That Josh is a bad boy !!!! Funny but a BAD BOY !!!!!!

I do my part for charity. I do “hands on Atlanta” and other charitable things. I find it interesting the number of churches who don’t do any of this. Some of these churches seem to be more interested in self serving interests and indoctrination than actually teaching.

Bill Simon,
You are right. We’ve had to deal with the gay issue in my church and there are some pretty rabid people when it comes to having gays serve in church or anywhere else. It’s mostly an age issue. The younger people don’t have a problem with gays but the older you get the more resistance you get from the congregation. If you want to make the whole issue simple, the fact is that these people want it to be 1955 when gays didn’t exist and everybody knew “their place” in society. I guess freedom is too disorderly for them.

Sorry, there’s no “G” in PEACE, so, that won’t do. The Political Christian zealots of today have “GAY” (and the hope of eradicating their rights to the pursuit of happiness) on their minds foremost.

You are exactly right…dead on.

Because our government has started doing the church’s job, our churches have started trying to do the government’s job. We have it all wrong.

Welfare/Welfare Reform is the prime example. If Christians would do as they were commanded and take care of the widowed, the orphans, and the poor, both Fed and State government would save BILLIONS each year. Sure, personal responsibility plays a role, but for the church to step up, and emphasize responsibility while at the same time rehabilitating those in need - I believe the results would be mind-blowing.

It’s part of my P.E.A.C.E. plan, a life mission of sorts if you will.

P - Poverty
E - Enviroment
A - AIDS
C - Children
E - Education

If the church would address these, the most basic issues, and allow the government to “protect and serve” the people, as the Constitution allows, that our country would experience a revival of the greatness we once knew.

Just my thoughts.

DW

DW,
I agree with you. Anyhow, the merging of religion and politics has been bad for religion. We must speak out against the radical fundamentalists who are trying to hijack our religion.