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Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
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Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 3, 2016 at 12:55 pm
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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 3, 2016 at 8:30 pm
Well, it's hard to chalk this up to these folks simply not knowing the Bible, especially with many of the members of the Clergy Project likely having a Master of Divinity degree.

I suppose their detractors attribute the change to those clergy member never really believing in the first place. Or the old standby of just wantin' to sin. 

Why don't people don't tend to outright blame the Devil like they used to? I really miss that.
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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 3, 2016 at 8:35 pm
I seem to remember that there's a group like Alcoholics Anonymous for pastors having lost their belief. Quite understandiibly so, since being a pastor can be the only source of income. The one in the OP is certainly not the only one.
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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 3, 2016 at 8:57 pm
(January 3, 2016 at 8:35 pm)abaris Wrote: I seem to remember that there's a group like Alcoholics Anonymous for pastors having lost their belief. 

What do they do? Tell them to lay off the science?
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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 3, 2016 at 9:01 pm
(January 3, 2016 at 8:57 pm)Napoléon Wrote: What do they do? Tell them to lay off the science?

They offer support. Not the religious but the secular kind. Try to to discuss how to deal with the situation. To come out or not to come out.
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January 4, 2016 at 4:40 am
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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 4, 2016 at 5:20 am

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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 4, 2016 at 11:01 am (This post was last modified: January 4, 2016 at 11:02 am by robvalue.)
That's an excellent idea. Maybe such a thing exists, I don't know. I feel terribly sorry for any Muslim who wants to "get out" but can't for practical reasons.

It does seem Allah is even weaker than Yahweh. The more you have to protect something, the more vulnerable you are making it out to be.

Allah must be made of glass. Special glass that shatters if you even look at it or say the name of its brand.
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RE: Welcome to the Dark Side Luke
January 4, 2016 at 11:28 am
(January 3, 2016 at 8:30 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Well, it's hard to chalk this up to these folks simply not knowing the Bible, especially with many of the members of the Clergy Project likely having a Master of Divinity degree.

I suppose their detractors attribute the change to those clergy member never really believing in the first place. Or the old standby of just wantin' to sin. 

Why don't people don't tend to outright blame the Devil like they used to? I really miss that.

Maybe he had a nice long discussion with Fr Dougal McGuire.
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January 4, 2016 at 6:37 pm
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