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**h98hhYxM** · 03-26-2010, 07:25 PM

Ninj: Anyway... look... I have to be honest: I have a hard time with your posts... now you are saying that gold/wealth is a sin. It's not.

then why is it forbidden to be posessed or won by lower priests?

And ...uh... ditch the pagentry?: pagentry in the Church is celebration, joy, culture, a link with history.... etc. I'm not saying you must agree with it... but it does have another meaning to many. I know. People are shallow. We can't give money without a Run/Walk or a Fruit Cake sale. We can't believe in God without dancing around with colored eggs on Easter, or having a parade of ornately costumed "officials" walking through a huge plaza to tell everyone that, in a nutshell, God is still around and you should all follow what Jesus talked about....

Religions that do not do this do not attract the sheeple.

Look at the televangelists! the whole point of a sermon is to take the word to the people, to give a more personal message. But you get that many people together, it is no longer personal. It is a popularity contest which ties directly into human beings desire to be part of the strongest pack.

Odd, for a religion that started with 12 people following a prophet that hated the establishment and organized religion.....

03-26-2010, 07:25 PM	#6
h98hhYxM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	Ninj: Anyway... look... I have to be honest: I have a hard time with your posts... now you are saying that gold/wealth is a sin. It's not. then why is it forbidden to be posessed or won by lower priests? And ...uh... ditch the pagentry?: pagentry in the Church is celebration, joy, culture, a link with history.... etc. I'm not saying you must agree with it... but it does have another meaning to many. I know. People are shallow. We can't give money without a Run/Walk or a Fruit Cake sale. We can't believe in God without dancing around with colored eggs on Easter, or having a parade of ornately costumed "officials" walking through a huge plaza to tell everyone that, in a nutshell, God is still around and you should all follow what Jesus talked about.... Religions that do not do this do not attract the sheeple. Look at the televangelists! the whole point of a sermon is to take the word to the people, to give a more personal message. But you get that many people together, it is no longer personal. It is a popularity contest which ties directly into human beings desire to be part of the strongest pack. Odd, for a religion that started with 12 people following a prophet that hated the establishment and organized religion.....
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