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11/29/19 2:40 PM |
Douglas Fir | | Land of Pleasant Living | | | | | |
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In all the first celebrations of Thanksgiving, religion played a central part. Today, that is not so big a deal. Instead, the secular media calls it "Turkey Day" and emphasizes the stores opening on the big day. A friend told me he saw a huge line of people outside of one store that opened at 2pm yesterday. Other stores opened at 5pm. Another one opened late today...at 8am, and he told me that he went early to get in line, and there was no one there. The manager came out to invite him in, and he protested, saying it wasn't 8am (as if this were a game being played), but the manager insisted. There were more worker-bees in the store than customers, which is usually the case. I didn't see any churches having services yesterday, did you? |
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11/25/19 2:21 PM |
Douglas Fir | | Land of Pleasant Living | | | | | |
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An interesting story, though to get more clicks, they took away the key words..New York. Correct headline: NY State Bill to Require... So now we go to court, find a judge who can overturn it. We are living back in the biblical days of Judges! And think, New York State, esp. the northern and western area, is the Home of the Great Awakening in US Christianity. What did we get out of that? Charles Finney's emotional approach, Joseph Smith starting Mormonism, and the Millerites, who persist today as the Jehovah's Witnesses! Thanks a lot, Great Awakening! And can you check the SA church locator to see how few churches are located in that 'burnt-over' district? It's like the legacy of the Puritans, a very dead and lifeless area as far as Christianity is concerned. |
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11/23/19 5:05 PM |
Douglas Fir | | Land of Pleasant Living | | | | | |
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Bias is everywhere we look, and it has always been there. When JFK was President, he committed regular acts of adultery in the pool at the White House, as soon as The Wife was out, and no one ever reported on it. LBJ had a famously foul mouth and had a very bad history from his days as a US Senator (can anyone say, church-state conflict? that's one of his legacies, the fact that churches will not take political stands, unless it is a black church where they have a big 'get out the vote' Sunday where EArly Voting is allowed (which includes free rides to the polls, and perhaps even a nice barbeque meal after, along with some 'spending money'). It's now wonder blacks vote 99 percent of the time for Dems. LBJ brought in the power of the IRS to revoke a church's 'nonprofit status' if they spoke out on political issues. There used to be a news discussion show "Heart of the Matter" here at SA, hosted by a church in Wisconsin, until someone asked that question about nonprofit status and hosting a political commentary series. Thanks, LBJ, for that!Let's talk about the son of Biden, who started chasing his brother's wife as soon as he was dead (talk about comforting the widow!!), and how he made money in foreign dealings when he had 0 experience in them. Does CNN talk about that? CBS? |
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