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stopbush

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41. I'd keep the door open if the chance were close to 50/50

Sun Feb 7, 2021, 05:50 PM

Feb 2021

which is what religionists would have one believe, but as you say, the chances are less than zero, so why bother? Why bother extending the courtesy to the gods of still-active religions when nobody - and I mean nobody - extends the same courtesy to the gods of dead religions?

Is there a chance tRump will stop being a fucking asshole?

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I'm a Christian Dem and Frustrated [View all] Sugarmaggie Feb 2021 OP

Agree. However the IRS does NOTHING with reports of these violations AFAIK. Because Jeebus... CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #1

Fear of a 1st Amendment quagmire. paleotn Feb 2021 #14

A several years ago I regularly passed a Church in southern AZ (on the way to Douglas grantcart Feb 2021 #36

... pazzyanne Feb 2021 #2

When they stand before the Lord it won't be rigged and ythey will be judged and found lacking sanatanadharma Feb 2021 #3

Agree! True Blue American Feb 2021 #8

Yes DeSmet Feb 2021 #24

This is the only argument that sometimes makes me wish there was a god. lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #28

The government needs an investigative agency that infiltrates the fascist churches and take videos Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #4

We had a big investigation here True Blue American Feb 2021 #10

Call the church or write the church and tell them that, and tell them that their published Squinch Feb 2021 #5

I don't know if enforcing the Johnson Amendment Mariana Feb 2021 #6

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #7

They seem a little fuzzy on the "thou shalt not bear flase witness" thing. JHB Feb 2021 #9

By chance, Sugarmaggie, do you live in North Carolina? Our AG church in town has that BComplex Feb 2021 #11

Indiana Sugarmaggie Feb 2021 #30

I gotta say my liberal Jewish Synagogue gets pretty political. The Rabbi uses coded words mucifer Feb 2021 #12

Well, it's all fiction. Right up there with "Greedo shot first." stopbush Feb 2021 #13

I'm agnostic basically Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #16

I fall into the.... paleotn Feb 2021 #23

There used to be two absolutes, death and taxes. Gary 50 Feb 2021 #31

Q: do you believe there's an equal chance that Zeus actually exists as the Biblical god? stopbush Feb 2021 #35

The probabilities of both appear equally infinitesimally small .... paleotn Feb 2021 #37

Well, if we're going to go down the "can't prove a negative" road, we inevitably stopbush Feb 2021 #39

I agree with you, but...... paleotn Feb 2021 #40

I'd keep the door open if the chance were close to 50/50 stopbush Feb 2021 #41

Absolutely agree... RealityCheque Feb 2021 #15

It shows a gross lack of faith. paleotn Feb 2021 #17

You sound like a Red Letter Christian. safeinOhio Feb 2021 #29

Not really. paleotn Feb 2021 #34

However, I think, may be wrong, that Black preachers have often led question everything Feb 2021 #18

There's a big difference between infullview Feb 2021 #21

Think about reactionaries invested in the status quo. paleotn Feb 2021 #25

Moblizing voters is legal and acceptable. Mariana Feb 2021 #27

"then pay your taxes like everyone else" Agree wholeheatedly. infullview Feb 2021 #19

Don't expect the government tax policy to fix problems in the church jmbar2 Feb 2021 #20

But it's so much easier to just shrug and say, "They aren't real Christians." Mariana Feb 2021 #32

I was surprised to learn awhile back about Christian apologetics jmbar2 Feb 2021 #42

Southern Baptist raised EveDibb Feb 2021 #22

im atheist, but i do smile when i see a church marquee with a social message... samnsara Feb 2021 #26

I'm an Atheist and a member safeinOhio Feb 2021 #33

fear inducing threats on the church msg board lol. typical of the group nt msongs Feb 2021 #38