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(64,328 posts)ratchiweenie
(8,215 posts)Deuxcents
(26,931 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,217 posts)Also TBA, I'm sure.
TygrBright
(21,362 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Martin Eden
(15,629 posts)... failure to donate money to their church
KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)Gaugamela
(3,511 posts)Their laity doesnt want to hear about turn the other cheek or do unto others, they just want to hear about the righteousness of wealth and how god wants them to kill their enemies. To them the values that Jesus teaches are a noble fiction, a fantasy like Batman or Lord of the Rings. Nobody really lives that way, as far as theyre concerned, and it would be stupid and naive to try. So they mock any higher intentions and the idea of the common good. From their perspective its all just posturing and hypocrisy.
Snackshack
(2,587 posts)Hundred years ago Martin Luther famously nailed his letter of grievances over indulgences and other practices the church was involved in to the door of the church. Historians point to this event as the start of the Protestant Reformation
Its time for another letter
keithbvadu2
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Hekate
(100,133 posts)TeamProg
(6,630 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(179,871 posts)moondust
(21,288 posts)
Do whatever you want as long as you make a big show of your holiness once in a while so everybody can see that you're a holy roller with God on your side who can do whatever you want because you have God's blessing. Enjoy.
K/R
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