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xfundy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:37 AM Original message |
My brethren and sistren, please go to church! |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. I already go but I don't think we have to worry about the UU's |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. I'm a UU and we are so careful about this |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think that's a great idea! I've been considering it myself the last few weeks |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. From another ex-fundie |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Couldn't pay me enough to endure that fear-mongering and social control |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Haven't set foot in a church in ten years. I couldn't hack it then and I can't now n/t |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Those of us who go to church... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. And thank you |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Thank you. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Funny thing...not just Right Wing ideology in church that causes trouble |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
84. well said |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I'm pretty sure the OP wasn't referring to progressive congregations |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Of course the OP wasn't talking about progressive congregations, |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I would hope that you would properly vet your own church |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I am not forced to attend my church. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. What do you consider "progressive"? |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Hard to say |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. NO< WE DON"T |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. Probably not, which is hypocritical. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Amen. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not just any church. Try the Southern Baptists, |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ah no thanks. |
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Joiwind (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. The Eastern Orthodox are OK |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Yeah, we pray for the politicians, but we don't preach on them |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. So, spy on each other. |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yup I agree with this |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Do you want him to tap their phones, too? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. No need for taps |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. I'm with you 100% |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Or better yet, we should just establish Unitarianism as the national church |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Bullshit |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. So what do you suggest my friend? |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. My suggestion: |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. Seems to me you are |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Do you really understand what you are advocating here? |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #72 |
86. It's all good. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. on the other hand they send spies to protest group meetings for |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. So, "the RW does it" is now an excuse for the same behaviour? |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. sometimes turning the other cheek just gets you |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. So in order to avoid such a fate... |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. I'm amazed you can find time to post here what with your obvious career in |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. So, instead of restoring democracy and the Constitution... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I would argue that if we have laws in place |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. See what you get when you say something reasonable? Crickets, that's what. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Some of us do not live on the board, |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Which places you in the same league as people |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Not at all |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Reporting lawbreakers and tax-cheats |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. I already go, no politicking in mine |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. We do appreciate your position, and love our Christian brothers and |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. The haters are a smaller group? |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Thanks, Hillbilly |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. I agree. Let's go to church and expose Benny Hinn, Paul and Jan Crouch |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's all good at the temple |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. I go to First United Methodist Church in Tacoma, WA |
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KSDiva (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That's what I was going to post |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. thank you and welcome to DU! |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. And none of that violates the tax code |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
69. I can vouch for this as a non-church goer from Tacoma |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. I started a thread about this on Sunday |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. Church! UGH! Noooooooooooo! |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. You know what I heard about on Sunday evening? |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Oscar Romero is one of my heros |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. There are times when the RCC needs to be insulted |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
38. Take your video camera and/or audio recorder if you do. nt |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Then what are they going to point at their neighbours' houses? |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. And that, Spoony is why we wiretap, and install cameras in their houses while they're out. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. I already go, and my clergy don't promote candidates |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
46. Only for a funeral will I |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
49. only if they pay me to play the service music |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. I already know how sausage is made, I have no need to report on it. n/t |
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xfundy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Dude, you owe me a keyboard. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. Of which "churches" are you speaking? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Well that's the next step |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. interesting... it's ok for Churches to Get Involved in What Government Does... |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. No, neither is ok. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. What am I Advocating? |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Are you not advocating for government oversight of what is preached in church? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. no way... |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
71. been going to church weekly for about 2 months now |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
75. I already go every Sunday. |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
77. I can't. It's the consecrated ground. My feet burn. n/t |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
79. do i get a God Squad badge and decoder ring..?? |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
81. I keep thinking of other things I'd rather do. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
83. Uhh.... no. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. I'm there every Sunday year around for real reasons. |
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