AN ACTION-BASED BELIEF SYSTEM
I was contacted last week by a southern comedy club who was very interested in booking me for a week as their headliner. They expressed one concern, my FB page. They had reservations that I, sporadically, post Christian memes (John Hagee and Joel Osteen) with anti-Christian messages. They felt my posts ran contrary to the belief system of their audience. I completely understood their concerns. Essentially they felt I do not uphold their community standards. They did not ask I cease to post such commentary but that I simply do not address religious issues on their stage. I do not usually address religion in my act so this was not a concession with which I had difficulty. I assured them I would not address their belief system and we moved forward without a problem. Nonetheless as the day progressed the interaction occupied much of my thought process. As I looked closer at my emotional rea...