church and much more

I attended '''Rev  Marshall's church ,he lived in the back of our house , he had a small church in his garage and Rev Knights's church, on 98th ave and then there was  Mt moriah Baptist church,one of my favorites ;Rev Sims, and True Light Baptist church with Rev Hodges,my sister's fatherin law  and New Direction, Pastor Rev Brown

My parents belonged to the Finnish Lutheran church. We were Lutheran more than anything. I didn’t raise my children that tradition.

First we went to a Methodist church. Then we went to a Presbyterian church. We were kind of hit-and-miss. My mom liked to go, but my dad didn’t. Whoever they could drag out of bed on Sunday morning went to church. Sometimes it was everybody; sometimes just a few.

After graduating from high school I didn’t follow a specific religion much.

Shirley used to be Catholic. She used to go to church every Sunday. They wanted her to be a nun. They called her Sunshine when I first met her. But I haven’t been to church for a long time. Cathy was baptized in communion and confirmation. My sons went to catechism. I don’t know what happened to my son but neither of my grandkids were baptized, which kind of upsets me.

I’m religious, but in a different way. I have this idea that religion is a huge problem in world societies. There are a lot of wars that happen because of religious groups. For thousands of years, wars have been around religion. But I do believe there is another power.

We weren’t Mennonites, but we were close to it.  With the Air Force stuff, we work with them on different projects and things.  They’re wonderful people and very caring.

The chruch really hasn’t been very important my life.  I’ve had my own beliefs and I go with them.   I was raised catholic, which was a little much for me to swallow.   It was too much like the Marine Corps: “we are the best.”

Well, I don’t go to church. My wife does. I used to go to church and the preacher said one time says, “You guys are going to hell regardless,” so I just don’t go.