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cleanhippie

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19. Wonderful! God has arrived to save the day!

Reply to Thats my opinion (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:59 AM

Mar 2012

What WOULD OWS have done if not for god?

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The religious side of Occupy [View all] Thats my opinion Mar 2012 OP

Religion needs to stay out of politics. nt rrneck Mar 2012 #1

It's a social movement, not politics. Do you think religion should stay out of cbayer Mar 2012 #2

O.W.S. rrneck Mar 2012 #8

I find your definition of religion and religious groups very stifling, cbayer Mar 2012 #22

I don't consider it stifiling at all. rrneck Mar 2012 #24

With the tools of money and governement tama Mar 2012 #38

I do. deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #25

Well... ellisonz Mar 2012 #4

Aw ellison, c'mon dude... rrneck Mar 2012 #6

Or we could no wage sectional wars as part of an interfaith movement... ellisonz Mar 2012 #7

It won't work for us. rrneck Mar 2012 #9

Ye of little faith... ellisonz Mar 2012 #10

How many of the 99% are baseball fans? rrneck Mar 2012 #11

Sports is Powerful Stuff ellisonz Mar 2012 #12

And all of its power accrues to sports. rrneck Mar 2012 #13

Sports and religion are as old as politics n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #14

Has there ever been rrneck Mar 2012 #15

Arguably... ellisonz Mar 2012 #16

I said rrneck Mar 2012 #17

Success is relative... ellisonz Mar 2012 #18

It's relative all right. rrneck Mar 2012 #20

And there is Rev. Jesse Jackson and his Operations Breadbaskey/Push/Rainbow cbayer Mar 2012 #28

No! That's bad because he's bringing religion into politics... ellisonz Mar 2012 #29

Who said anything about reason? rrneck Mar 2012 #34

For real rrneck... ellisonz Mar 2012 #35

I wonder how much money he made off that video? nt rrneck Mar 2012 #36

Just a little history Thats my opinion Mar 2012 #23

I like history. rrneck Mar 2012 #37

Thanks for the update. We all have to unite and stand up for the common good. - n/t Jim__ Mar 2012 #3

Great! As an atheist... Joseph8th Mar 2012 #5

Wonderful! God has arrived to save the day! cleanhippie Mar 2012 #19

I find this a useful occurrence. edhopper Mar 2012 #21

Agree. And trying to exclude any groups that share the goals just because cbayer Mar 2012 #27

Large groups like this need to keep their focus on the main issues. edhopper Mar 2012 #32

Trying to make OWS a religious movement... deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #26

Of course nobody is trying to make or pretend that Occupy is a religious movement Thats my opinion Mar 2012 #30

Yes, I don't see in your OP edhopper Mar 2012 #33

So what do people who object to this think of the religious communities cbayer Mar 2012 #31