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Some of those kicked out had been at that parish for 25 years, far longer than the pastor who expelled them. You have to admit that it isn't so simple as going to the next church over for someone like that.Originally posted by Sprayber
If they don't go to that church then they can go to the one on the next street over.
This is an appalling incident, anyone should see that.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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Parish?Some of those kicked out had been at that parish for 25 years
I didn't know baptist churches had parishes?
That being said, if someone who has been there 30 years, are they more valuable than someone who has only been there 3?Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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You only get a tax exemption if you don't advocate one political party while being non-profit. A non-profit Republican Party organization is taxed. Tax exempt organizations cannot be overtly political ones.Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Churches aren't taxed as they are non-profit organizations. Leaders such as Bush are free to get their philosophical views from whatever philosophy they choose.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Yes.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
That being said, if someone who has been there 30 years, are they more valuable than someone who has only been there 3?(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Churches are communities, so yes, long time members are much more likely to be more valuable than newcomers.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
That being said, if someone who has been there 30 years, are they more valuable than someone who has only been there 3?Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Whatever, the terminology isn't exactly crucial here.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Parish?
I didn't know baptist churches had parishes?
Who said it's a question of value of the churchgoer? Making up arguments again...That being said, if someone who has been there 30 years, are they more valuable than someone who has only been there 3?
If anyone, regardless of their length of attending, was kicked out like this, they'd have a right to be upset. But someone who had been there 25 years and had served the church as a deacon (as one of those kicked out did) would have even more of a right to be upset.
So it's not something many people can blithely dismiss and go next door, as Sprayber commented. Even I can see that church is a particularly important aspect of some people's lives, especially in a small community like this.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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But this is not the case here...it is vice versa, the church (despite their protests) pushing a particular political agenda...Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Churches aren't taxed as they are non-profit organizations. Leaders such as Bush are free to get their philosophical views from whatever philosophy they choose.Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Churches should not be tax exempt. Why should the rest of us have to subsidize lunacy?Only feebs vote.Comment
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You're preaching to the converted here Agathon
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Perhaps that should be the next evil liberal campaign against Xtianity.Only feebs vote.Comment
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You could come back. We have an open door policy.Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I miss being Episcopalian."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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There's that whole believing in God thing I can't get past, and I don't think they would either.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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I often wonder that myself. Why do Canadians pay your salary?Originally posted by Agathon
Why should the rest of us have to subsidize lunacy?
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Actually I've known a few......................Originally posted by chegitz guevara
There's that whole believing in God thing I can't get past, and I don't think they would either.
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