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hrmjustin

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8. That's interesting point.

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 03:17 PM

Dec 2016

Catholics, Anglicans, and the Orthodox would never abandon a Sunday for convenience. The only time my parish sit down on a Sunday was because of a hurricane. They opened for the blizzards we had.

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Friendly Fire in the War on Christmas: many churches cancelling their services this Sunday [View all] Tanuki Dec 2016 OP

I go to church Christmas eve, not Christmas day. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #1

same here chillfactor Dec 2016 #2

My point is not whether a religious service celebrating Christmas should be Tanuki Dec 2016 #6

That's interesting point. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #8

The Catholic Church's motto is practically "We Never Close." or it used to be anyway. nt TeamPooka Dec 2016 #13

Ours has multiple Christmas Eve services and Ilsa Dec 2016 #3

Makes me question the theological bases of these type of churches Retrograde Dec 2016 #4

Theological basis might be Calvinist. The Puritans canceled Christmas because of the pagan... Hekate Dec 2016 #12

So they are cancelling Christmas services because it's Christmas? What a bunch of freaking Fla Dem Dec 2016 #5

Proof of Christian hypocrisy as if any were needed. Coventina Dec 2016 #7

These services were not canceled. They were never scheduled. kwassa Dec 2016 #9

Did you even read the article, which is about regularly scheduled Tanuki Dec 2016 #10

If you were a believer .... kwassa Dec 2016 #14

See #6 above. Sorry that this disqualifies me as a "believer", Tanuki Dec 2016 #15

No Church the latest "self-inflicted" casualty... Historic NY Dec 2016 #11