Doug Miller wrote:
My son A.J. finished his Eagle Scout project today: construction and
installation of the Stations of the Cross on the grounds of Cardinal Ritter
High School (his alma mater) and St. Michael's Catholic Church here in
Indianapolis.

(Note to non-Catholics: the Stations of the Cross is a devotional intended to
encourage meditation on the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ. It consists
of fourteen icons depicting various events during His Passion, beginning with
his condemnation by Pilate, leading up to and ending with his body being laid
in the tomb.)

Photos of the completed project he
http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/u...view=slideshow

Project concept, design, and management by my son.
Scrollsaw work by my wife.
Construction and installation by my son and over a dozen volunteer helpers.
Special thanks to Carter-Lee Lumber Company of Indianapolis
www.carterlee.com for their very generous donation of *all* of the lumber
used in this project.



First of all, congratulations to A.J. especially, but also to you and
Mrs. Miller, as well as the volunteers who helped with this thing. It
takes a lot of perseverence to see something like that all the way
through, so kudos to all of you.

I don't know much about Eagle Scouts, but from what I've read they are
kids who have a special knack for seeing things through, as this project
indicates.

I do, however, know a bit about Catholics, and it's an area I chose to
leave a lot of years ago for reasons no one cares about except me. At
this point in my life, I'm either an apathetic agnostic or an aging
atheist - take your pick. The key A word there is apathetic. I just
don't much care one way or the other. This, BTW is not the start of a
discussion on that. Engage me on it, and I'll just ignore it.

What does straigten out my pubes tho is evangelising on both sides of
that believer/atheist line. Some days I think the atheists or agnostics
are worse than the evangelical nutbars that are out to save the world
with their "true" faith.

Doug Miller and his family are not ramming religion or Catholicism down
your throats. Doug explained the meaning of the project within the
church and left it at that. They did something that has merit, took
time and effort and conquered boredom and fatigue. 14 stations is a hell
of a lot of work. It's certainly not OT for the Wreck, and I guess it
got cross posted for Doug's other interests.

Comments decrying the Catholic Church and religion in this context are
rude, inconsiderate and off topic in themselves. Comments like that
indicate your own insecurities and generally tend to bring the bar down
in a discusson group. "Tend", I say because the other tendency when that
happens is that assholes get a new one reamed by the other folks who are
as offended by those kinds of remarks as I am.

Generally, Doug and his family got great responses from people who more
or less left the religion thing alone, which is how it should be.

But some folks just gotta **** on other people's shoes.

Sorry for the long post.

Tanus