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re: Does your priest/pastor talk politics from the alter/pulpit?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 8:37 am to The Spleen
Posted on 5/11/22 at 8:37 am to The Spleen
Not really. Our priest felt strongly enough about the last presidential election that he gave a homily about laying out what kind of things you should look for in a candidate if you believed in certain things. He didn't say candidate names or parties, but it was obvious that Trump was the choice. 
Amy Coney was a former student and parishioner at the school/church and her father is still a deacon there. As would be expected, the church honored her and put a story about her in the bulletin and on social media when she made it onto the supreme court. And of course like clockwork a few angry counts were making comments that it shouldn't have been discussed within the church.
Amy Coney was a former student and parishioner at the school/church and her father is still a deacon there. As would be expected, the church honored her and put a story about her in the bulletin and on social media when she made it onto the supreme court. And of course like clockwork a few angry counts were making comments that it shouldn't have been discussed within the church.
This post was edited on 5/11/22 at 8:48 am
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Posted on 5/11/22 at 8:56 am to The Spleen
“just ignore it” ~ The Spleen.
change the channel.
turn off the tv.
unsubscribe.
don’t tune in.
unfollow.
am i doing this right?
change the channel.
turn off the tv.
unsubscribe.
don’t tune in.
unfollow.
am i doing this right?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 8:56 am to The Spleen
Well, in a large sense politicians have started this by making a living off of attacking faith and those who believe, shutting down services for their Covid mandates, attacking people who cling to their bibles and their guns, and just having an overall disdain for people who really do believe and put their faith into action in all of their lives, including their politics of course. When government begins telling people what their morals and values should look like, and indoctrinating their children in their schools, they’ve put themselves up as the de facto pontiff over people’s morals, values, and speech, and people who place God above the things of men will certainly not go along with that.
If the government was simply about operating the country rather than trying to change how people think and believe, then none of this would arise on Sundays, but they want to supplant both faith and parental authority, and so you get push back. Government now wants to be the chief moral authority, and so God is in the way. Such as it is with all tyrannical governments throughout time.
If the government was simply about operating the country rather than trying to change how people think and believe, then none of this would arise on Sundays, but they want to supplant both faith and parental authority, and so you get push back. Government now wants to be the chief moral authority, and so God is in the way. Such as it is with all tyrannical governments throughout time.
This post was edited on 5/11/22 at 9:03 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:36 am to The Spleen
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Does your priest/pastor talk politics from the alter/pulpit?
Not directly about politics but about issues that are core to the church's teachings - the sanctity of life at all stages, morality in relationships, helping the poor, chastity, prudence, fortitude, charity, etc.
You can tell the few democrats by how uneasy someone gets when those issues come up.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:37 am to The Spleen
They would literally bus obama voters straight from church to the polls.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:59 am to The Spleen
quote:No. We talk meaning and value, healing and redemption, in a sophistocated way. Mainly by looking to Christ.
Does your priest/pastor talk politics from the alter/pulpit?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:06 am to upgrayedd
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Spleen, ask your wife's bull about this. He'll tell you about it.
:rotflmao:
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:11 am to The Spleen
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It mentioned some creep into the Southern Baptist
This had been going on since at least the early 80s. It's rampant now.
Baptist News Global
This from the leader of the very influential First Baptist of Dallas:
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Robert Jeffress used his Dec. 5 sermon to claim that President Joe Biden has the most “ungodly” administration in American history.
“The Biden administration is ungodly! I don’t care how many rosary beads they rub, they’re ungodly,” he intoned. “This is the ungodliest presidential administration we’ve had in the history of our country.”
You can agree with him (which I am sure many here do) or disagree with him. But it is straight out politics-from-the-pulpit.
This post was edited on 5/11/22 at 10:16 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:22 am to The Spleen
Greg Locke divorced his wife and married her former best friend. So he's Biblically disqualified himself from the pastorate.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:27 am to The Spleen
We discuss issues that overlap between the secular and religious, abortion being one (we operate two pregnancy centers and will open a larger family resource center this month). We also register people to vote.
But that's not our focus. We keep a simple approach by teaching the Bible and proclaiming the Gospel. And our services are quite full each week plus people tune in online from 50 nations.
But that's not our focus. We keep a simple approach by teaching the Bible and proclaiming the Gospel. And our services are quite full each week plus people tune in online from 50 nations.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:28 am to The Spleen
My parents church (southern baptist) does and the congregation eats that shite up.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:29 am to The Spleen
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Episcopal Church.
Plenty of episcopal churches pushing the alphabet people and white guilt.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:30 am to Tider13
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This is why you're all being led astray, you're pastor should have something to say about abortion and homosexuality being legal.
My are pastor should tell me that being homosexual should be against the law? I generally like Christians and what they bring to the table, societally speaking, but you and you are pastor are the kind that help move people away from Christianity and cast a bad light on other Christians.
Did Jesus teach people the way to live or petition the government to outlaw that which he was at odds with?
On the other hand, abortion should be illegal, since there is a victim. There are multiple ways to not get pregnant that don't involve cutting up a child.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:31 am to notiger1997
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Not really.
quote:So...yes, really?
Our priest felt strongly enough about the last presidential election that he gave a homily about laying out what kind of things you should look for in a candidate if you believed in certain things. He didn't say candidate names or parties, but it was obvious that Trump was the choice.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:31 am to JudgeHolden
We had Pompeo speak once, nothing political. The highlight of that weekend was one of his security detail wanting to know more about what we believe, one of our pastors shared the Gospel and he trusted in Christ as a result.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:32 am to The Spleen
I don't need a preacher to tell me how to think, what to do or how to feel.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:32 am to Quidam65
No, they like their tax exempt status.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:33 am to St Augustine
Episcopalian churches would be perfect for "Catholics" such as Pelosi and Biden, similar services but theology more to their liking.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 11:01 am to Tider13
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This is why you're all being led astray, you're pastor should have something to say about abortion and homosexuality being legal.
In the sense of pastors speaking out about sin I would wholeheartedly agree. They need much more of that and a lot less of preaching in the box that their members allow because of their own sin they don’t want preached about. However, while murdering babies and homosexuality are both sins, they are not alike in the sense that murdering babies is abhorrent to most all rational human beings not looking for an escape clause to their behavior that got them in that predicament in the first place, and the government should definitely have a say in whether the taking of human lives is legal or not. Homosexuality however is not unlike many other sins, including other sexual sins like heterosexual fornication, adultery, lust, etc, but also gluttony, greed, taking the name of God in vain, and many others. They don’t however need to be made illegal. They DO however need to be preached against, and God’s moral standard upheld in churches on Sundays, with scripture alone, and without compromise or seeking permission.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 12:35 pm to The Spleen
Very rarely the actual politics but sometimes they awkwardly dance around current events and pray/love on those affected.
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