Unfortunately the subject is a little misleading, because of how hard it is to get the particular keyboard I'm talking about. I'm lucky enough to have family and friends in Korea, and there was a company (which looks like it went out of business) called ARON Tech or ARON Digital that made mechanical keyboards. One of their models was an ergonomic (split middle) one, which I managed to snag. I love it. When I purchased mine, it ran for about $60 after the exchange rate. The USB version (which is what I should have gotten) ran for about $80, IIRC. Unfortunately it is supposedly tough to find these keyboards in Korea now.

You can see a photo of the keyboard here: http://fv521.egloos.com/2791639
Web archive also has a good set: http://web.archive.org/web/20030202083656/http://arontech.com/

The reason I mention this is because it looks like ARON just farmed out their manufacturing to a Chinese firm, and it appears that you can still get these keyboards:

http://www.diytrade.com/china/2/products/3290484/%E8%AF%9A%E6%8B%9B%E6%B8%B8%E6%88%8F%E9%94%AE%E7%9B%98_%E6%9C%BA%E6%A2%B0%E9%94%AE%E7%9B%98_%E8%A5%BF%E5%8D%97%E5%8C%BA%E5%9F%9F%E4%BB%A3%E7%90%86%E5%8A%A0%E7%9B%9F.html
OR
http://www.fzsky.com/aron/us/Pro_Show.asp?ArticleID=91

I'm also interested in a mechanical ergonomic, specifically for the USB interface. My current mechanical ergo is PS/2, and while it works great, and will for the foreseeable future, I'd also like to have a USB one.

I'm not too familiar with the Catholic way of doing things, but I can say that the Presbyterian Church (at least PCUSA, the denomination I'm familiar with) has a democratic process where deacons, elders, and other positions are elected. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(U.S.A.)#Constitution

Some requirements might be necessary for certain positions just as a person running for judge or DA should probably have a law degree.

I know it is a favorite pastime of Slashdot to bash on religions, but I would like to remind those who do so that not every Christian is a radical right-wing Christian, they just happen to be the loudest. Just as I recognize that not all Slashdot posters bash on religion, those that do just happen to stick out.

And as others have pointed out, most mainstream religions do not require any payment for access to religious materials (perhaps other than the cost of creation) or for attendance. The Bible, the Quran, the Torah, the Talmud, and most other religious works are available for free for public perusal without the worry of infringing on copyright (most works that are copyrighted have very liberal licensing terms). This may not have always been the case, but it has been for quite some time.