tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503737103502630690.post4831651560681466768..comments2024-03-16T05:17:47.608-04:00Comments on These Things Happen...: Mother’s Day Packs Church PewsSponge-headed ScienceManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914014641719908195noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503737103502630690.post-14016639819337205132012-05-18T21:07:53.646-04:002012-05-18T21:07:53.646-04:00No, correction, "Church of the Inner Springs&...No, correction, "Church of the Inner Springs"Sponge-headed ScienceManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914014641719908195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503737103502630690.post-68951680276311200402012-05-16T17:42:03.070-04:002012-05-16T17:42:03.070-04:00Erin - it was "Church of the Holy Springs.&qu...Erin - it was "Church of the Holy Springs."Sponge-headed ScienceManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914014641719908195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503737103502630690.post-21324253618136738882012-05-15T06:00:06.344-04:002012-05-15T06:00:06.344-04:00"Church of the Holy Beach Sand...Our Lady of ..."Church of the Holy Beach Sand...Our Lady of the Weed Wacker" Cute. In college, your alternative was Bedside Bible Church.<br /><br />I found that women outweighed men in college campus ministries, sometimes almost 2:1. And most of the guys at our InterVarsity meetings were engineers, so they weren't exactly the best conversationalists...Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803753870981743904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503737103502630690.post-3712291525637243422012-05-13T23:38:01.276-04:002012-05-13T23:38:01.276-04:00There seems to be no way of knowing about the earl...There seems to be no way of knowing about the early church, but IIRC numbers on men and women attending showed similar asymmetries a few centuries ago. I wish I could find the reference...<br />I wonder if the Orthodox kept some kind of records of who showed up at services.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503737103502630690.post-60164666987721828202012-05-12T22:07:42.638-04:002012-05-12T22:07:42.638-04:00Here's a depressing thought: perhaps men only ...Here's a depressing thought: perhaps men only go if they get to be in charge, providing an explanation for the scriptural directions and traditions of forbidding certain functions to women. Maybe it is in our nature - and the favoritism toward men actually an accommodation. Like affirmative action.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com