DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FUND AT MASS:
Why in Sam Hill would they fund ACORN? You'd have to be living under a rock not to know all of the fraud that's gone on under their watch. That is very discouraging.
I was reading the thread y'all have been talking about earlier. It's ironic (among other things...) how the Catholic church is incessantly bashed and that's a-okay, but if you, as others pointed out, say anything against women in other religions not being allowed to walk outside without her father, husband, or brother, for example, someone will undoubtedly come along and start yelling "Religious intolerance!"
For some people I know, it's all about mixing and matching and choosing what fits their own agenda. I've been disgusted with the selective attacks on the Mormon church because of the Prop 8 business. Convenient that so many go after them as the target of the protests, when African American churches and their leaders were also very much involved in it getting passed. I guess some people just think it's okay to attack Mormons. Saw that in the primaries.
I'm not a Catholic and a lot of what that church believes goes against what I believe. But I will fight for anyone's right to believe as they choose. All it means is that that religion is not for me. Should I go storm the nearest Catholic church and demand they accept my beliefs? Uh, no.
What never ceases to amaze me are the crowd who think churches should change their doctrines to fit their own standards. I'm not even talking about that thread, I'm thinking of people I personally know from college and back in high school too. I couldn't disagree with that more. Not to drag Ann Coulter into this, but a quote of hers that I love is: "The truth cannot be delivered with novocaine." If a church believes a certain principle that is culturally unpopular, it is not their problem to change their interpretation of scripture to make
you happy. You can take care of it yourself by simply finding another church.
I've told y'all before I'm a Southern Baptist. My church is the traditionalist type, member of the SBC, etc. There are churches stricter than ours that don't believe in dancing, but otherwise we are pretty strict. We don't have confession nor do we take communion, but we still have our hot button controversial issues to deal with. Among others, there's the "no sex before marriage" rule. Drinking: Against our beliefs, even wine. Divorce: Against our beliefs; exceptions are if the marriage is abusive or adultery occurs. If you do get a divorce, you're not allowed to be remarried. This is because we interpret scripture as God still sees you as married to the first spouse. My particular church will not marry a couple where one or both people have been divorced. Other churches in the denomination are more lenient and ignore that issue. Divorced people in my church are also not allowed to be preachers, hold high positions in the church, or even be deacons. A lot of people will disagree with that and find it offensive. If it's a big concern or issue for a person, then that version of the denomination is simply not for them. The solution is to find another church, denomination, etc. My former preacher talked about this several times, and maybe 30-40 people exercised their right to disagree and got up and left and never came back. The other 6,000 or so of us stayed put and continued to go there because we either accepted the beliefs, or we didn't think it was a big enough issue worth leaving the church over. I don't agree with the deacon part of it, and I can see why people the other things apply to would be upset by some of those rules. But the deacon issue is not high on my religious priority list, so I stay. I'm sure only a tiny portion of the DIS boards would agree with what my church teaches. And that's okay with me. I would never expect anyone else to adopt my thoughts just because I believe in them.
I guess my point is that some of the people I know just baffle me. We had an elderly lady who would literally scream at my former preacher after church every time his preachings focused on divorce. It was legendary, it was so ridiculous. If you disagree with a church's teachings, why spend all of your energy fighting them? They are under no obligation to you to change their whole philosophy. You just have to find a church that is in line with your beliefs.
When are you seeing your MIL next?
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um....uh....HUH? i'll bet training isn't required for that.
I find this suspcious. Can you imagine what the MSM would be saying if JM or SP acted in this way or anyone else for that matter?
