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09-21-2007, 12:00 PM
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LMAO @ free prayer! It's a shame that prayer is being marketed though. It's not cleanser, it's prayer.
I remember as a kid, there was a phone number to call and talk to Santa. If I ever see a phone number to call and talk to God, I will not be amused.  |
And the thing is- I can TOTALLY see that happening. As a matter of fact I bet that it's on some televangelist station right now.
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09-21-2007, 12:10 PM
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Just 99 cents per minute; compared to some of these other prices, that's a steal.
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09-21-2007, 12:18 PM
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you know that people will pay whatever the price is to talk to God, via a 900 number.
How many people gave to Swaggart, Bakker, etc?
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09-23-2007, 11:44 PM
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why would I pay $1000 for someone else to pray for me??
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It's funny to read about a pastor selling her prayers today when I was just reading an article about the Protestant reformation. It was all about how Martin Luther got the whole Protestant ball rolling because he was so disgusted by the Catholic church selling absolution of sins, Masses to get you out of Purgatory after you die, etc. Just goes to show that there's nothing new under the sun.
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09-24-2007, 09:39 AM
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It's funny to read about a pastor selling her prayers today when I was just reading an article about the Protestant reformation. It was all about how Martin Luther got the whole Protestant ball rolling because he was so disgusted by the Catholic church selling absolution of sins, Masses to get you out of Purgatory after you die, etc. Just goes to show that there's nothing new under the sun.
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That's a really good point- purchasing pardons (indulgences I think they were called?) was a huge moneymaker for the church just a few centuries ago.
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09-30-2007, 07:19 PM
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Thought this story from Time was interesting...
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10-02-2007, 05:30 PM
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this was a great read, thanks for sharing, jitterbug13. this section:
Others, such as Tim Morgan, an editor at Christianity Today, see it as a more organizational problem — the absence of the kind of internal oversight common in mainline Protestantism and more recently in non-Pentecostal Evangelicalism. "Quite a few of these independent churches feel they are beholden to God alone,"
...speaks to why i'm not in enamored w/the non-denom. push in this country. a lack of checks and balances is a recipe for trouble, IMO....
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10-03-2007, 09:48 PM
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Catch the Juanita B. special on BET when it airs again. Its an interesting take on everything that has gone on with her including the point where Weeks attacked her.
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10-03-2007, 09:57 PM
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this was a great read, thanks for sharing, jitterbug13. this section:
Others, such as Tim Morgan, an editor at Christianity Today, see it as a more organizational problem — the absence of the kind of internal oversight common in mainline Protestantism and more recently in non-Pentecostal Evangelicalism. "Quite a few of these independent churches feel they are beholden to God alone,"
...speaks to why i'm not in enamored w/the non-denom. push in this country. a lack of checks and balances is a recipe for trouble, IMO....
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No problem.  And I agree with you on this one. Some wonder why I'm hesitant to go to a non-denom. church and this is one of the reasons.
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10-07-2007, 01:11 PM
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...speaks to why i'm not in enamored w/the non-denom. push in this country. a lack of checks and balances is a recipe for trouble, IMO....
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This problem is not exclusive to non-denominational churches. In all cases it is a matter of following the rules that are established--religious decrees and operational rules.
And following a specific religious decree does not preclude some churches of that denomination from not following the FISCAL rules that create checks and balances.
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10-07-2007, 12:07 PM
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Watching now on BET
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10-07-2007, 01:09 PM
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That woman who was her roommate gave me the creeps. I got the feeling it was more than friendship.
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10-07-2007, 01:22 PM
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That woman who was her roommate gave me the creeps. I got the feeling it was more than friendship.
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 I thought it was just me.
Can someone please have Juanita's next big theme be No More Light Pink Lipstick? It's not a good look on her.
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10-07-2007, 04:04 PM
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I thought it was just me.
Can someone please have Juanita's next big theme be No More Light Pink Lipstick? It's not a good look on her. |
Everytime they would show her close up I kept looking at that lipstick.....it looked more like she needed some carmex....I don't like it either!!!!
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