Would they hire you if they knew you didn't share their beliefs? If they would, then go ahead - take the job -- they're not hiring you as a pastor but as an entertainer.

If they feel that somebody who did not share their beliefs would not do as good a job (for whatever reason), then you probably should not. In other words just be honest with yourself and with them. I know for example that in our community we often take performers who are not of our affiliation and it is not an issue. Because they are there to perform, not to minister.


Getting to the other thing you mentioned about the world being 5000 years old. Believe it or not, this is a belief of many religions and affiliations. In fact to be exact, on the 16th of September it will be exactly 5765 years.

I disagree with what the priest said about the scientific community lying or misleading people. That is obviously farce, however I will try to do justice to an extremely lengthy and complex discussion in the space of the next few lines:

You might be familiar with the beginning of the bible where it talks about G-d's six day creation of the universe. It talks about the order of creation. On one day the stars were created, on another trees, on another animals and birds, and on the last, man and woman. Just by reading the bible it becomes very apparant that the tree which was created was a full grown tree, ortherwise it would be called a sapling. So were the birds and animals - after all they were all capable of flying and moving around. In fact on the day man was created, he had a conversation with G-d. Now babies can't talk, so he was obviously a grown man.

In other words, G-d didn't create a new world; he created a mature world. A world that was fully ready to be inhabited as if it was there for millions of years. A world with complex life forms, rock formations, history, and with a natural beginning.

Just to clarify...
Take it or leave it!

Chony

[This message has been edited by chony (edited 09-02-2004).]