Friday. *yawn*
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being_homeless - The ultimate in justifying making your journal 'friends only'. Niffy spiffy.
I know this one is going to make the rounds like a bad case of food poisoning, but if you haven't heard, the Daily Kos is reporting on a case of a church in North Carolina 'purging' its congregation of Democratic members.
Please don't ask me to be shocked.washuotaku is on my friends list, and I'm well versed in the current political climate in his state, thanks to him.
It's a very pretty place, he's very happy there and I think Jim also has a great-aunt living there. I also grew up in Hemet, and this was old home week when I was growing up. "If two shall gather in His name, they shall fight." Yessir, they shall. (And you wonder why I'm so picky on choosing my church home.)
What concerns me most about this? The backlash. And it will come.
You want to know how most of the religious 'intolerance' came about in this country? Why we can't have prayer in the schools? This crap, my friends. It's all due to stuff like this.
They don't play well with others.
And public spaces are for everyone.
Last time I checked, a Christian church was supposed to be even better than that. Holy ground and all. God's house.
These guys mess it up for everyone.
If your goal is education, enlightenment and salvation; this ain't it, folks.
I can't imagine a case where losing non-profit status by the IRS was more legitimate. This isn't a church anymore.
And that's where I stop. I haven't been given the authority to judge anyone. I've been given the warning not to - or I'll be judged in turn.
I think we'll see that in action here, whaddya think?
(And I'd like to see a case of a Democratic, or whatever, action to have done the same elsewhere. I may not agree with the whole lack of any kind of faith in our public spaces, but at least the efforts have been to make room in some fashion for wider acceptance. If you don't define, you don't exclude. Hasn't been successful, admittedly, for a lot of people. But you don't have to wonder how they got to this point, do you?)
The beat goes on.
being_homeless - The ultimate in justifying making your journal 'friends only'. Niffy spiffy.I know this one is going to make the rounds like a bad case of food poisoning, but if you haven't heard, the Daily Kos is reporting on a case of a church in North Carolina 'purging' its congregation of Democratic members.
Please don't ask me to be shocked.
washuotaku is on my friends list, and I'm well versed in the current political climate in his state, thanks to him.It's a very pretty place, he's very happy there and I think Jim also has a great-aunt living there. I also grew up in Hemet, and this was old home week when I was growing up. "If two shall gather in His name, they shall fight." Yessir, they shall. (And you wonder why I'm so picky on choosing my church home.)
What concerns me most about this? The backlash. And it will come.
You want to know how most of the religious 'intolerance' came about in this country? Why we can't have prayer in the schools? This crap, my friends. It's all due to stuff like this.
They don't play well with others.
And public spaces are for everyone.
Last time I checked, a Christian church was supposed to be even better than that. Holy ground and all. God's house.
These guys mess it up for everyone.
If your goal is education, enlightenment and salvation; this ain't it, folks.
I can't imagine a case where losing non-profit status by the IRS was more legitimate. This isn't a church anymore.
And that's where I stop. I haven't been given the authority to judge anyone. I've been given the warning not to - or I'll be judged in turn.
I think we'll see that in action here, whaddya think?
(And I'd like to see a case of a Democratic, or whatever, action to have done the same elsewhere. I may not agree with the whole lack of any kind of faith in our public spaces, but at least the efforts have been to make room in some fashion for wider acceptance. If you don't define, you don't exclude. Hasn't been successful, admittedly, for a lot of people. But you don't have to wonder how they got to this point, do you?)
The beat goes on.
