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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:03 PM Original message |
I'm baffled. Why are all these churchs closing on Christmas day? |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because they aren't churches any more |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Make that TAX-FREE corporations |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. They're glorified concert venues |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Bingo! |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Too much prayer and joyous celebration!!! |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's what I'm wondering about, too. |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. LMAO.... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I admit to being stunned |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. they think it may be the perfect day |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. It goes against common sense, doesn't it? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. LOL Nah, they know people are tapped out after all the shopping. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Catholic churches have midnight mass Christmas eve. |
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histohoney (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Midnight at the Methodist too |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. And morning service |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Unreal |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. The reasoning my church used |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Not everyone has a family. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because Church is a business, and their customers won't be there |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Ding, ding, ding! |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. These Mega Church's can't just open their doors and heat the |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'll be in church |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because the Devil knows the days he's really not welcome.n/t |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Dunno. All the churches in my town are open. |
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zbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Amazing, isn't it? |
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BeTheChange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Maybe because they recognize that people wish to spend time with family? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. But everyone spends time with family other than the hour |
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BeTheChange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. What if my family lives 2000 miles away? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. That's what it sounds like some people think. |
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carolinalady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. because everyone goes on Christmas Eve--and as my grand |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because they are cheese eating surrender monkeys in the |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. because we won the war on Christmas? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. When they said 9-11 made irony obsolete, I knew it would come back strong |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. When I was growing up churches were open 24 -7 seven including christmas |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. My church won't close but will have reduced services on Sunday - |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think they're mostly megachurches |
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King_Crimson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. Think what you want... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. Really? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because they are hypocrites, hucksters, and grifters |
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histohoney (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. Read my paper today |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. Too expensive to put on the "show" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Eh, my very very liberal UU church isn't having services that day. |
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