At church today, I had another realization and a great idea for a commercial …

The frick

No church would allow that to go on air because it would be seen as "tooting your own horn" (and hateful towards non-believers). You have to find a way to get people to show up to church in larger numbers and see for themselves.

Catholic here, and I agree with you. I often observe how well attendees from all walks of life get along in the Church. None of that racist hate speech we see daily from media and politicians.

When I was 5 or 6, I realized magic wasn't real.


Imagine been a grown arse man and believing in that shite. lol

The readings today were pretty hard on sinners. Trust me I’m not talking down to anyone. I’m guilty of a lot of these. Thank God for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

‘Brothers and sisters, live by the Spirit
and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh.
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh;
these are opposed to each other,
so that you may not do what you want.
But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious:
immorality, impurity, lust, idolatry,
sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy,
outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness,
dissensions, factions, occasions of envy,
drinking bouts, orgies, and the like.
I warn you, as I warned you before,
that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal 5:16-25

Now you are all over the video games board!

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In the case of abortion though, the individuals in our society have to ask ourselves questions as to what we will allow. Is it okay for a mother to kill her 1 year old, her 1 month old or 1 day old baby because she chooses she doesn’t want it? Those cases are murder. So it is when talking about a 7, 8 or 9 month old unborn baby. It isn’t about judging or condemnation. It is a matter of protecting the life of those who can’t defend themselves.

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This is one of the few very specific issues where I somewhat adopt a "slight shade of gray" stance, regardless of my spiritual, personal, ideological and sociopolitical beliefs.

Basically, what we have here in Oklahoma, is what I 100% believe to be a fair balance with separation of church and state. We do not allow abortions, and have even criminalized the act of performing abortions by anyone who would medically do so. However, there are exceptions for rape, incest, and medical reasons that imminently threaten the life of mother or unborn child.

My religion tells me that even these scenarios would be "part of His plan", but there are of course shades of gray to that, and th more moderate side of me says that if some 16 year old girl was abducted and sexually violated, well, she didn't ask for that child to be put in her. If some meth head daddy in Dixie's trailer park impregnates his half retarded already-inbred daughter and the chance of that baby coming out anywhere near functional is 0%, why force it? And if a fine working class couple plans for years to start a family, and then after finally accomplishing fertilization the doctors find that she has a rare condition that will certainly result in Mom's death if she carries to full term? There are situations where I feel it only fair to step back and show a willingness to assess individual situations.

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Did he plan for my sister in law to have two stillbirths and a set of twins that lived for only a week?

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And now we know.

All the flavors of the lord and you choose to be salty on Pentecost Sunday. Need to listen to some positive and encouraging k-love my friend. Take the k-love challenge and let the lord work on that hardened heart of yours. There is no peace like the peace that Jesus brings into your life when you have a relationship with him.

I thought the same thing.