Jackpine Radical
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Mon Nov-21-11 06:17 PM
Response to Reply #52 |
| 54. It is at least a slope. |
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How slippery it is depends on who's greasing it.
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| -Lemme tell ya all about church today. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 07:45 PM |
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Amen! k&r... |
spanone |
Nov-20-11 07:46 PM |
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Are you a Unitarian? |
Walk away |
Nov-20-11 07:48 PM |
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UU would be my guess too - lots of activists and great people. |
polichick |
Nov-20-11 07:51 PM |
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Ya outed me. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 07:52 PM |
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You are in good company. Here are some other |
FailureToCommunicate |
Nov-21-11 07:50 AM |
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fellow UU here... |
millijac |
Nov-21-11 01:10 PM |
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me too |
babsbunny |
Nov-21-11 05:21 PM |
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the only unitarian church near me is 50 miles away.... |
madrchsod |
Nov-20-11 08:06 PM |
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K&R !!! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Nov-20-11 08:06 PM |
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Granted, I've been drinking tonight, but how does that petition not endanger the church's tax-exempt |
Brickbat |
Nov-20-11 08:08 PM |
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Churches can promote issues, but not candidates |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-20-11 08:42 PM |
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The Mormons promoted Prop 8. |
Common Sense Party |
Nov-21-11 01:08 AM |
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Prop 8 was an ISSUE. Churches may promote issues, not candidates. |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-21-11 07:18 AM |
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I agree. But there were MANY here that were demanding the Mormons |
Common Sense Party |
Nov-21-11 08:49 AM |
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My service today was on Matthew 25:40 |
woodsprite |
Nov-20-11 08:08 PM |
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As I say, the only reference to the petitions during the service |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 08:14 PM |
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Yes, that was the Gospel for the day in all churches that use the |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-20-11 08:26 PM |
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She sounds pretty clued-in. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 08:26 PM |
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Right on. Here's MY kind of church: |
Warren DeMontague |
Nov-20-11 08:09 PM |
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LOL -- I used to say that |
Remember Me |
Nov-20-11 09:18 PM |
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I feel about churches the same way I feel about professional soccer |
Warren DeMontague |
Nov-20-11 11:52 PM |
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Add 3 little dogs waiting patiently for me to get up..... |
Walk away |
Nov-21-11 07:00 AM |
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Hmmm. A church mentioning politics. Fortunately it was the correct politics. nt |
madinmaryland |
Nov-20-11 08:11 PM |
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Yeah, I'm all for getting the bastards out, but it pays to remember that churches helped put them in |
Fire Walk With Me |
Nov-20-11 08:15 PM |
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I don't think very many in THIS church voted for him. (nt) |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 08:20 PM |
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Is your reply to me?? |
madinmaryland |
Nov-20-11 09:06 PM |
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+1 |
piratefish08 |
Nov-20-11 11:41 PM |
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There was no "politicking from the pulpet." |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-21-11 10:02 AM |
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I still believe that this is a slippery slope, whatever the political bent is. |
madinmaryland |
Nov-21-11 05:49 PM |
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It is at least a slope. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-21-11 06:17 PM |
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+1 my first thought as well |
alittlelark |
Nov-20-11 08:17 PM |
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... |
madinmaryland |
Nov-20-11 09:09 PM |
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I tink it is wrong |
cayanne |
Nov-20-11 08:12 PM |
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So do I. I don't think they climbed over the wall here. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 08:17 PM |
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I could get into that kind of church. |
jwirr |
Nov-20-11 08:18 PM |
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Check out your local Unitarians. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 08:22 PM |
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There is one in Duluth. None where I am at. |
jwirr |
Nov-20-11 08:32 PM |
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That's really cool, Pine |
BlancheSplanchnik |
Nov-20-11 08:31 PM |
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Tax churches that use the congregations for politics. |
lindysalsagal |
Nov-20-11 08:39 PM |
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I guess I wouldn't oppose that if it were universally applied. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-20-11 10:45 PM |
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Rules like that are often openly flouted |
RZM |
Nov-20-11 11:07 PM |
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feh. At my church, we got the standard "gays are evil" sermon. |
provis99 |
Nov-20-11 09:06 PM |
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Wow. Great way to start the morning. |
freshwest |
Nov-21-11 12:24 AM |
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I had a horrible experience with the UU's here.... |
WCGreen |
Nov-21-11 12:44 AM |
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Much as I admire the UU and consider it far above any christian cult. |
Walk away |
Nov-21-11 07:12 AM |
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If somebody did the right wing equivalent you'd shit a brick. |
LeftyMom |
Nov-21-11 12:46 AM |
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... |
bigwillq |
Nov-21-11 01:11 AM |
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That's pretty much |
pipi_k |
Nov-21-11 08:53 AM |
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But the mega-churches do the same thing... |
alittlelark |
Nov-21-11 01:09 AM |
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I'm not sure how churches keep their tax-exempt status with all this politicking ... |
TBF |
Nov-21-11 07:16 AM |
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Thanks, Jackpine. Our service was on homelessness and OWS |
FailureToCommunicate |
Nov-21-11 07:46 AM |
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"ya all?" Is that a Wisconsinism? nt |
raccoon |
Nov-21-11 08:35 AM |
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While I agree with the sentiments, I do have to ask what the reaction would be |
hedgehog |
Nov-21-11 09:03 AM |
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Threads like this remind me how poorly understood the separation of church and state is. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-21-11 06:12 PM |
#53 |
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