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Egnever

(21,506 posts) Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:41 PM Dec 2017

I keep wondering what effect this presidency is having on churches

The GOP has been using God to win elections for quite some time claiming the moral high ground. This presidency seems to leave all of that in tatters. I keep wondering if these churches are going to turn on them.

At this point they seem to be holding the line but at some point it has to go to far right?

Right?

I swore off organized religion years ago mainly because of the hypocrisy of claiming you should not judge others all the while judging others but the recent hypocrisy is just a whole other level. I mean Roy Moore is using Christianity to justify his behavior at this point. That is just so warped I can hardly process it.

At some point sanity will prevail right?

Cheese and rice!

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I keep wondering what effect this presidency is having on churches (Original Post) Egnever Dec 2017 OP

Hasn't gotten to damaging my mothers relationship with her fundamentalist irisblue Dec 2017 #1

As I understand the tax bill, they can now be political?? Alice11111 Dec 2017 #2

I cant bring myself to go to one at this point. I was raised Catholic and left that church onecaliberal Dec 2017 #3

The effect on my church wryter2000 Dec 2017 #4

They. Don't. Care. jberryhill Dec 2017 #5

This would sound at best, idiotic and mentally lazy as hell LanternWaste Dec 2017 #6

The pResident has helped us! essaynnc Dec 2017 #7

irisblue

(32,980 posts)

1. Hasn't gotten to damaging my mothers relationship with her fundamentalist

Reply to Egnever (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:44 PM

Dec 2017

very conservative church.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)

2. As I understand the tax bill, they can now be political??

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Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:45 PM

Dec 2017

onecaliberal

(32,864 posts)

3. I cant bring myself to go to one at this point. I was raised Catholic and left that church

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Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:46 PM

Dec 2017

Because of the widespread pedophilia, the protection of and justification for a pedophile to serve in the U.S. Senate for a vote shows their naked perversion of their so called religion. I can’t. I’m just done with all of it. Atheists are far better people.

wryter2000

(46,051 posts)

4. The effect on my church

Reply to Egnever (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:51 PM

Dec 2017

We're more active now in working to help immigrants

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. They. Don't. Care.

Reply to Egnever (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 03:57 PM

Dec 2017

Expecting morality from someone who has an omnipotent invisible friend who will forgive them for anything they do wrong, is a tall order.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

6. This would sound at best, idiotic and mentally lazy as hell

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Tue Dec 5, 2017, 04:25 PM

Dec 2017

This would sound at best, idiotic... as well as one of the most mentally lazy sentiments I've ever heard:

"I swore off xxxx (cars, science, black and white comedies, et. al.) mainly due to its misuse by others..."

Sanity, indeed...

essaynnc

(801 posts)

7. The pResident has helped us!

Reply to Egnever (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2017, 05:51 PM

Dec 2017

I attend the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship here in the Piedmont Triad area of NC. Since the election a year ago, the number of new people visiting our welcoming community has doubled if not more, and the number of new members actually joining has outpaced anything that we've seen in a very long time.

At least for this one thing, and only this one think, I say..."Thanks Donald!"

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