Not a chance.
They are all fucking crooks.
They are all fucking crooks.
A Lack of Preachers?
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Not a chance.
They are all fucking crooks. (December 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote:(December 1, 2013 at 10:42 pm)GodlessPlanetMusic Wrote: Do you think with the new law making it illegal for preachers to not pay taxes, that there will be a decline in those preaching the gospel? Hopefully, that won't too leave many preachers. Always nice to see a church close it's doors (Though it is a shame to see such beautiful building rot).
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. (December 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Maybe it will help weed out all the fakers pretending to be clergy who are only in it for the money. That's assuming there's a difference.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(December 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Maybe it will help weed out all the fakers pretending to be clergy who are only in it for the money. I still find it rather interesting that you seem so confident in your ability to divine the thoughts of people you don't know: I'd submit to you that at least a few preachers just think that god wanted them to become rich through their preaching. Ineffable plan, and all that. It wouldn't be any more of an interpretation of convenience than any other theist's. ![]()
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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December 5, 2013 at 2:17 pm
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(December 2, 2013 at 5:20 am)Esquilax Wrote:(December 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Maybe it will help weed out all the fakers pretending to be clergy who are only in it for the money. Wrong anyone that becomes so wealthy that they spend money on things that are frivolous, then they haven't seen the truth God gives through scripture. A pastor that wealthy should have his/her heart checked through scripture. GC Preachers have had to always pay taxes on their salaries. I know this for a fact. GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
(December 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Maybe it will help weed out all the fakers pretending to be clergy who are only in it for the money. The ones doing it as a money-making scam would probably be hard-pressed to find a better gig even if they now had to pay taxes on the income. There are also the fringe benefits, such as the malicious thrill of condemning adultery from the pulpit when you're personally porking a half-dozen of your congregation's wives (or husbands... ![]()
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
Expect to see some cries of "Christian persecution" over this along with some hatred toward Obama.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
(December 5, 2013 at 6:03 pm)freedomfromfallacy Wrote:(December 5, 2013 at 5:58 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: ...along with some hatred toward Obama.He needs no help with this. No, but they'll place the blame squarely at the feet of the "Kenyan-born Muslim."
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
(December 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm)Lion IRC Wrote:(December 1, 2013 at 10:42 pm)GodlessPlanetMusic Wrote: Do you think with the new law making it illegal for preachers to not pay taxes, that there will be a decline in those preaching the gospel? How do you pretend to be clergy? Either you are or you are not. |
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