Samstarrett
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toldailytopic: Church pet peeves.
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coulter4president
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hmm... didn't expect to read tihs kinda thing..
Why?
i think it would kinda ... uh... what's the word?
moving?
to see a pastor cry. I have often wanted to cry hearing certain things in the Word.. but ppl get uncomfrotable when othrs cry in public, so i try to control that..
Even so, if i felt the tears weren't sincere ... that would annoy me..
Cracked
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I think maybe that is what Knight was getting at. We've all seen the televangelists crying for money, etc.
Sincerity is the important thing.
coulter4president
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I have a fairly long list:
priests who aren't really Catholic/Christian -- :bang: -- is at the top of the list
.. say things contrary to Christ's Word... or any Word in the Scirptures :noway:
when ppl are only Christian at Church and afterwards act like they wish you would drop dead (etc)
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when ppl go along w/ the priest just cus he's a priest... (.. Example: don't complain about that 1st pet p. i mentioned & dont like it when others do)
when Catholics never want to spend time in the Real Presence... just leave Mass as soon as (or b4) its over. i sometimes have to leave early myself so i u/stand how this could hapn sometimes... but ALL the time?? hmmm...
when part of the Mass is made into a mini-social hour....the shaking of hands in the middle of the Mass... Geez!! :bang: Can't we focus on God for ONE hour a week ... without focusing also on sinful, messed up humanoids (that some of us woiuld just as soon forget ALL the time anyhow)??? i mean, for crying out loud, we have to deal with humands all week long... and God gets only an hour... (except for daily Mass attendees..)
Vatican 2 !!! yikes!
As Jesus said, in the Garden of G: "Could you not watch w/ Me one hour?"
priests who aren't really Catholic/Christian -- :bang: -- is at the top of the list
.. say things contrary to Christ's Word... or any Word in the Scirptures :noway:
when ppl are only Christian at Church and afterwards act like they wish you would drop dead (etc)
lain:when ppl go along w/ the priest just cus he's a priest... (.. Example: don't complain about that 1st pet p. i mentioned & dont like it when others do)
when Catholics never want to spend time in the Real Presence... just leave Mass as soon as (or b4) its over. i sometimes have to leave early myself so i u/stand how this could hapn sometimes... but ALL the time?? hmmm...
when part of the Mass is made into a mini-social hour..
..the shaking of hands in the middle of the Mass... Geez!! :bang: Can't we focus on God for ONE hour a week ... without focusing also on sinful, messed up humanoids (that some of us woiuld just as soon forget ALL the time anyhow)??? i mean, for crying out loud, we have to deal with humands all week long... and God gets only an hour... (except for daily Mass attendees..)Vatican 2 !!! yikes!
As Jesus said, in the Garden of G: "Could you not watch w/ Me one hour?"
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when ppl are only Christian at Church and afterwards act like they wish you would drop dead (etc)
when part of the Mass is made into a mini-social hour..
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That's what I call Hemming and Hawing for Jesus!
SaulToPaul 2
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the sound of coughing & clearing throats as the offering plate comes around
lol
"tithes and offerings" was a good one too. Tithe was 10% of course, and beyond that, was the cheerful-giver/offering.
InHope
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If you call that a workout, my friend, you must have serious mobility issues.
For me, one of my biggest annoyances is the extreme focus most of the congregation seems to have on the people going to receive Communion- I like to spend this time (both going up and kneeling afterward) to reflect, but all the eyes I feel on me makes it difficult to focus my thoughts.... Though I'm still guilty of this myself on occasion
"Every head bowed/every eye closed."
When I run into that I like to make eye contact and smile.
Collection plates. I know people who don't attend because they're embarrassed not to be able to contribute.
When I run into that I like to make eye contact and smile.
Collection plates. I know people who don't attend because they're embarrassed not to be able to contribute.
genuineoriginal
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501c
Samstarrett
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Amen! Not that they have the status, per se, but that they'll accept a government muzzle to keep it. To me, that is beneath contempt.
genuineoriginal
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Every "church", or religious establishment by any other name, is automatically outside of Federal law in the U.S.
Accepting the 501c designation changes a "church" into a "non-profit organization" that is governed by Federal law.
Samstarrett
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Are you saying a religious organization is automatically tax-exempt, or that they should pay taxes rather than accept limitations on their speech? The latter I agree with, if it comes to that. The former is a question of fact on which I confess I am ignorant.
genuineoriginal
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The Federal government is prohibited from creating any tax law that applies to a religious establishment. (Of course, whether the Federal government will actually follow the laws of the constitution and amendments is another topic). The state governments were to have their own policies regarding religious establishments, and several of the founding states had state approved religious denominations.
I am not an expert, but there are experts in the Institute on the Constitution (IOTC) that could answer your questions.
genuineoriginal
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Oh, yeah.
People calling the meeting place a "church" or the "house of the Lord" is another pet peeve. :chuckle:
I guess it’s just from my Catholic days. That’s what we always called it.
SovereigntyIsGods
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