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hunter

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10. They can't see themselves as the hypocrites and pharisees their Bible condemns.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2013, 12:47 PM

May 2013

God has blessed America and they are His chosen people.

It makes them feel good to attend a church that tells them God rewards their faith by granting them prosperity.

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You people can go to these mega churches and see how partisan they truly are... [View all] WCGreen May 2013 OP

But you'd better hope the IRS doesn't pay any special attention to them! CurtEastPoint May 2013 #1

It's a scam, I wonder what percentage of pastors, priests, snooper2 May 2013 #2

+1 Scuba May 2013 #4

Religion = biggest scam in human history Arugula Latte May 2013 #9

Not very far from you at all, the Church were attending was much the same liberal N proud May 2013 #3

ergo, christian = republican = fascist nebenaube May 2013 #7

I used to live in the mountains east of Bakersfield CA upaloopa May 2013 #5

Telling White Suburbanites that they are better than everyone else is always a winning strategy with Ikonoklast May 2013 #6

In the childrens wing, where they indoctrinate the kiddies.... WCGreen May 2013 #11

Murkin' Jeebus. Ikonoklast May 2013 #13

Where is his dinosaur? Tyrs WolfDaemon May 2013 #14

Jeebus is more worried about herbivores than any meat-eating dinosaur. Ikonoklast May 2013 #15

K&R for a timely and well-written post. CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #8

They can't see themselves as the hypocrites and pharisees their Bible condemns. hunter May 2013 #10

I couldn't go to my church anymore after the partisan nutjobs came out of the woodwork. Initech May 2013 #12