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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:54 PM Original message |
Are many US churches just "jerk factories?" |
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appamado amata padam (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Depends. |
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Rude Dog (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. True dat. |
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appamado amata padam (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Glad to hear it turned out OK. |
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appamado amata padam (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Glad to hear it turned out OK. |
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appamado amata padam (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Depends. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, they can do all those things as far as I care... |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. A lot of them just go to get their |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. By "jerk factories" I thought you were going to reference Ted Haggard and his massage extravaganzas |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "beat" me to it...... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. The idea is to get them to pay for it. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. +1 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. My daughter is a photographer and I help her from time to time.. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Wow. What was the fight over? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. It was someone in the wedding party made a comment that either the groom |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. None of the things on your list are substitutes for being a |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I didn't write this, the list isn't mine |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. My bad. I see it, now, but the author is broad brushing and |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I posted this without comment |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Some are. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's not mainstream Christianity. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Being a decent human being has NOTHING to do with that list. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I am certainly one of "those" people. n/t |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. People are lost. |
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CAG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Generally, the christian right followers have been told that as long as they |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. No. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. So, in order to be a "decent human being" one must... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I didnt see that anywhere at all. |
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FreedomFlower (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. Don't paint all Christians with the same brush |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Welcome to DU.. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. All we have in my part of the world are the loony Christians. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. You make it sound so easy |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. As I've said many times, the fundies don't consider us Christians |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. We arent? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. As I've said before, the fundies do NOT listen to us |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I would say you are right and I agree |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Mainstream leaders condemned the Iraq invasion unanimously |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Its unfortunate |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Uh, and we accomplish that how if the united voices of the leaders |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I don't have the answer |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Actually, we pick up a lot of "refugees" from fundamentalist churches |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Isn't TEC now moving toward communion with UMC |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I don't recall anything about that, but as a former Lutheran, I did notice |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yeah, I think I read that the beginnings of a similar |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Sad, sad, sad, nt |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. That would disappoint me, given the UMC's hateful position on lgbt issues. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Well, I don't think it would or could cause TEC to move backwards |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. The UMC has demonstrated itself to be completely intransigent on these issues. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The Methodists are not liberal. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Great post--worthy of its own thread! Esp. these points: |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Welcome! And I agree wholeheartedly |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Add giving 100 billion to charity in 2008 and chartiable works to your list. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. If you're using the IRS numbers, it doesn't count |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. The number of secular charities in this country would definitely |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Not the churches I've belonged to. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Not an attack, |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Actually, again, that's not true |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I stand corrected, at least for your church. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Oh, I know that, unfortunately (IMO) oftentimes |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. See, here's the part where my head starts spinning. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Well, it's a tricky thing, for sure |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Yes, in the Episcopal Church, "mission trip" doesn't mean proselytizing |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
47. I'd rec this if I could. I agree with the author that there are multitudes of ninnies |
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sspeilbergfan90 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. Of course they are |
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gk88850 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
63. yeah. look at the religious right |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
65. I don't know. |
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