Whenever I hear church people put their feet down and say,
"There shall never be video screens in their church's sanctuary," I
pause, look straight at them and ask why. They nearly always respond that they
are traditional. And I say, "OK, good; and what does this have to do with
video screens? Does your church have indoor plumbing, because traditionally,
churches sent people to outhouses. Church outhouses are very, very traditional,
and ecumenical - so far as I can tell, up until about the year 1900, outhouses
were as fundamental as Trinitarian theology to Christianity worldwide."
People either smile or glare when I say this.
