Can a preacher be sincere and intelligent and still perform his duties?

[Seattle]

You sound like a stalker. Do you enjoy the Mission Impossible movies? I think they're brilliant, so in my life Tom Cruise is all I'm interested in in this context.

I think you need to rework that last sentence.

 

[Truck Captain Stumpy]

... because I can't easily get data on them, as I can on the established, accepted mainstream ones, and don't want to comment from a position of ignorance.

boiled down:

Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a social movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. According to adherents, Pastafarianism is a "real, legitimate religion, as much as any other"

best source for data on the Pastafarian Church (or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster)
https://www.spaghettimonster.org/

 

[Jeeves]

boiled down:
best source for data on the Pastafarian Church (or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster)
https://www.spaghettimonster.org/

I don't really give a tossed meatball, as it has little or no bearing on the topic.

 

[wegs]

Lol Tom Cruise is a textbook narcissist.

 

[Seattle]

Lol Tom Cruise is a textbook narcissist.

Tom Cruise has too much unfocused energy and has the uncanny ability to appear insincere even when he (presumably) is.

 

[Truck Captain Stumpy]

I don't really give a tossed meatball, as it has little or no bearing on the topic.

you're right: it has no bearing
but it's funny as all hell, IMHO

 

[Jeeves]

you're right: it has no bearing
but it's funny as all hell, IMHO

Yah, well, better grab every laugh wherever you find it!
(Ps i suspect your opinions do not tend toward the humble end of the spectrum)

 

[Truck Captain Stumpy]

(Ps i suspect your opinions do not tend toward the humble end of the spectrum)

opinions are like arseholes: everyone has one and most of them are just plain full of shite, and though occasionally you can grow something good from it when you put in the work, most of them are just flushed into the septic tank called the internet