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On 1/12/2013 4:23 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 12, 2:55 pm, ESAD wrote:
On 1/12/13 3:33 PM, Tim wrote:









On Jan 12, 2:16 pm, ESAD wrote:
On 1/12/13 2:34 PM, Tim wrote:

On Jan 12, 8:49 am, ESAD wrote:
On 1/12/13 9:50 AM, Salmonbait wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:26:58 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Jan 12, 12:31 am, thumper wrote:
On 1/11/2013 12:19 PM, Salmonbait wrote:

If your sister was more than a dunce, she would not have allowed your niece to go with a church
group. What the hell did she expect?

Exactly, what kind of idiot would trust a church group with a child? ;-)

Me. As a kid, I attended lots of church functions, camps and
gatherings. had a lot of fun too.

?;^ )

And I'll bet your uncle didn't talk about your mom letting you go and get 'brainwashed'.

Hell, church picnics and potlucks were, and are, the best eatin' around!

Really?

Several of our local churches sell "churchlady" cooked food a few times
a year to raise funds. Perfectly legit. Last summer, we bought two
"barbecue" meals from one of those churches, barbecued chicken and
barbecued ribs. The chicken was overdone, dry, and pretty much
tasteless, the sauce on the ribs tasted like melted sugar, and the
coleslaw and potato salad came from Safeway.

Hardly "the best eatin' around," unless you like bad cooking.

Harry, by buying those meals, it sounds to me like you're supporting
churches who support missionaries Who want to convert others by
cramming religion down their throats.

Not good!!

I don't believe the church in question has anything to do with
missionaries. You seem to think I object to religion. I don't. My
objection is to religion that tries to impose its beliefs on those who
either believe differently or don't believe at all. I have no objection
to the voluntary support of neighborhood religious organizations,
except, in this case, I don't think we'll be supporting their barbecues
again. I might try a cake/pie/cookie sale.

I know of no 'church' that doesn't support missionaries, Harry.

Ahh, but you don't know of *every* church, do you?

do you?


The important question is does he know any that don't, cause if he
doesn't, the whole premise is a lie, thus the question is invalid.

Guess you've never heard of practicing Jews, eh?


The religious houses of Jews are not churches.

Yes they are.

Church = house of God
Synagogue = house of God.


Wrong.

Uh, no, correct:

http://www.jewfaq.org/shul.htm

"The synagogue is the Jewish equivalent of a church, more or less. It is
the center of the Jewish religious community: a place of prayer, study
and education, social and charitable work, as well as a social center.

What's in a Name?

Throughout this site, I have used the word "synagogue," but there are
actually several different terms for a Jewish "church," and you can tell
a lot about people by the terms they use"



No one argues that synagogue and church are equals in the sights of
their different communities. The dispute is over whether it is proper or
appropriate to call a synagogue (or Jewish temple) a church.

It isn't. Modern Jews from different cultures and parts of the world
have different names for their houses of worship, but I doubt "church"
would be an acceptable term for the vast majority, since the word
connotes the house of worship of an entirely different group of religions.