On 2/27/2021 8:34 AM, Graham wrote:
> 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.
>

That seems to be always the case, no matter the issue or leaning.