rant: went to megachurch, maybe last straw with religion

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Re: rant: went to megachurch, maybe last straw with religion

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Pope makes some pretty promising comments:
Unless the Catholic Church focuses on being a welcoming, healing place instead of on doctrine about divisive issues, it will fail, the pope says.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is warning that the Catholic Church's moral edifice might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays and contraception with the greater need to make the church a merciful, more welcoming place for all.
http://news.msn.com/world/pope-church-w ... s-abortion

The article talks about how this pisses off the US Bishops and how they want to hammer home how bad abortion, contraception and homosexuality is. I for one think anything he does to make the US Bishops angry is awesome.

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What a church being inclusive and not hateful and discriminatory. It's almost like they read that book about Jesus.

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Pope francis is my homie and there is absolutely no shortage of awesome things he's said in the past few months.

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The new pope is angering the fundamentalist protestant and non-denoms something fierce. The word "apostate" has been bandied about.

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heyzeus wrote:The new pope is angering the fundamentalist protestant and non-denoms something fierce. The word "apostate" has been bandied about.
Oh yes, i'm sure his comments towards atheists has them seething. Fun stuff.

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Some Megachurch dude that's been advertising all over the place bears a strong resembleance
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Probably time for that dude to quit pretending he has a normal hair line.

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The Faith Church pastor has a show on ch. 30...his get up is interesting for a pastor. Skinny jeans, oxfords and a blazer. I think him and the goateed fella who appears uncredited on the commercials are the Kentucky/KU of STL pastors.

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I'm always amazed how people think a church building, the music or what people drive define their own experience with God.

People will always disappoint you. They are imperfect.

Religion does not equal God.

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