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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne reason I stay away from church
https://www.yahoo.com/music/pennsylvania-gunman-tragically-shoots-churchgoer-150000200.html
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One reason I stay away from church (Original Post)
Motley13
Aug 2017
OP
You can get shot anywhere but it certainly isn't the reason I do not go. Cheers!
Missn-Hitch
Aug 2017
#5
I heard school shootings were because there weren't enough Bibles in the schools.
Binkie The Clown
Aug 2017
#6
Warpy
(111,339 posts)1. You might as well say you avoid men
They're so emotional and irrational, ready to butt heads and kill each other over every little thing.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)2. It's the same reason I stay away from Vampire movies
I find the stories not just unbelievable, but boring too.
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)3. You win!
Well done, Warren!
I, too, gave up on make-believe quite some time ago. They're not only boring but the endings are predictable.
Orangeutan
(204 posts)4. "Tragically shoots"? As opposed to "serendipitously shoots"?
Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)5. You can get shot anywhere but it certainly isn't the reason I do not go. Cheers!
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)6. I heard school shootings were because there weren't enough Bibles in the schools.
Some famous evangelist said so.
Clearly that church needed more Bibles.
JDC
(10,133 posts)7. That may be the most matter of fact shooting
Story I've ever read. Seriously, "You don't go to church to get shot dead, you just don't do that"
Filed under No Shit.
He tapped him on the shoulder. I may have to move to the UK. We are nuts and getting more so.