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Christians Are Self-Censoring Their Beliefs due to Secular Intolerance, Study Finds

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  1. Polydectes

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    I find the people that take advantage of people's commitment to their faith the most are the churches and the religious organizations.

    But still when arguing politics keep religion out of it has no place there anyway. Some people will try to drag it in and say know that about you that's some sort of ad hominem to such provocations I wouldn't even respond.
     
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    Throw in televangelists and we have the opposite, they stick their noses in all politics. They are a complete contradiction to your entire thread.

    Funny that you make sour comments daily about your political others, then complain people are attacking you. Seriously, do you read the bible, because even an atheist can spot your hypocrisy.
     
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    It was a general statement not one necessarily directed at this OP
     
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    Will that translate to less little boys being molested by priests?
    Or just less visibility to it?
     
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    XXJefferson#51 Banned

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    It is the secular left public school teachers and staff in many parts of the country that we have to worry about when it comes to groomers and grooming little kids
     
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    The self righteous never do any wrong.
     
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    LOL. You don't seem to be up with the times.
    Are your news sources failing?
     
    dairyair, Aug 13, 2022
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    It the groomers stop tithing these places will not be able to lobby and pay off politicians, these people will go to jail after their first offense.
     
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    Twaddle.
     
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    The televangelists are few and far between and most do not reflect the values of a given denomination that they are held liable to for their behavior. Trying to lump all evangelicals in with them when many of them are not is ridiculous
     
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    I’m aware of the failings of fallen persons in all careers and professions. They should all be dealt with harshly by society. . I just wonder about when I seeded an article about grooming and sexual content taught in public schools and everyone brought up it happening in some churches if you shared this concern then?
     
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    Pathetic whining ...

    Over 85% of elected officials in this country claim the Christian faith, and you have the friggin' gall to sit there and complain that you
    are the poor oppressed minority. For god's sake, dude, just stop with "woe is me" wailing. It's just too sad to witness.
     
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    Yet all you do is lump Democrats or any other political bloc into one that only deserves hatred.
     
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    If by “some” churches you mean an organized attempt by the entire church and its various branches to hide pedophiles then that would be accurate.

    If the right found out a school district was hiding pedophiles in by their staff at several schools there would be massive protests but when the church does it world wide with thousands of cases the religiously afflicted not only just shrug they continue to fund the grooming.

    I wonder what is worse, the child rapist or an individual that pays to protect and hide a child rapist so they can rape more children?
     
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    Why should I have to listen to your blather? Would you listen to my atheistic beliefs with the same difference?
     
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    Want to make a bet?
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    “Clutching their guns and bibles….” Yep………
     
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    The part that gets me is that if he was a "true thespian" he would win Razzies every year. He can't even fake it for a few minutes without smirking or looking like he is wishing death upon everybody.




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    Says the oppressor class to their victims…
     
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    "Love thy neighbor as thy self" - "who is my neighbor?"

    Anyone who might be affected by our actions.

    So we ship huge, very huge quantities of weapons and ammunition to Kyiv which it uses on Eastern Ukraine.

    And then even more weapons are shipped to Kyiv which we know are being sold to anyone who wants them, for pennies in the dollar.

    What will those weapons be used for?

    Does anyone in the US care about those affected by our actions?

    Christianity is not flavor of the month in the US because it would prevent the weapons makers (defense industry) from making so much money.
     
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    I wasn't speaking about televangelists only.
    But those who talk about others, they are all self righteous. And have no credibility.
     
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    The RW so called grooming is nothing but conspiracy theories, as I mentioned.
    Yes, there's bad actors in all professions. But schools don't hide their bad actors like the Christian religion did and still does to this day.

    Self censoring really means, shutting up to CYA.
     
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    Yep, the church has gone wayyy past grooming for some 30+ years.
     
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