re: Do You Respect Christian Pastors?

My Dad was a preacher, as were both Grandfathers, most Uncles and Cousins , females in the family married ministers.

If you do the actual job in a small to medium size church its a tough job. Remember that everyone will come to you with their problems, emotional, physical, financial and this is your flock its hard not to feel responsibility.

Like a small town HS football coach, you have to do EVERYTHING and be EVERYTHING to EVERYONE.

those jobs you dont do for the $$
the mega church fricks are CEO's and fundraisers and have lost contact with ministering

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How do you define an easy job?

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Preach on Sundays
Visit occasionally
Sleep all day

Some Onle of my cousins is a pastor, great guy

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Preach on Sundays

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Visit occasionally

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Sleep all day

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No preacher worth his salt does this.

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Preach on Sundays
Visit occasionally
Sleep all day

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Exactly what I thought. Condescension disguised as inquiry. What a charlatan.

The ones that don't pimp the word of God, bring politics to church etc.......

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Do you respect their opinions?

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some

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View them as generally intelligent?

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generally, yes

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Or Do you see them as lazy?

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intellectually or physically?

if you're referring to intellect, i would say intellectually fearful moreso than lazy. if you look at the bible objectively and without your mind already made up, I don't see how any sane adult can believe in it. that said, most of us were indoctrinated as children, and it takes a toll on you emotionally to confront whether or not the stuff you've believed your whole life is bullshite.

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Do you think they have an easy job?

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no

My preacher is what most Christians would call a pastor...he loves people. From the time that man rise until he retires, he is visiting the sick in hospitals, mentoring kids in school (public), encouraging addicts in treatment centers, all the while making phone calls to shut-ins and the elderly.
He also has to find time to sit on every church committee: outreach, financial, children's, building and grounds, missions, transportation, etc.

Easy? No.
Lazy? No.

Dedicated? Yes.

Same way with my pastors. They are super busy doing the Lord's work. And they sure ain't doing it for the $. They are doing it out of love and trying to help people

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I asked about the definition of an easy job in general since it was apparently not a “religious thread.” We all know where you are going with this thread. Your shite is tired.

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No. You asked about the definition of an easy job IN A THREAD about vocational preaching jobs. Nowhere in your question did you say “in general”.