A chaplain is a minister. Their whole function in the military is related to matters of faith and the administration of the church.
A lay reader is a person who can minister but also has another job or function as well. As an example, the Native American lay reader was also an avionics technician. His primary reason for being on the ship was avionics, but he also volunteered as the lay reader. C. Hatton Humphrey, Developer Fisher, Towne & Associates 716-839-2141 x336 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > What's the difference between a lay reader and a chaplain? > > At 01:21 PM 12/18/01, you wrote: > >Actually, the military recognizes Wicca, Native American, Satanism > >(Crowley's blend if memory serves) and other religions (I'm > *not* going to > >debate their validity here, that's a horse of a different > color), but their > >services are run by recognized "lay readers" as opposed to chaplains that > >are solely in the military as ministers. > > > >The ship that I was on (USS George Washington, CVN-73) had Jewish, Native > >American, Wiccan and (again, if I remember correctly) Hindi lay > readers, but > >only Protestant and Catholic chaplains. > > > >C. Hatton Humphrey, Developer > >Fisher, Towne & Associates > >716-839-2141 x336 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:03 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > > > > > > > And wiccan, satanist, etc. :) > > > > > > At 12:59 PM 12/18/01, you wrote: > > > >What's interesting to note is that the military breaks clergy into > > > >Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and (I think) Muslim. > > > > > > > >C. Hatton Humphrey, Developer > > > >Fisher, Towne & Associates > > > >716-839-2141 x336 > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:50 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right, but they worship Christ, thereby making them > Christians. How > > > > > they worship and their interpretation of the Bible is what > > > distinguishes > > > > > them from other forms of Christianity. > > > > > > > > > > For example, I'm Roman Catholic and I have a Baptist > friend who think > > > > > that we worship saints when, in fact, we pay homage to them. He > > > > > disagrees and thinks that it's wrong for us to do so, but that's > > > > > us...goofy Catholic's! But we both believe that Christ > died for our > > > > > sins. It's the little things that get ya! > > > > > > > > > > Michael Corrigan > > > > > Programmer > > > > > Endora Digital Solutions > > > > > www.endoradigital.com > > > > > 630/942-5211 x-134 > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: Todd > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 11:14 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just to be picky .. Protestant refers to any Christian > that doesn't > > > > > belong > > > > > to the Catholic or Greek church. So, for example, the Methodist > > > > > Church is a > > > > > Protestant Churh :) > > > > > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:02 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: Racism (was: I'll never understand...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Episcopalian and Catholicism are both forms of > Christianity. As > > > > > well as > > > > > > the different varieties of Baptist, Protestant, Lutheran, > > > Methodist, > > > > > > Etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Corrigan > > > > > > Programmer > > > > > > Endora Digital Solutions > > > > > > www.endoradigital.com > > > > > > 630/942-5211 x-134 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > _______ > > > > > Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. 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