On 2021-02-27 9:14 a.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 2/27/2021 8:07 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-02-27 10:49 a.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>> On 2/27/2021 7:34 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2021-02-27 10:11 a.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> On 2/27/2021 4:52 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 9:23:33 PM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you disagree that our rights are being attacked ? Been to church
>>>>>>> lately ? No ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Considering I haven't been to church (not to worship, anyway) since I
>>>>>> outgrew religion when I was about 13, no.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I assume you're talking about the temporary measures to prevent
>>>>>> the spread of covid by packing 1000 people into a poorly ventilated
>>>>>> space.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You do know that God can hear you pray wherever you are, don't you?
>>>>>> Church is not required.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't be silly.Â* Of course you have to go to church.Â* They pass the
>>>>> collection plate and you don't want to miss that.Â* Pastor wants a new
>>>>> car.
>>>>
>>>> It's funny that so many who call themselves Christian insist on the
>>>> right to pray in public when their man man told them to pray in
>>>> private.
>>>>
>>>> Matthew 6:5-6 €œAnd when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites.
>>>> For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of
>>>> the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you,
>>>> they
>>>> have their reward.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is not the praying so much, as being able to live their entire lives
>>> religiously.Â* This is why Hillary and others have tried to change
>>> "Freedom of Religion" to "Freedom to Worship".Â* It is not about going
>>> into your church and praying, and then having the government dictate how
>>> you will live your life.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> There is a popular mythology that the US was founded by people looking
>> for religious freedom. The poor old Puritans just wanted to live their
>> religion. That is a bit of a crock. The Puritans were rather radical
>> Protestants who were extremely anti Catholic, and they wanted to set up
>> a religious colony where everyone was expected to live and worship by
>> their rules.
>>
>> Contemporary Christians whine about not having their religion pushed in
>> schools, not having the Lord's Prayer in the morning,Â* not having
>> prayers at the beginning of meetings, games etc.Â* That is not practicing
>> their religion. It is an attempt to indoctrinate people with their
>> religious mumbo jumbo
>>
>
>
> There are some that do that, but that is hardly the majority.Â* Most want
> to live their lives according to their beliefs, helping others as they
> do so, and be allowed to do so as they have in the past.
>
Unfortunately it is those big-mouthed, obscenely wealthy, megachurch
scamvangelists who have the ears of many and have an outsize influence.