A New York county clerk has again refused to file a more than $100,000 civil judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills.
One of Texas’s biggest medical providers is the Methodist Health System, with 12 full-fledged hospitals and over 100 clinics that started as a hospital in Houston founded by the Methodist church. For most people, it’s just another hospital. The church doesn’t get any of the money or anything.
Catholic hospitals, however, are a little more notorious for denying care based on religious principles - with abortion and birth control being the big one. They won’t do abortions, offer contraceptives, or perform vasectomies, for instance.
I’m not religious in the slightest, but in my experience, them Methodists seem pretty chill. Worked with one to make their website a while a back and their pastor was the most laid back, easy to work with dude, loved everyone, black, white, brown, straight, gay, trans, whatever. I miss that guy.
The methodist church had a schism recently. There’s the “United Methodist” and the new “Global Methodist.”
The Global Methodist church was founded specifically to exclude gay people. They also have much smaller apportionments (church’s equivalent of taxes that the individual churches pay to the organization and is used for things like relief work), and allow the congregations to directly hore and fire clergy so the preachers can’t get all uppity and tell them not to be prejudiced or to be kind or welcoming to people who aren’t like you.
It seems the United Methodists are the more tolerant ones compared to the Global Methodists? I’m not sure, like I said, I’m not religious in any sense and by and large avoid this world. Apologies for any ignorance on my side. My experience is entirely anecdotal. The only thing I can truly say with full confidence is that this one particular church was a generally decent and tolerant group of people.
I grew up Methodist, although it never took with me. I always thought it was a fairly tolerant sect, until they started going after the gays. I’m not gay, but I have lots of friends and family who are, and I won’t tolerate any intolerance toward them. Not that I’d be considering ever going to church again, but if I were, Methodists would be off the list.
The old pastor retired and just so happened to have been replaced by a woman! I don’t know her personally like I did him, but every time I drive by, her messages out on the front board are always full of the same positivity and tongue and cheek shit I actually look forward to reading.
Unlike the other churches around that are like “you better pray or you’re going to hell” and other threatening garbage.
Lots of hospitals were started by churches.
One of Texas’s biggest medical providers is the Methodist Health System, with 12 full-fledged hospitals and over 100 clinics that started as a hospital in Houston founded by the Methodist church. For most people, it’s just another hospital. The church doesn’t get any of the money or anything.
Catholic hospitals, however, are a little more notorious for denying care based on religious principles - with abortion and birth control being the big one. They won’t do abortions, offer contraceptives, or perform vasectomies, for instance.
I’m not religious in the slightest, but in my experience, them Methodists seem pretty chill. Worked with one to make their website a while a back and their pastor was the most laid back, easy to work with dude, loved everyone, black, white, brown, straight, gay, trans, whatever. I miss that guy.
Be careful now.
The methodist church had a schism recently. There’s the “United Methodist” and the new “Global Methodist.”
The Global Methodist church was founded specifically to exclude gay people. They also have much smaller apportionments (church’s equivalent of taxes that the individual churches pay to the organization and is used for things like relief work), and allow the congregations to directly hore and fire clergy so the preachers can’t get all uppity and tell them not to be prejudiced or to be kind or welcoming to people who aren’t like you.
Ahhh, interesting. These guys were United Methodists, if that wasn’t obvious haha.
The split didn’t happen until 2024.
The cool thing was, when the biggot-wing left, the United Methodists were able to finally fully embrace inclusion!
The Methodist Church has always been staunchly anti-gay. Some are trying to change it, but the bigotry remains.
It seems the United Methodists are the more tolerant ones compared to the Global Methodists? I’m not sure, like I said, I’m not religious in any sense and by and large avoid this world. Apologies for any ignorance on my side. My experience is entirely anecdotal. The only thing I can truly say with full confidence is that this one particular church was a generally decent and tolerant group of people.
I grew up Methodist, although it never took with me. I always thought it was a fairly tolerant sect, until they started going after the gays. I’m not gay, but I have lots of friends and family who are, and I won’t tolerate any intolerance toward them. Not that I’d be considering ever going to church again, but if I were, Methodists would be off the list.
Methodists are also okay with women being pastors/priests/preachers. They’re also pretty good at begging everyone for money.
The old pastor retired and just so happened to have been replaced by a woman! I don’t know her personally like I did him, but every time I drive by, her messages out on the front board are always full of the same positivity and tongue and cheek shit I actually look forward to reading.
Unlike the other churches around that are like “you better pray or you’re going to hell” and other threatening garbage.