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Church stops hosting conservative group after blog complaint (from DailyKos)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | March 04, 2010 | James O'Toole

Posted on 03/04/2010 3:19:05 AM PST by Brugmansian

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To: Brugmansian

Conservatives need to get off their butts and do the same thing to black churches that rats use to get votes. Those churches are so political that most of them are just cover ops for rats, just like ACORN.

Meanwhile, any conservatives connected to the church at issue in the article should quit the congregation or, at the very least, voice their objections and never give them another dime.


21 posted on 03/04/2010 5:44:05 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
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To: Non-Sequitur

That is why I said what I said cause had acorn or some homosexual group been denied they’d certainly have gone to the courts. As they should.
Christian groups, conservative groups, pro gun groups etc need to push back a hard as the libs do.


22 posted on 03/04/2010 5:49:19 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

suggested that the conservative group’s views on issues such as global warming were at odds with the views of the Lutheran Church.

Swampy, I’m going to have to plead ignorance here. My state is full of Lutherans, and by and large, my perception is, they are conservative, base on the overall perception that the state is a conservative state.

Russ, the article, unfortunately does not delineate factions, but just states more than once, Lutheran Church. We’ll chalk the confusion up to the author of the article.


23 posted on 03/04/2010 6:11:34 AM PST by wita
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To: Always Right

it was warm enough to run around naked


24 posted on 03/04/2010 6:24:30 AM PST by stan_sipple
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

“The Lutheran Church is not at all conservative as a whole!”

It’s not a singular entity, either. LCMS shares nothing with ELCA but a word.


25 posted on 03/04/2010 6:47:49 AM PST by Favor Center (Targets Up! Hold hard and favor center!)
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To: MrB
Yes, it's scary to see these so-called 'churches' emerge--check out THIS scary one!

The New Church.

Words fail me! :-O
26 posted on 03/04/2010 8:25:59 AM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: pillut48

Has some real whoppers e.g. “God does not judge us”.


27 posted on 03/04/2010 8:31:36 AM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: pillut48
Check this out:

OPRAH'S NEW SPIRITUALITY, THE EMERGENT CHURCH AND THE SEDUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY

28 posted on 03/04/2010 8:32:56 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: patriot preacher; Gilbo_3

“..Of course, those that host them may get their IRS tax-exempt status revoked...”

Can’t serve two masters - either Serve God or serve Mammon.
And that decision is being put before each of us daily...

Showdown coming. At lightspeed.


29 posted on 03/04/2010 8:52:00 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Brugmansian

enviroNutcasess are a bunch of petty little f***s, eh?


30 posted on 03/04/2010 8:54:55 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: Brugmansian

I probably feel different than most here; but churches shouldn’t hosting political groups of any kind, in my opinion.


31 posted on 03/04/2010 8:55:25 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (The End of an Error - 01/20/2013)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
I probably feel different than most here; but churches shouldn’t hosting political groups of any kind, in my opinion

Churches were used by the Committees of Correspondence during the Revolution. The War of Independence was preached from the pulpit. Same with abolition, woman's suffrage, the fight against Jim Crow and opposition to the Viet Nam War. Except for some minor Christian groups which believe in a withdrawal from the public square, the idea that the church should keep out of politics is a post-WWII idea found mostly on the left and only when conservatives church goers are involved.

32 posted on 03/04/2010 9:23:00 AM PST by Brugmansian
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To: NFHale
good answer haledude...

i highly respect a pastor who has the conviction of his faith to say 'bite me' when ANY entity crosses the Truth of scripture...

the whole homo promotion equality laws thing will soon separate the faithful from the collection plate junkies...

fortunately, the Lord already knows the hearts of us all, and will use all this to His Glory...

33 posted on 03/04/2010 9:30:35 AM PST by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: MrB

I like that guy, naming names and kicking butt! :-)
Thanks for the link!


34 posted on 03/04/2010 9:32:29 AM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: NormsRevenge

“...enviroNutcasess...”

Why anyone even bothers to listen to them is beyond me. Treat them with absolute contempt and disregard.


35 posted on 03/04/2010 9:32:45 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Gilbo_3

“...respect a pastor who has the conviction ...”

Too many have forgotten THEIR oath.

Sheep, wolves, and Sheepdogs. We all have t decide which of those we are. Pastors are DEFINITELY “supposed” to be Sheepdogs.

When they fall on their *sses, it’s up to us.


36 posted on 03/04/2010 9:34:44 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Brugmansian
I see corporate church political involvement mostly in the Reverend Wright style; or the left wing church groups who do everything but preach the gospel. (environmental activism, “social justice”; etc)
Preaching the gospel is what churches should do; Christians should not need a pastor to tell them how to think on political issues.
37 posted on 03/04/2010 9:55:36 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (The End of an Error - 01/20/2013)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

This is type of political activism by churches I find unacceptable and see mostly:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2464010/posts


38 posted on 03/04/2010 10:17:41 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (The End of an Error - 01/20/2013)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Unilateral disarmament isn’t the answer. There were churches which preached against the American Revolution, against abolition and against ending Jim Crow. Had clergy not stood up, those sides would have prevailed.


39 posted on 03/04/2010 11:02:34 AM PST by Brugmansian
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