sandnsea
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Sun Dec-18-05 05:42 PM
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I've gone to mass plenty of Christmas mornings, so most parishes have both.
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| -I'm baffled. Why are all these churchs closing on Christmas day? |
billbuckhead |
Dec-17-05 08:03 PM |
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Because they aren't churches any more |
HeeBGBz |
Dec-17-05 08:04 PM |
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Make that TAX-FREE corporations |
Steve_DeShazer |
Dec-17-05 08:08 PM |
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They're glorified concert venues |
Warpy |
Dec-17-05 09:01 PM |
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Bingo! |
Blue State Native |
Dec-17-05 09:02 PM |
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Too much prayer and joyous celebration!!! |
Porcupine |
Dec-17-05 09:43 PM |
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That's what I'm wondering about, too. |
hiaasenrocks |
Dec-17-05 08:05 PM |
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LMAO.... |
Pharlo |
Dec-18-05 06:24 PM |
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I admit to being stunned |
dsc |
Dec-17-05 08:06 PM |
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they think it may be the perfect day |
leftofthedial |
Dec-17-05 08:06 PM |
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It goes against common sense, doesn't it? |
Turn CO Blue |
Dec-17-05 08:06 PM |
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LOL Nah, they know people are tapped out after all the shopping. |
havocmom |
Dec-17-05 08:32 PM |
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Catholic churches have midnight mass Christmas eve. |
Swede |
Dec-17-05 08:09 PM |
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Midnight at the Methodist too |
histohoney |
Dec-17-05 09:00 PM |
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And morning service |
sandnsea |
Dec-18-05 05:42 PM |
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Unreal |
Horse with no Name |
Dec-17-05 08:12 PM |
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The reasoning my church used |
MountainLaurel |
Dec-17-05 08:12 PM |
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Not everyone has a family. |
kevinbgoode |
Dec-18-05 12:52 AM |
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Because Church is a business, and their customers won't be there |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-17-05 08:15 PM |
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Ding, ding, ding! |
Fridays Child |
Dec-17-05 08:16 PM |
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These Mega Church's can't just open their doors and heat the |
bahrbearian |
Dec-17-05 08:15 PM |
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I'll be in church |
wellstone dem |
Dec-17-05 08:33 PM |
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Because the Devil knows the days he's really not welcome.n/t |
Cleita |
Dec-17-05 08:34 PM |
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Dunno. All the churches in my town are open. |
Common Sense Party |
Dec-17-05 08:35 PM |
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Amazing, isn't it? |
zbird |
Dec-17-05 08:37 PM |
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Maybe because they recognize that people wish to spend time with family? |
BeTheChange |
Dec-17-05 08:46 PM |
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But everyone spends time with family other than the hour |
Cleita |
Dec-17-05 08:48 PM |
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What if my family lives 2000 miles away? |
BeTheChange |
Dec-18-05 12:43 AM |
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That's what it sounds like some people think. |
Common Sense Party |
Dec-17-05 11:10 PM |
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because everyone goes on Christmas Eve--and as my grand |
carolinalady |
Dec-17-05 08:48 PM |
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Because they are cheese eating surrender monkeys in the |
tanyev |
Dec-17-05 09:12 PM |
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because we won the war on Christmas? |
A Simple Game |
Dec-17-05 09:16 PM |
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When they said 9-11 made irony obsolete, I knew it would come back strong |
billbuckhead |
Dec-17-05 09:37 PM |
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When I was growing up churches were open 24 -7 seven including christmas |
DanCa |
Dec-17-05 09:58 PM |
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My church won't close but will have reduced services on Sunday - |
lynne |
Dec-17-05 10:26 PM |
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I think they're mostly megachurches |
FreedomAngel82 |
Dec-17-05 11:12 PM |
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Think what you want... |
King_Crimson |
Dec-17-05 11:25 PM |
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Really? |
Dorian Gray |
Dec-17-05 11:28 PM |
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Because they are hypocrites, hucksters, and grifters |
mitchum |
Dec-18-05 12:20 AM |
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Read my paper today |
histohoney |
Dec-18-05 05:39 PM |
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Too expensive to put on the "show" |
CatholicEdHead |
Dec-18-05 05:42 PM |
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Eh, my very very liberal UU church isn't having services that day. |
Bouncy Ball |
Dec-18-05 06:26 PM |
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