Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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Christians: You're repressing my religion by not letting me gather with hundreds of people to pray!!
The Bible: Matthew 6:5-6 - (5) "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. (6) But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."
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Miriandra...perfect response.
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Even sweeter - that's from Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. The big-guy, the Gospels. Not the Epistles or Acts or any of J's followers. Those were HIS words.
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Yes, that quote from Matthew needs to be quoted to all those idiots that demand to pray in crowds.
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And now this in Michigan...
Judge Christopher Murray ruled Monday that discrimination against people on the basis of their gender identity was unlawful, BUT he concurrently ruled that a refusal, on religious freedom grounds, to serve customers based on their sexual orientation was permissible.
In my town a restaurant ran a couples night discount, DID NOT apply to same sex couples. Just another example of (you fill in the blanks)
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It wouldn't even be a question here. I think my secular ethics forbid me from patronizing people who discriminate. Why I don't shop at Hobby Lobby.
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I don’t shop Hobby Lobby either. Because of their stance on birth control. DH said they had the right to enforce their beliefs. I said I had the right not to go there.
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Same goes for Salvation Army. Their anti gay views and discrimination against non Christian workers and volunteers caused me to withdrawn support. I refuse to have anything to do with organizations that see my loved ones as less than.
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I agree, Wren, Spookie, and Trish. I'm an avid artist, but I will never drop a dime at HL. I'm also steering away from Joann's right now, because they're doing a promotional with Komen Foundation. Fortunately, Michael's is the closest to my house anyway.
I also steer clear of Chick-fil-A and Salvation Army.
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Yes, to the above positions. I vote with my dollar and stay clear of the businesses that have both a past and current white patriarchal business model. Is this always possible, no, but try, in my very rural community, to support more egalitarian businesses. I had lost sight of the Komen foundation / planned parenthood controversy. When looking them up today I found that their position has changed as per Susan G. Komen® Greater Central and East Texas Awards Grant to Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas to Help Fight Breast Cancer | Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Inc. this news release in the summer. Change is good.
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Good to hear, MagicLight! I hope they learned from their history.
Wounded Warriors is another charity that turned around radically after public outrage over misuse of funds. They replaced their board and have steered monies back toward helping veterans rather than throwing lavish parties.
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Did not know that Mirianda.
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Thanks for the info about Wounded Warriors.
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Lol, definitely TRex, stealing this btw.
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Second the above message. Needed the laugh today.
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Obviously, as an active member of this thread, I am not religiously inclined (HO HO), however, if I were a believer in Christianity as Kayleigh McEnany touts with her choice of jewelry, I would demand that she not wear that hypocrisy around her neck for public display. Nothing but lies come out of her mouth in support of a racist, fascist, president who would have chosen her Christ for immediate execution for his federal crimes. drump's push to execute federal prisoners is not what I would perceive to be the meaning of christmas. But then again, I am not a christian.
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Actually, if Jesus had been a girl, I think she would have improved on a lot of dogma.
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Spookiesmom...love it - but maybe good news?
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HAPPY WHAT EVER ya’ll. Feed me.
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Remember: Let it snow wrapping paper to be used for large packages. Who knew they came in small flat boxes?
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Thanks for the morning laugh Magic.
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So that’s where mine went!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Awesome, Magic! xD xD xD
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One's philosophical and religious beliefs have significant influence on policy. Take those of Senator Hawley.
In multiple speeches, an interview and a widely shared article for Christianity Today, Mr. Hawley has explained that the blame for society's ills traces all the way back to Pelagius — a British-born monk who lived 17 centuries ago.
The most eloquent summary of the Pelagian vision, Mr. Hawley went on to say, can be found in the Supreme Court's 1992 opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Mr. Hawley specifically cited Justice Anthony Kennedy's words reprovingly: "At the heart of liberty," Kennedy wrote, "is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life."
In other words, Mr. Hawley's [senator Josh Hawley] idea of freedom is the freedom to conform to what he and his preferred religious authorities know to be right. Mr. Hawley is not shy about making the point explicit. In a 2017 speech to the American Renewal Project, he declared — paraphrasing the Dutch Reformed theologian and onetime prime minister Abraham Kuyper — "There is not one square inch of all creation over which Jesus Christ is not Lord." Mr. Kuyper is perhaps best known for his claim that Christianity has sole legitimate authority over all aspects of human life.
I knew the current thinking but this historical context is new for me. WOW!
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magiclight - I think the yearning for a Christian theocracy is not talked about often enough in the press. Hawley is one of a number, I suspect. It is disturbing ... the only thing that offsets is that poll after poll show younger people becoming significantly less religious so this might be literally a dying movement, in spite of young faces like Hawley's
Btw, he clerked for superme court justice Roberts
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moth, you are so right about younger people. On a side note, about cultural shifts, I just watched a funny show - The history of swear words - [do not watch if you are opposed to hearing them], but one idea proposed is that young folks do not have the same problems with swear words offensive to my (very old) generation. They do, however, have a problem with slurs (an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation). Part of the history of swear words discusses how language evolves and how the younger generation is taking back and owning words that historically have been insults to a particular group.
Obviously, I've been doing a lot of streaming
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