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- Ya think genuine faith is a sweaty old farrrtt with a sweaty upper lip telling everybody his sins? No. Its a ballet dancer.. who never says two words to anyone, and yet displays to all the world her genuine beauty.
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- I''ll tell ya why the founding fathers separated church and state. Its for your own protection. Religion separated from dogma. Healthcare separated from shoe salesman. Patriotism separated from political party affiliations. It cheapens what you believe in. It opens it up to undue scrutinies. To non sequitor scrutinies. And it makes something once genuine into a thing maniplateable.. and untrustworthy. It turns faith into a sale.. like an ambulance chaser lawyer who cries his sympathies make believe tears for the sake of a windfall.
It makes you look cheap. - Reply to this comment
- Do you always have conversations with yerself?
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- When the gov''t forgets religion, it forgets the people. That is when tyrrany and totalitarianism take place.
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- That''s my opinion. So, I don''t know if any of you will read it, or get anything out of it. It''s late and I missed the news.
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- I know I repeated alot of stuff, but church involved in society would prevent alot of terrorism by simply being what God called the church to be, which is a provision for the needy, whether the needy are poor spiritually or materially.
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- But, since we are trying to kick out the church and religion, what will basically happen is that reps and senators will rise without the congregations of these churches. There will be no representation of the needs of the congregation, and the reps and senators will FORGET where they come from, and pretend like the place never existed. A church will not let government forget.
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- The government comes into play when a Church cannot fulfil the needs of the congregation. The church should be able to outline the needs of the community and present it to the rep. No matter how far reaching that community is, the rep is supposed to take note of it, and go there.
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- They know if there is aneed for more police, a need for more social workers, or a need for a person to get on to some government social programs. That IS THE FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH!!!!! The church is SUPPOSED to reach out to people in need, NOT the government. The church is SUPPOSED to reach out to the friendless with friendship. The church is SUPPOSED to reach out to the hungry and feed him/her. The church is SUPPOSED to reach out to the naked and clothe them. The church is SUPPOSED to reach out to the homeless and GIVE THEM A HOME. It is SUPPOSED to educate the uneducated, whether child or adult. And, first and foremost, to teach a higher morality and to ingrain it into all those who have been given help: to help others in the same way. All these things are the duties of a wholesome religion. None of these things are the job of the government.
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- Churches in general have a visitation policy, which means that chosen members of the congregation would send postcards to people, walk down the streets of their own neighborhoods and get to know people and their needs, meet their needs, and invite them to church. Once a poor and disadvantaged person is made known, then the needs are met on a constant basis by the people of the church.
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