We try as hard as we can to give as much aid as we can, and I'm sure
other churches do too, but if everyone put forth even more effort, religion would once again become a key part of society and the government would have a little bit more money to work with.
The clear implication of misuse of the definite article with the singular is that
other churches do not count.
That's what
other Churches do.
In posing these questions I am sensitive to certain facts about the western churches — whether they are also valid for
other churches I do not know.
Not exact matches
The hacker group rose to prominence after a series of cyber attacks against individuals, governments and organizations that it
does not approve of, including PayPal, Mastercard and the
Church of Scientology, among numerous
others.
To
do so, they and
others paid $ 150,000 in bribes via the
church to Gross, its pastor, in exchange for facilitating Murgio's takeover and arranging for Lebedev and
others to be put on the credit union's board, prosecutors said.
If you're interviewing for a position at the Vanderbloemen Search Group — a Houston - based firm that staffs
churches and
other faith - based organizations — don't be surprised to receive a text message asking a quirky question of sorts around 10:00 in the evening.
Lichtenfeld covers all the basics: stay active and healthy, exercise, play sports, eat right, socialize a lot with family and friends, meet new friends, keep learning,
do volunteer work, be involved in your community, run for office, attend
church or
other religious / spiritual activities, read books and newspapers, check your email and text your friends.
tha tis a practice of some
other religions, but the word
does not even exist in Mormon scripture as a practice of the
church.
I don't think about it in our congregation, although I
do in any
other church.
And again, anytime
doing anything
other than prayer, study,
church attendance was supposed to be used to work, clean your house to the n - th degree in case Jesus showed up, run necessary errands and then hot foot it back to
church.
While I respect Rush's right to speak his mind (without people like him, we would be like
other totalitarian governments that don't tolerate dissent), I am with the Pope and the
church in their efforts to reach out to the world.
Bottom line is this, keep it out of the public square; learn to respect
others beliefs / disbeliefs; stop trying to tell LGBT they are wrong; stop trying to tell women what they can and can't
do with their bodies; stop trying to push bogus creationism crap (backed with zero evidence) on innocent children in the public school system; just stop pushing it outside your home or
church.
In
other words, I as a member of The
Church of Jesus Christ, can
do the work for the person who has died by being baptized for him.
I didn't need to turn back to the
church when I lost two close family members within a year of each
other, I had friends, and I had
other family, to help me.
And what local
churches do sometimes when they treat each
other like businesses competing for tithing customers.
Churches in
other nations that are persecuted don't have the luxury to sit around and argue the finer points of theology until they find their depravity getting the better of them.
But, he said, the
church must respond to the new political / social / spiritual environment, which
did include the end of the Cold War and
other global shifts, as the WCC discerns and defines its purpose.
Most
churches don't want him unless he changes the minute he walks in the door, and then there is the exposure to the Fred Phelps bunch... they're just great at the funeral of an AIDS victim... or
other less famous hate mongers.
How can you say that because Obama takes one stance that doesn't match Christian values, the
church congregation must vote for
others?
Finally, it bears mentioning that while all adults (our parents included) truly
do make it up as they go along, for better or worse, traversing our world as young adults can present to us positive opportunities — opportunities that allow us to shepherd and encourage
others in our
churches and communities, even the wee ones or our own children who desperately want to grow up.
I believe the man, Jesus, who's story is recorded in the 4 gospels — would never recognize the American christian
churches as anywhere near followers of «love one another as I have loved you» and «
do to
others as you would have them
do to you.»
I thought this excerpt from the e-book «So You Don't Want to Go to
Church Anymore» fit well with this and many
other recent posts:
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints does not recognize any other baptism as legitimate unless it is through their church, which they believed is the only «True» church on the p
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints
does not recognize any
other baptism as legitimate unless it is through their
church, which they believed is the only «True» church on the p
church, which they believed is the only «True»
church on the p
church on the planet.
People say they don't have time, but they have time to go to
church and all those
other church meetings and conventions.
Well said, but it is a shame the
church does not stand up and be counted for
other very important things.
We
did not attend
church every Sunday or abide by any of the
other religious rules you are supposed to follow....
The Mormons are no different from
other denominations in at least one major way; that is, they interpret the Bible differently than
others - BUT so
do all
churches.
In like manner, if I could not continue to unite with any smaller society,
church, or body of Christians, without committing sin, without lying and hypocrisy, without preaching to
other doctrines which I
did not myself believe, I should be under an absolute necessity of separating from that society.
BUT... if the
Church is going to claim and treat sexual deviance (if in fact that is what they believe it is) with such force over and against all
other indiscretions, how
do they justify that... and how isn't it hypocritical of them when they simply wink at
other things that are clearly outlined by Jesus» own words as grievous.
Either we prove several verses in the Bible that deal with the gay issue are false; we declare, like the Pope
does, infallibly that those pages will be struck from Bible; we add new verses so the
other verses are neutralized; we stop reading it, prohibit its usage, like Catholics, and have: idolatry, Popes, idols, saints, priests, infant baptism, purgatory and gays in the «christian
church»!
By giving benediction in 1930 to its married heterosexual members purposely seeking sterile sex, the Anglican
Church lost, bit by bit, any authority to tell her
other members — married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual — not to
do the same.
If a
church can not tell its flock «what to
do with my body,» as the saying goes, with regard to contraception, then
other uses of that body will quickly prove to be similarly off - limits to ecclesiastical authority.
2) Make it clear in public that if you don't like the rock and roll, there are plenty of
other churches, with hints that this decision is a moral choice which reflects badly on you, not the community.
Given that its figures
do not include Cardiff where rough sleeping is highest, as well as
other parts of Wales, the 18,000 hours is just a snapshot of what Welsh
churches are
doing for people who don't have anywhere to live.
As far as they were concerned, the protest movement and the
Church had nothing to
do with each
other.
They still have to comply with federal and state laws, which means gays are out, but everyone else has to be considered for employment by the company (the only exceptions to the law are where your religion or
other protected status are essential for the job... for example, a Muslim couldn't sue an Episcopalian
church who wouldn't hire them in an administrative role because their faith clashes with that of the
church — things like that don't apply to a fast food chain).
I don't think young people can respect the
church anymore when they take stances such as this on and a few
other controversial ones.
The priest claimed the
Church of England didn't necessarily view the cathedral and
others like it favourably because of the independence they might exert financially or theologically.
Now, as you talk of UV light and water and oxygen (and yes, this is not my field of science), but I
do care to read
other hypothesis given forth to explain things, before jumping to believe what a religious scripture or actually its
Church wants me to believe.
The horrors perpetrated on «witches» or
others who dared to cross the
church were
done in the name of the «lord» they knew what they were
doing and felt god gave them that authority to kill.
I
do not condemn
others for picking and choosing any specific dogma / doctrine of the
church to believe and obey.
This lady hasn't
done any real homework — 1 Christian ever 4 minutes was killed in 2009 I believe, on the
other side of the planet - Hindu's kill Christians in India, the Chinese
church is underground because of it's ban on Christianity, Russia killed thousands in it's atheist conquest, Indochina the Muslims decapitate Christians...
Do your own homework, find out, and look for sources that don't share your bi
Do your own homework, find out, and look for sources that don't share your bias
«Some people are upset, angry and frustrated, while
others are in full support of the verdict, so where
does the
church fit in?
We all need to meet at the Coptic
Church and protest peacefully just like the Muslims are
doing in Egypt, and all those
other ME places.
I think a lot of things could be glossed over in this story... what was the real relationship like between John and James,
did Lucas»
other church reject him or
did Lucas
do the rejecting, and how much shame from the parents had to
do with that decision, the issue of race, the issue of disability... I'm a pessimist so I think of these things.
To understand why the Catholic
Church is against contraception (and why all
other Christian
churches opposed it until the 1930's), please
do some researcch at some reputable places.
The real travesty is that out of the early Roman Empire emereged the Catholic
church which in the past 1000 years has
doe more to persecute followers of Christ then any
other group.
Many people
do not marry in a
church, even more (billions)
do not celebrate the birth of Jesus, probably even more
do not cry out to any gods, or may to
other gods
other than (yours), and many people consider life elsewhere in the universe because science and reason points to that possibility.
Actually, Corey, God's nonexistence
does not impede the ability of the people of that
church to love Lucas and each
other and by so
doing make everybody's lives better.