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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:24 AM Original message |
a jewish perspective on "pastorgate" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. And then there are those of us Catholics and Ex-Catholics |
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Mooney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a faux controversy manufactured by a losing campaign. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's the same with Catholics. The priests are still anti-abortion and anti-contraception, but |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Religious institutes are communities not cookie cutters of a pastor or rabbi |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. As an adult I have chosen my church based on the pastor & congregation. I couldn't go |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. walking to temple is mandatory in many jewish communities |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That's true for some people, and I bet it would make it hard on them to |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Indeed it is. Highway departments know this well in many communities. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. That's a very "Protestant" attitude |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. As a Protestant myself (as Anabaptist I've NO options) just look at the disaster of Baptist church |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. I was raised protestant, but I'm open to many flavors of churches and |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. K & R |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. know what you mean.i only go to ritual human sacrifices because |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. tee hee hee!! |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. thank you and another comment |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. isn't that the truth! |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Interesting observation. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. Leaving or not leaving a particular religous organization can be painful, I have read of |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. I do not think Pastor-gate |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reminder, Wright was Obama's mentor. It's not as simple as you make it seem. nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. ... |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. and Obama turned out great |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. It's not as complicated as you are trying to make it nt |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. What is your definition of 'mentor'? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. K&R. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Ummm - my family quit our synagogue because of the Rabbi while I was growing up. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. i didn't mean to imply that it NEVER happens |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. So the temple/church is just four walls and a roof to you |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. actually, judaism doesn't view a temple the same way christians view a church |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. The abbot at our buddhist temple is hoping to get a green card so he can leave the monk hood |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. This is also precisely the same for Orthodox and "ethnic" churches |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. This goes to what I think -- if I were Missouri Synod I might stay in the church and fight |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. As a Xtian, I find the Rev. Wright thing an attack on Religion by a McCarthyite fascist elite regime |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. As a person - I think all this religious shit is bogus. nt. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So you want only conservative interpretations of religion are acceptable in public discourse |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Um...no, I said all this religious shit is bogus. It's a strawman. It |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I said "no religious test". The fascist propaganda machine has established a specific religious test |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ok...I agree with you and you make excellent points. But I, as a |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. what a great post, thanks. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. To prove, like JFK was asked to prove, that he doesn't take religion seriously enough to be a threat |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. great last point. had obama left, it actually would have been a very cynical, political move |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. K&R !!! |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. Catholics Agree With 100% of What The Pope Says, What's Wrong With You? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. This Catholic agrees. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. And this would be why I left monotheism entirely. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. judaism views rabbis the same way. |
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