You should have sent that to Ground0. I was defending the actions of (conservative) clergy that get involved in political activism.
But you're right when it comes to Hill-Billary and the hypocrisy of the Left when it comes to this subject:
Posted on 10/17/2010 7:28:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
“I think it will take a face to face from God Himself to wake some of these people.”
I think most people who identify with a religion do so only on casual, cultural grounds, or as a family history default affiliation. Few have ever seriously thought about, studied or felt truly bound in conscience by what they call their beliefs - religious, agnostic or atheist. Consequently, whatever the color and flavor of the current pop culture is - whatever it is in that time and place, is adopted as the common wisdom and obvious state of reality, and changed or discarded as easily as any fashion trend.
Perhaps I am too cynical, and merely reflecting a cynical age myself.
6. They don’t want to lose their tax-exempt status: Many pastors have been cowed into inactivity by the threatened loss of their tax-exempt status if they say anything remotely political. This fear can make pastors who don’t—or won’t—get good legal advice about as politically active as Howard Hughes was during the flu season. The church may, among other things, register their members to vote, pass out voter guides, invite all candidates in a race to speak (even if only one of them shows up) and speak directly about specific issues. And by the way, in his personal capacity off the clock, the pastor can endorse and support (or oppose) whomever or whatever he wishes, just like any other citizen. Duh.
No it doesn't. It forbids churches from endorsing candidates.
“If they truly understood diddly about what the Scriptures say (particularly the Torah), and not the PC whitewash they were taught, they’d be so friggin scared of The Boss they’d have flames leaking from their lips.”
Fear and trembling are appropriate at times.
“Take off your shoes, for you stand on holy ground.”
Churches need to pay their damn taxes if that is an issue. There’s no excuse, NONE, for not preaching the truth. I made my way back to church this year and all I heard was watered down gospel and although the preacher would ‘briefly’ touch on current issues, he would immediately follow up with “I’m not saying one party is better than the other”. Well I’m out again...no church is preaching the hellfire and brimstone needed.
OTOH, you can bet some nosey, busybody in the congregation is waiting to ‘pounce’ as soon as a preacher makes a stand. Calling the ACLU or whoever, because ...well they were ‘offended’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4MYxaVKE_w&feature=player_embedded
My pastor sent out an article about politics and religion.
I think he doesn’t think we should get involved in politics.
I think your reasons are good and reasons I could see my pastor agreeing with and also the whole spiritual world being more important.
I disagreed with my pastor and told him why. I said that there are too many changes in our country today, and they are impacting our kids tooo much. I used the public schools as my example of the impact of our negligence.
I think the money thing is the over-riding issue in churches today. In my view - if being tax-exempt means you have to keep your mouth shut on issues that are vitally important to Christians - then a church has to sell it’s soul to the devil to stay tax-exempt.
It’s greed, pure and simple. Churches need more money for what? Not so much to help the poor - but to build and maintain these huge buildings, gymnasiums, etc! To install the latest audio and video systems, etc. That is all a big sell-out and it’s just wrong.
People are starving to death to hear the Word - to be challenged! A preacher can do these things without all of the expensive frills. America is starving for a REVIVAL!
I’d love to see a church say, “Here’s our taxes - now we’re going to say what we want to!”
Pastor James Manning certainly gets political in ways I agree with.
If he is what he seems to be, I support him 100%.
Amen!
Churches may officially endorse propositions and ideas. For example, they can strongly urge their congregations to vote pro-life.
“501(C)3 tax status forbids “Preaching Politics from the Pulpit”
What about the Black churches? I am not aware that Bill and Hill are pastors. I think I have seen them speaking from a few Pulpits a time or two.
“It forbids churches from endorsing candidates.”
That’s right; every Catholic priest should hammer away at abortion, and discuss the damage to one’s soul caused by voting for a supporter of abortion, at every Mass.
“The “pastors” of protestant mega-churches”
Pastor in quotes is very appropriate. You are invited to the corner of River Road and Ormond Blvd. in Destrehan, LA to see the mega monument, he plans to call home, of, it’s for the church, Jesse Duplantis.
The poor and gullible fleeced again.
Religion should not be about election politics. What is condemned today will be politically correct tomorrow.
Jesus pointed the way when someone wanted to involve him in politics ‘render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s’. Just think about God as the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Some are fearlessly speaking out...
Giles needs a measure of discernment...
JMHO
You should have sent that to Ground0. I was defending the actions of (conservative) clergy that get involved in political activism.
But you're right when it comes to Hill-Billary and the hypocrisy of the Left when it comes to this subject:
6. They don’t want to lose their tax-exempt status:
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Why do the Black churches get away with it? They are “political” 52 Sundays a year. Nobody wants to “touch” the Black churches lest they be deemed racist and ridiculed by the lame stream media. I wish to goodness somebody in Government or Media had the b*lls to raise hell about this.
Well, I'm not catholic. But today in my sermon I encouraged fellow believers to vote for candidates that acknowledge the right of every innocent human life in the mother's womb to be born and how that trumps a "woman's right to choose."
But as to the "damage to one's soul for voting for a candidate," I happen to believe that Jesus' death on the cross pays for all sins, even the sin of voting for a candidate that a catholic person happens not to like.
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