setting yourself up to be hated by other spiritual folks because they are the ones that are trying to be good ppl and actually trying to find those that are truely looking for a spiriutal journey and not those who are doing it to be the "in" thing to do. 

Stop preaching over the internet and use your spiriutal words for helping those who want the assistance of your widsom!