On 12/25/10 12:26 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:42:04 -0500,
wrote:

Because tax breaks for churches support religion. That is the answer you
have to get.

However they support all religions equally. The founding fathers of
this great country were religious men for the most part and thought
that support and respect for religion was a good thing as long as no
one religion was favored over another. That's a fairly easy concept
to grasp isn't it?

Not to worry - the holidays will be over soon and you can take off
that uncomfortable Scrooge costume you've been wearing, the one that
seems to get your undergarments all in a knot.

Meanwhile, tis the season to be jolly...


A good number of the founding fathers of this country were deists who
had no use for organized religion and very little respect for it. While
they may have believed in a creator, they didn't believe in the
supernatural or in the "holiness" of holy books.

Ever read the Sermon on the Mount? Ever get deep enough into it to read
this:

"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

Kind of flies in the face of organized religion's ungodly number of
churches in this country, eh? I mean, if one is supposed to pray in
private, why so many churches?

The only christian in this newsgroup is Tim. He's the only one here, so
far as I can tell, who has taken to heart the teachings of his savior.
Whatever I may think of his *organized* religion, I have great respect
for the personal deeds he undertakes on behalf of others. Many of the
others who proclaim their christianity are CINO's whose statements here
put them in the category of totally self-centered, selfish, "I've got
mine, screw you" types, and they're certainly not what their savior had
in mind. I do find it fascinating that those who most loudly proclaim
their christianity are the far-righties who by their statements here
obviously don't give a damn about their fellow man and his/her sufferings.

Oh, and it isn't a matter of "Scrooge," Wayne. I don't have the
slightest issue with the private celebration of the birth of the guy
many believe is their savior.

Have a happy and safe holiday, Wayne.