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U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time

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  1. Cougarbear

    Cougarbear Banned

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    A very fine couple? Adam and Steve? No. Not a very fine couple. A very lying and deceiving couple. They are not very nice. They hate liberty, the Constitution, freedom and God. A very evil couple.
     
    Cougarbear, Mar 30, 2021
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    Josh77 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well, to each their own. It’s all good. We are all where we are supposed to be in our beliefs. They are all part of our spiritual evolution through many lifetimes. We learn a little bit more with each incarnation.
     
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    Did the Holy Ghost reveal that to you? How do you know the voice is who it says it is? Things you trust aren't always honest. Haven't you ever seen Carlito's Way?
     
    ChiCowboy, Mar 30, 2021
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    I drive through a neighborhood and see that I would not want to live because of how the people who live there live and take care of their community and behave towards others. Is that bigotry? A moral perversion?
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Unless you are using made up or irrelevant stereotypes to judge individuals then no — that isn’t bigotry. Please, pick up a dictionary
     
    cd8ed, Mar 30, 2021
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    Well of course. Kids of a certain misfitty persuasion have always sought out validation and purpose in groups with some kind of moral high ground dogma (was Fellowship and other religious cults in the 20thC). They've simple traded those iterations for the new faith - Wokism.
     
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    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Oh the IRONY of having that puerile ad hom PROJECTED by one of those that embrace Science Denialism!

    Have you NEVER heard of PHOTOSHOP or DISINFORMATION?

    That is WHY your allegations are FALSEHOODS but YOU just accept them because they trigger your own Confirmation Bias instead of using your own Critical Thinking Skills to EXPOSE the FALSEHOODS.

    The ONLY thing you came close to getting right was describing yourself as a "warning" to others ONLY for the EXACT OPPOSITE reasons that you believe.

    The Founding Fathers EXCLUDED religion from the Government of We the People because they did NOT want anyone who spouted the claptrap above running the nation. Instead they EMBRACED SCIENCE in the Constitution...TWICE!

    Yes, the truth about the "wicked" theists is coming out which is WHY the PRICE of FREEDOM is VIGILANCE against those who seek to DENY minorities their voting RIGHTS, minors their healthcare RIGHTS and women their reproductive RIGHTS.

    Ultimately LOGIC and REASON will always PREVAIL over Stone Age SUPERSTITIONS.
     
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  8. MJ Davies

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    OK. I'm listening. I want to hear what you think you know about the Obamas. Tell me your warnings. Tell me "the truth".
     
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    Well, first of all: GAWD DAMN IT!


    And second: people can be religious without being a member of some house of worship.
     
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    I already gave you a glimps of their deceits. The reason why a muslim would back lgbtq legislation. They are lgbtq. Now, you do your own digging and see what happens. People tend to believe things when they do the work.
     
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    That's what I am asking and reality is not stereotyping. If I drive through a neighborhood and see broken vehicles sitting on concrete blocks in front yards, yards unkept, houses in disrepair, loud music being played, bars on windows and I decided I don't want to live in this neighborhood is that bigotry. Don't you think you can judge people by how the live and how they act?
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No. That isn’t bigotry. That is observation. Bigotry would be seeing a blighted home occupied by a white family and then saying all whites live that way.
     
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    The polling data isn’t about attending church it’s about belonging to a church. Even if a church is closed to attending, people still belong to said church. Belonging/membership of churches is what is down.
     
    ECA, Mar 31, 2021
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    Ummm, Obama was Christian. I'm not a fan of Obama, but I'm not going to make stuff up because I don't like someone.

    https://www.politifact.com/article/2010/aug/26/why-do-so-many-people-think-obama-muslim/
     
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    I made no mention of race did I. I have through my entire life and career on the road to every corner of the several states I traveled saw many places both predominately black and predominate white or mixed that I simply would not want to live in. Mainly due to the income status but also the manner in which the people choose to live. Is that economic bigotry, if I tell the real estate agent I don't want to see homes in this area because that area is a poor section of town is that a bigotry? Immoral?
     
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    How would that be bigotry?
     
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    Economic bigotry? Bigotry against lower income groups?
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    big·ot·ry
    /ˈbiɡətrē/

    noun
    1. obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

    Do you hold a prejudice against poor people?
     
    cd8ed, Mar 31, 2021
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    What glimpse are you talking about? Calling Michelle a man?

    You are aware that a person can support a cause without being part of the demographic that cause represents, right?

    You say you know the truth. Share it. I'm listening.
     
    MJ Davies, Mar 31, 2021
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    Some people like to do that for some odd reason. It's like people emphasizing his middle name. They want to get a reaction out of people to associate him with the terrorist. It's really childish and anybody rational can see right through it. Sometimes I wonder where human gets off calling themselves civilized. ;-)
     
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    Josh77 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    lol, yeah, that term gets thrown around very loosely.
     
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    Adam and Steve were in the WH? I think you are just making up stuff. A little of that lying and deceiving you claim is not nice?

    How were they evil? They were open to all Americans.
     
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    Mexico is way more a Christian nation than the USA, they are at 92%

    8 more percent and God will pave their roads with Gold
     
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    the Q?
     
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    Do you know what bigotry is?
    It's an intolerance of a group, just because of that group.
    Not merely disliking how unkept a neighborhood is.
     
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