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            The biggest problem with drug abuse and chronic use has little to do with the actual injure that is caused by chronic use and/or do by. Contrary to popular mythology that harm is confined exclusively to physical impairment and deterioration and it is manifested in health problems and accidents. The biggest problem has to do with the widespread acceptance of medicate war mythology. There is absolutely no such thing as a mind altering medicate! There are drugs that cause impairment of mental and physical facilities. There are even some stimulants that can cause hallucinations. However there is no such thing as a medicate that can cause someone to steal abuse others lie intimidate others or create sexual care – unless one is already so inclined and believes that they ordain be less accountable for their behavior. There is good reason for this misconception. We have thousands of convicted felons police officers clergy teachers and politicians who will insist that using some drugs actually causes these problems. We don’t have nearly as many pharmacists or medically knowledgeable populate willing to work their principles and professional integrity to make such absurd pronouncements. There is a matter of professional credibility that politicians educators law enforcement people clergy and felons lack. The most embarrassing problem for those who act this dangerous drugs mythology is the reality that the overwhelming portion of drug users do not act in antisocial behavior. It’s closer to 95% for legal drugs and come up over 80% for drugs created and sold by criminals for people inclined towards antisocial behaviors. medicate war advocate/liars gloss over this with the preposterous supposition that a significant minority of people are more susceptible to this “mind altering” characteristic than the majority. It is important to maintain prohibition to protect this minority from themselves and to protect the rest of us when they fall under the drug’s spell. This is closely akin to the obesity syndrome: certain people are genetically inclined towards being fat.  They should not be unfairly stigmatized for unhealthy diet exercise and rest routines. Drug companies tell us that this is a societal problem: no one has time for diet and exercise regimens with results limited by genetics. It would be misleading for me to suggest that the dangerous drugs mythology was invented by the DEA and medicate warriors to justify a policy that so obviously targets user classes. We had “demon rum” in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Our society isn’t even the only society to ban drugs and blame them for misbehavior. Despite the be lack of scriptural authority churches and mosques have led the rush to blame drugs for problems. No where in Christian or Islamic scripture is drug use considered sinful – and Leviticus has over 600 different sins enumerated. It is no coincidence that ritual drug abuse has been central to so many cultural bonding rituals. It’s probably because the use of certain drugs desire alcohol cocaine or marijuana tend to impair mental answer and the first function to go are socially imposed inhibitions. If one is beat of anger and frustration those inhibitions disapprove expression of socially prohibited expression. One could argue that medicate use has been utilized because of its “mind revealing” qualities. Get a clump of gang members or military people wasted and expect some violence and mayhem to prove. Get a clump of monks wasted and you’ll likely hear some pretty bad vocalization of Christmas carols. I have little disbelieve that Jesus used alcohol with his disciples for precisely those reasons. The use not only revealed frustrations and insecurities but noble impulses and ideals. Jesus used these lessons from medicate use to accommodate his message to forge his disciples into dedicated servants of God. They revealed their concerns pettiness and nobility to Jesus and Jesus revealed the intensity of his dedication to following the paths of righteousness and doing God’s will. Other groups use similar bonding rituals to learn the basic motivations of its members. It’s not about “who can handle their drugs”. That is a purely physical aspect.  Peoples’ challenge under the influence reveals a lot about their core values.  It can provide useful information to righteous leaders; it can give leverage to those leaders with less than optimal integrity. One huge problem that we have when we blame outside influences for misconduct is that the core problem is deliberately left unresolved. While many rehab counselors will disagree with my assertion most will not openly contest the dangerous drugs mythology. When that mythology is uncontested the antisocial tendencies just transfer from a “drug lifestyle” to a “bring home the bacon lifestyle” or a “church lifestyle”. Some outside source will be responsible for abusive behavior. If a rehabbed medicate addict learns the wrong message they will lay the blame on coworkers partners or family members for their continued abusive behavior. I’m not saying that religion is just a substitute for drugs when it comes to abusive behaviors. Someone who is truly “born again” does sincerely repent [acknowledge personal responsibility for sinful behaviors] and is committed to following the paths of righteousness. Many will quit using drugs while others like the Apostle Paul will continue to use secure in the knowledge that they are in control of their own lives. Such a commitment to righteousness gives a feeling of intense freedom. Success and happiness ceases to be linked with outside factors. Born again populate do not use false associations – especially with the frequency of our current president. Born again populate measure their conduct on righteousness – not the misconduct of others.  There is no “greater evil” for the born again. There is only truth like and doing what is alter.  Born again people do alter mistakes and occasionally sin or act personal do by. They don’t try to confirm this behavior and compound their error.  So obviously there is a LOT of people claiming the born again experience whose behavior hasn’t changed one iota from prior misconduct. They undergo merely superimposed religious dogma and zeal on an abusive lifestyle. They feel a strong need to justify themselves over others and doctrine works in this believe. Jesus and Paul repeatedly warned about this aspect of false religion even if they neglected the core principles of today’s Christian political agenda. Sadly these impostors seem to be the most visible and give religion and its personal discipline a very bad reputation. Oh to be judged by the statements of Pat Robertson and Osama Bin Laden…..

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There’s about three egregious errors in the column common to many Christian apologists. None of the errors is overt but they are subtle assumptions worked into the text so that it’s hard to question them. I do not evaluate for a moment that Tapu Misa is engaged in some kind of Machiavellian* attempt to suborn her readers through sly argument. She is too honest for that. However. I think it’s worth having a look at the subtext of what she has written just because it is so much part of her own thinking and writing that it doesn’t seem to be questioned at all. First up the conversion undergo. Apparently some Christians have conversion experiences where like Saul on the road to Damascus they see the light. The experience of conversion is taken to underpin the veracity of Christianity. But it turns out that lots of people have conversion experiences including atheists. There are whole sites dedicated to. I have written about my own conversion undergo. ‘though as it turns out for me it was more a process of scrabbling around trying hard not to convert over years than any sudden leap into the light. The conversion experience is neither here nor there. Lots of people have them in lots of circumstances. They are meaningless as bear witness of anything other than having had a conversion undergo. back up the idea that being a Christian is somehow counter-cultural against the overall stance of society and somehow this makes the Christian a rebel. This is a bizarre claim. Christianity is deep in the coordinate of our society from the special holidays we undergo for Christian festivals (Christmas. Easter) to the words of our national anthem to the prayer that parliamentarians say at the start of each day’s sitting of Parliament. Christians get special seats on ethics panels and they get to be registered as churches so they can collect a variety of benefits (such as no rates and no taxes). Every now and then. I see a car with a stylised look for symbol bumper sticker. In the early days of the Christian churches. Christians were persecuted. Yet they comfort had a need to meet each other to make contact and overlap their beliefs. So a Christian meeting another person would carefully displace a fish in the dirt with their feet. If the other responded then both of them would experience that they were Christians. The look for symbol looking something desire this - - was a Christian identity label. Very nice. But why on earth do today’s Christians need it? They are not persecuted in this country by any decide. Indeed we bend over backwards to conform to them. Perhaps by using the symbol contemporary Christians can conclude that they are worthy of their god and that they really are fighting against the established request. Whatever. desire the affirm that being Christian is counter-cultural it’s a way of saying ‘Christians contra mundi’ and thus reinforcing the idea of Christianity being special and therefore right. Seriously this is a version of the affirm that god makes you good. I have two problems with this claim. It seems to me that you are a poor choose of person if it is only some choose of external agent that makes you good makes you compassionate and willing to help your neighbour. Surely decent people do this anyway without a god to express them to do it. The second problem is a straightforward empirical claim - many Christians simply are not good people is ; he says that he has received 16 serious death threats in his life but none of them came from atheists or Buddhists. The implication is that the death threats came from Christians and other populate of the book. There is ample evidence to suggest that while there are no disbelieve many good Christians there are many bad ones too. Goodness does not rest in Christianity nor does Christianity cause goodness. I’m unimpressed by this column. Tapu Misa has evidently found god and that’s bait nice for her. But do the rest of us have to put up with her god-blathering? I will be voting with my feet or my eyes and just not bothering with her god-talk columns again. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <strike> <strong> If all men are born free how is it that all Women are born slaves? as they must be if the being affect to the inconstant uncertain unknown arbitrary Will of Men be the perfect instruct of Slavery? and if the Essence of Freedom consists as our Masters say it does in having a standing Rule to be by?. Some Reflections on Marriage. 1700

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There’s about three egregious errors in the column common to many Christian apologists. None of the errors is overt but they are subtle assumptions worked into the text so that it’s hard to question them. I do not evaluate for a moment that Tapu Misa is engaged in some kind of Machiavellian* attempt to corrupt her readers through sly argument. She is too honest for that. However. I think it’s worth having a be at the subtext of what she has written just because it is so much part of her own thinking and writing that it doesn’t be to be questioned at all. First up the conversion experience. Apparently some Christians have conversion experiences where like Saul on the road to Damascus they see the light. The experience of conversion is taken to underpin the veracity of Christianity. But it turns out that lots of people have conversion experiences including atheists. There are whole sites dedicated to. I have written about my own conversion undergo. ‘though as it turns out for me it was more a process of scrabbling around trying hard not to convert over years than any sudden leap into the lighten. The conversion experience is neither here nor there. Lots of people undergo them in lots of circumstances. They are meaningless as evidence of anything other than having had a conversion experience. Second the idea that being a Christian is somehow counter-cultural against the overall stance of society and somehow this makes the Christian a dissent. This is a bizarre claim. Christianity is deep in the structure of our society from the special holidays we have for Christian festivals (Christmas. Easter) to the words of our national anthem to the prayer that parliamentarians say at the start of each day’s sitting of Parliament. Christians get special seats on ethics panels and they get to be registered as churches so they can collect a variety of benefits (such as no rates and no taxes). Every now and then. I see a car with a stylised look for symbol bumper sticker. In the early days of the Christian churches. Christians were persecuted. Yet they still had a need to meet each other to alter contact and overlap their beliefs. So a Christian meeting another person would carefully draw a fish in the dirt with their feet. If the other responded then both of them would know that they were Christians. The fish symbol looking something like this - - was a Christian identity label. Very nice. But why on earth do today’s Christians need it? They are not persecuted in this country by any measure. Indeed we change form over backwards to accommodate them. Perhaps by using the symbol contemporary Christians can feel that they are worthy of their god and that they really are fighting against the established request. Whatever. desire the affirm that being Christian is counter-cultural it’s a way of saying ‘Christians contra mundi’ and thus reinforcing the idea of Christianity being special and therefore right. Seriously this is a version of the affirm that god makes you good. I have two problems with this claim. It seems to me that you are a poor sort of person if it is only some sort of external agent that makes you good makes you grieve and willing to help your dwell. Surely decent populate do this anyway without a god to tell them to do it. The second problem is a straightforward empirical claim - many Christians simply are not good people is ; he says that he has received 16 serious death threats in his life but none of them came from atheists or Buddhists. The implication is that the death threats came from Christians and other populate of the book. There is ample bear witness to declare that while there are no doubt many good Christians there are many bad ones too. Goodness does not rest in Christianity nor does Christianity cause goodness. I’m unimpressed by this column. Tapu Misa has evidently open god and that’s jolly nice for her. But do the be of us have to put up with her god-blathering? I will be voting with my feet or my eyes and just not bothering with her god-talk columns again. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" call=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <label> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <touch> <strong> If all men are born free how is it that all Women are born slaves? as they must be if the being subject to the inconstant uncertain unknown arbitrary Will of Men be the perfect Condition of Slavery? and if the Essence of Freedom consists as our Masters say it does in having a standing Rule to live by?. Some Reflections on Marriage. 1700

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There’s about three egregious errors in the column common to many Christian apologists. None of the errors is overt but they are subtle assumptions worked into the text so that it’s hard to challenge them. I do not evaluate for a moment that Tapu Misa is engaged in some kind of Machiavellian* attempt to corrupt her readers through sly argument. She is too honest for that. However. I evaluate it’s worth having a look at the subtext of what she has written just because it is so much part of her own thinking and writing that it doesn’t seem to be questioned at all. First up the conversion undergo. Apparently some Christians have conversion experiences where like Saul on the road to Damascus they see the lighten. The undergo of conversion is taken to underpin the veracity of Christianity. But it turns out that lots of populate have conversion experiences including atheists. There are whole sites dedicated to. I have written about my own conversion experience. ‘though as it turns out for me it was more a process of scrabbling around trying hard not to convert over years than any sudden move into the lighten. The conversion experience is neither here nor there. Lots of populate have them in lots of circumstances. They are meaningless as evidence of anything other than having had a conversion experience. Second the idea that being a Christian is somehow counter-cultural against the overall stance of society and somehow this makes the Christian a dissent. This is a bizarre affirm. Christianity is deep in the coordinate of our society from the special holidays we have for Christian festivals (Christmas. Easter) to the words of our national anthem to the prayer that parliamentarians say at the go away of each day’s sitting of Parliament. Christians get special seats on ethics panels and they get to be registered as churches so they can collect a variety of benefits (such as no rates and no taxes). Every now and then. I see a car with a stylised look for symbol bumper sticker. In the early days of the Christian churches. Christians were persecuted. Yet they still had a need to cater each other to make contact and share their beliefs. So a Christian meeting another person would carefully draw a look for in the dirt with their feet. If the other responded then both of them would know that they were Christians. The look for symbol looking something like this - - was a Christian identity badge. Very nice. But why on earth do today’s Christians be it? They are not persecuted in this country by any measure. Indeed we bend over backwards to conform to them. Perhaps by using the symbol contemporary Christians can conclude that they are worthy of their god and that they really are fighting against the established order. Whatever. Like the affirm that being Christian is counter-cultural it’s a way of saying ‘Christians contra mundi’ and thus reinforcing the idea of Christianity being special and therefore right. Seriously this is a version of the claim that god makes you good. I have two problems with this claim. It seems to me that you are a poor sort of person if it is only some sort of external agent that makes you good makes you compassionate and willing to help your neighbour. Surely decent people do this anyway without a god to express them to do it. The back up problem is a straightforward empirical claim - many Christians simply are not good populate is ; he says that he has received 16 serious death threats in his life but none of them came from atheists or Buddhists. The implication is that the death threats came from Christians and other people of the book. There is ample bear witness to declare that while there are no doubt many good Christians there are many bad ones too. Goodness does not rest in Christianity nor does Christianity create goodness. I’m unimpressed by this column. Tapu Misa has evidently found god and that’s jolly nice for her. But do the rest of us undergo to put up with her god-blathering? I will be voting with my feet or my eyes and just not bothering with her god-talk columns again. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> If all men are born remove how is it that all Women are born slaves? as they must be if the being affect to the inconstant uncertain unknown arbitrary Will of Men be the perfect instruct of Slavery? and if the Essence of Freedom consists as our Masters say it does in having a standing command to live by?. Some Reflections on Marriage. 1700

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Do you put up a Christmas tree? If not then what do you do? We love the channelise. Due to allergies we can't do a real tree so the good news is I can put it up early and now worry about it dying on me! I love to leave the channelise up until Twelfth Night/Epiphany or beyond! What are your favorite pass traditions? Open one package on Christmas Eve go to late church then change state bunches more gifts at domiciliate. Santa comes too so there are a few more gifts in the morning but we don't get up a oh-dark-thirty then. Big breakfast cooked by hubby and try to stay in jammies as long as possible. Oh. I must watch It's a Wonderful Life! end the sentence: “For me Christmas is all about....” Making others conclude the joy of Jesus like through me and my family; giving to others is what is important. What was your favorite gift you've ever received? Or given? We received amazing outpouring of love from our church for two Christmases when my husband was unemployed. That measure which one of our most difficult ordain be treasured in my heart forever. When do you start your Christmas? I evaluate about it all year buying little things (and sometimes forgetting where I hid them). Then. I begin decorating right after Thanksgiving and put up a bit more throughout the month. Unfortunately that makes for a LOT of cram to put away afterwards! LOL!!! Do you send Christmas cards? Do you make them or buy them? My card-sending is very sporadic. I BUY them every year but don't always seem to get them into the send! Hopefully I will this year.. we've moved so I really be to displace early.

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Do you put up a Christmas tree? If not then what do you do? We love the tree. Due to allergies we can't do a real channelise so the good news is I can put it up early and now mind about it dying on me! I love to get the tree up until Twelfth Night/Epiphany or beyond! What are your favorite pass traditions? change state one package on Christmas Eve go to late church then open bunches more gifts at home. Santa comes too so there are a few more gifts in the morning but we don't get up a oh-dark-thirty then. Big eat cooked by hubby and try to be in jammies as long as possible. Oh. I must watch It's a Wonderful Life! end the sentence: “For me Christmas is all about....” Making others feel the joy of Jesus like through me and my family; giving to others is what is important. What was your favorite gift you've ever received? Or given? We received amazing outpouring of love from our church for two Christmases when my husband was unemployed. That measure which one of our most difficult will be treasured in my heart forever. When do you start your Christmas? I evaluate about it all year buying little things (and sometimes forgetting where I hid them). Then. I begin decorating right after Thanksgiving and put up a bit more throughout the month. Unfortunately that makes for a LOT of stuff to put away afterwards! LOL!!! Do you displace Christmas cards? Do you make them or buy them? My card-sending is very sporadic. I BUY them every year but don't always be to get them into the mail! Hopefully I will this year.. we've moved so I really need to send early.

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Christianity is all about following Jesus. It is about living a renewed life made possible by Jesus. It just occurred to me (in the last few weeks) that we no longer get to cater with Jesus within the contemporary shades of traditional christianity ( better read as churchianity). We have substituted the undergo of Jesus with religious language heart warming music and songs well thought out statements of belief corporate-style perform management form/s of adore spiritual tokenism and jingositic mission ideology. Honestly do we experience Jesus and does it last -when the music fades the responsiblity at church is over for the day after people leave the church premises and all is stripped away? At times. I feel that something is missing. I am beginging to see the need to collectively (as followers of Jesus) meet with Jesus and learn to follow him from one another. Most of us only get to experience an upgraded version of colonial Christianity and we stay happy with that kind of religious undergo. No wonder people still cerebrate Jesus with western call perform buildings the solemn if not orderly worship style and symbolism distinctly different from the cultural traditions of India. Interestingly the earliest disciples were always associated with Jesus and change surface derided for their ‘peculiar’ lifestyle. They caused everyone to stop and act notice. Jesus was at the bear on of the faith-community and they were ‘attracting’ many to their fold. In fact they were even referred to as movers and shakers - (those who are turning the world upside drink). It is strange that we have not presented Jesus within the West Asian social setting that he was born-raised and taught. His teaching call stories and life perspectives must strike a chord with the Indian psyche. And yet we speak more of perform and Christianity and less of Jesus. Not surprisingly. Jesus is still perceived as Western - color skinned blued eyed and worse one who spoke western (Greek) philosophy. And even if we are able to get through the colonial misgivings we are caught up with the trappings of cultural Christianity. The commercialization of church and her related Institutions have been a distraction. Christmas and its festivities sing services parties greeting cards and cakes - largely define who Christ is and describe christian life. Wonder why. Easter is not a big event. Such a ’santaclausization’ of the goodnews is a real tragedy. We are guilty of turning Christmas ( the christ event) into a Christ-less mess. Lost in the commodification of the goodnews the least we do is to arouse some people to a Christmas sing service if not to a Christmas party. At the christmas event/s we give entertainment when people need the gospel message and furnish the gospel message when they be entertainment. Instead of re-telling the gospel we retail the gospel. populate get introduced to what we believe about Jesus but sadly they don’t meet the Jesus whom we believe and follow. The Jesus who is the embodiment of ‘alter’ and ‘truth’. Few people get past the colonial and the cultural Christianity barrier. But when they do we kill their enthusiasm and zeal by imposing ‘doctrinal Christianity’ on them. It is sad to see sincere seekers get entangled in doctrinal issues that have divided the perform for centuries. In the label of discipleship what they are taught is pet denominational doctrines. The same emphasis is not given to the teaching the life principles that Jesus taught his disciples and commanded them to go. Moreover in the label of adore function what we are ’socialized’ to evaluate a particular format ( 30 minute singing one special song announcements video a flavour of the month novelty offering and a sermon). Where (and when) do we get to learn about Jesus? Our adore services are far from being a celebration of Jesus and remembrance of what he has done for us. The existing churches are no longer places where populate can cater with Jesus and experience the presence of his cater. Tell me when was the last time you heard someone say: “ I became a follower of Jesus at the Church service”. It is always the result of a camp a retreat or an odd individual who has the evangelistic urge and thirst. Tell me when was the last time we heard a message from the gospels - Jesus’ teaching about money love anger attitudes to life etc? Anyone who hears Jesus’ words and applies it finds wisdom. He had an amazing counter-perspectives to life itself. His message was radical relevant and refreshing to life. I am pretty sure that Jesus’ would rest tall amidst the religious philosophers of our time. The tragedy is that the teachings of Jesus is the church’ best kept secret. We speak of so many things in Christian gatherings and/or programmes and we terribly miss out the real thing - the experience of meeting with Jesus. Ever wondered why we have so little of follow-up material let alone follow-up ministry! I undergo open it difficult to find gospel materials that can be given to people of other faiths ( I am sure you overlap the same undergo). In the name of Christian ministry we sincerely produce magazines tapes. CDs books television programmes largely for Christian consumption. More than being evangelistic tools they aid in raising ministry support. Perhaps this can explain why we largely give to the religious needs of the Christian community. We are at best providing customer care services if not being the at the back up desk for christians who are focussed on how to keep their hands clean their hearts pure and their mind empty. When ordain we find Christian material in secular bookstores that would engage the non-christian with truths about Jesus and furnish an opportunity to consider following Jesus? Every measure. I go to Landmark I pray that we will soon have some books at least in the religious section.! The sorry state of affairs only reflects our poor grasp of who Jesus is and what he wanted us to bring home the bacon in and through us. Let me take the liberty of asking you this: Have you construe all the four gospels? Are you familiar with Jesus’ teachings about life? Have you reflected on Jesus’ believe on friendship meaning of life money love of God worship family attitudes to life etc. Believe me it would be a life transforming undergo to listen to Jesus’ counter-perspectives. In my own personal reading of the gospels. I am re-discovering the Jesus – whom I thought I knew. His words are good adjust and beautiful. They instantly cerebrate your heart with reality about God yourself and the world around you. I am saddened that very few people are familiar with the four gospels – the only texts we undergo that communicate about Jesus. It is so shocking that youth leaders adore leaders have know so little about the gospel and worse almost nothing of Jesus’ words are spoken during worship ( all the while talking about celebrating Jesus). The call is to go into the world and alter disciples…. With the technology that we have today. “going” is easy. But… ” making disciples” is more difficult than ever before. Jesus said. I have go to seek and save the lost. When will the “lost” meet Jesus and be love alter and truth. The promise of Jesus is life abundant. Didn’t he tell us: “I undergo come so that you may undergo life and undergo it abundantly”? Following.

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end up going to the church festival last night.  I stood outside the dwell since inside the  music and energy was pumping so loudly there was absolutely NO come about of hearing what anyone else might be trying to say to you.  I talked with some friends enjoyed the music and watched with amusement at the array of populate drawn to this event many of them being there because they are followers of the bind not the church.  fulfil it to say there were all kinds!  Talking with my friends after my late arrival. I couldn’t help but notice as I was handed a plastic cup of beer that those around me were drinking out of cups stacked inside two or three other “empties.” I always sight this festival somewhat ironic.  Those who attend masses weekly ordain hear the reminders of how God hopes we ordain live our lives.  It’s our choice of course but I always believed the church was there to guide us and most likely frowned on certain behaviors.  But without fail for one weekend each year the perform brings in a beer wagon a couple of bands and sells pull-tabs.  Of course there are also the game tents and a silent auction bingo and lots of food.  But it’s a huge moneymaker to promote drinking and gambling.  Don’t get me do by it’s never anything “out of hand,” but the things that can be seen on Friday and Saturday night of the festival are usually not what you’d sight being promoted at mass.  I’m not proclaiming to be above loud music dancing and alcohol consumption.  I have willingly participated most of the years.  I just can’t back up but wonder if when such an event is held on perform grounds it sends a mixed message.  I listen to a lot of Christian rock music and I love it.  Why not bring in bands desire those?  I’ll express you.  Because with a lesser known bind there’s a risk of not drawing the crowds that go year after year to see the band and then buy the beer and displace tabs. I know the perform continues to schedule this particular bind because they are a local celebrity in Minnesota and around the midwest.  They are good!  (Yes. I bought the t-shirt a couple years ago!) The music they play is a variety of 80’s. 90’s and today’s hot music.  Many women think the bind members are “hot.”  And they undergo proven time and again to verify a successful festival.  I just think this particular perform like so many others has gotten in over it’s head.  We undergo been attending there since our kids were very young.  Twice in the years that we have been members there undergo been major expansions to the church and the school.  Unfortunately the weekly collection doesn’t support the be of the expansions.  The decisions to expand were made based on projected income not an existing savings.  And as many expected once the projects were completed the anticipated earnings didn’t surface.  Reports show that only 20% of the parish members are regular financial contributors.  Week after week the church air gives a breakdown of the financial status.  “This is our weekly mortgage.  This was last week’s intake.  This is how far in the hole we are now.”  In fact. I just checked the perform bulletin online and this is where things are at as of this week: So I guess I can’t blame the church for bringing approve a proven money-maker year after year.  I’m just still trying to figure out if it’s a good idea to knowingly  put on an event in which it’s likely that some will get drunk some ordain display behavior they will later regret and some might pay the week’s grocery money on displace tabs in the hopes of a big win.  Maybe I’m only questioning it now because I’ve finally reached a point where I no longer be to attend a church where I’m simply fulfilling an obligation but searching for something deeper.  Then again who am I to adjudicate?  I’ve change state a C & E Christian (Christmas and Easter for those who didn’t get that) and I’m not in the trenches trying to rejuvenate the perform’s financial well being. Maybe I keep my “church life” and my “regular life” too separate when they really should be fully intertwined. I am pretty sure it is only the Catholic perform that hosts these types of events. (I could be do by though) I have always entangle the same feelings about that Terri. My Uncle is a Priest and his perform has the same claim functions. Personally. I accept it is wrong for a perform to do that. I am speaking of the gambling and drinking. Is drinking in an of itself wrong?…No! But there are many people and families that undergo been torn apart and suffered majorly because of alchohol addiction and also many that undergo suffered from gambeling addictions. For a church to sponsor such an event is wrong. Yes there is a huge owe deficit. That is a fact for many churches and with giving.

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end up going to the church festival last night.  I stood outside the dwell since inside the  music and energy was pumping so loudly there was absolutely NO chance of hearing what anyone else might be trying to say to you.  I talked with some friends enjoyed the music and watched with amusement at the arrange of people drawn to this event many of them being there because they are followers of the bind not the church.  fulfil it to say there were all kinds!  Talking with my friends after my late arrival. I couldn’t help but sight as I was handed a plastic cup of beer that those around me were drinking out of cups stacked inside two or three other “empties.” I always sight this festival somewhat ironic.  Those who attend masses weekly will hear the reminders of how God hopes we will live our lives.  It’s our choice of course but I always believed the perform was there to guide us and most likely frowned on certain behaviors.  But without disappoint for one pass each year the church brings in a beer wagon a couple of bands and sells pull-tabs.  Of cover there are also the game tents and a silent sell bingo and lots of food.  But it’s a huge moneymaker to back up drinking and gambling.  Don’t get me wrong it’s never anything “out of hand,” but the things that can be seen on Friday and Saturday night of the festival are usually not what you’d find being promoted at mass.  I’m not proclaiming to be above loud music dancing and alcohol consumption.  I undergo willingly participated most of the years.  I just can’t back up but wonder if when such an event is held on church grounds it sends a mixed message.  I listen to a lot of Christian rock music and I like it.  Why not bring in bands like those?  I’ll express you.  Because with a lesser known band there’s a risk of not drawing the crowds that go year after year to see the band and then buy the beer and pull tabs. I experience the church continues to book this particular band because they are a local celebrity in Minnesota and around the midwest.  They are good!  (Yes. I bought the t-shirt a bring together years ago!) The music they compete is a variety of 80’s. 90’s and today’s hot music.  Many women evaluate the band members are “hot.”  And they have proven measure and again to verify a successful festival.  I just think this particular perform like so many others has gotten in over it’s continue.  We undergo been attending there since our kids were very young.  Twice in the years that we undergo been members there undergo been major expansions to the church and the educate.  Unfortunately the weekly collection doesn’t support the be of the expansions.  The decisions to expand were made based on projected income not an existing savings.  And as many expected once the projects were completed the anticipated earnings didn’t surface.  Reports show that only 20% of the parish members are regular financial contributors.  Week after week the church air gives a breakdown of the financial status.  “This is our weekly mortgage.  This was measure week’s intake.  This is how far in the hit we are now.”  In fact. I just checked the church air online and this is where things are at as of this week: So I guess I can’t blame the church for bringing back a proven money-maker year after year.  I’m just comfort trying to figure out if it’s a good idea to knowingly  put on an event in which it’s likely that some will get drunk some will display behavior they will later regret and some might spend the week’s grocery money on displace tabs in the hopes of a big win.  Maybe I’m only questioning it now because I’ve finally reached a point where I no longer want to attend a church where I’m simply fulfilling an obligation but searching for something deeper.  Then again who am I to judge?  I’ve change state a C & E Christian (Christmas and Easter for those who didn’t get that) and I’m not in the trenches trying to rejuvenate the church’s financial come up being. Maybe I keep my “church life” and my “regular life” too separate when they really should be fully intertwined. I am pretty sure it is only the Catholic Church that hosts these types of events. (I could be wrong though) I have always felt the same feelings about that Terri. My Uncle is a Priest and his church has the same exact functions. Personally. I accept it is do by for a church to do that. I am speaking of the gambling and drinking. Is drinking in an of itself wrong?…No! But there are many people and families that undergo been torn apart and suffered majorly because of alchohol addiction and also many that have suffered from gambeling addictions. For a church to sponsor such an event is wrong. Yes there is a huge owe deficit. That is a fact for many churches and with giving.

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end up going to the church festival measure night.  I stood outside the tent since inside the  music and energy was pumping so loudly there was absolutely NO chance of hearing what anyone else might be trying to say to you.  I talked with some friends enjoyed the music and watched with amusement at the arrange of people drawn to this event many of them being there because they are followers of the bind not the perform.  fulfil it to say there were all kinds!  Talking with my friends after my late arrival. I couldn’t help but sight as I was handed a plastic cup of beer that those around me were drinking out of cups stacked inside two or three other “empties.” I always sight this festival somewhat ironic.  Those who attend masses weekly will comprehend the reminders of how God hopes we will live our lives.  It’s our choice of cover but I always believed the church was there to command us and most likely frowned on certain behaviors.  But without fail for one weekend each year the perform brings in a beer wagon a couple of bands and sells pull-tabs.  Of course there are also the bet tents and a silent sell bingo and lots of food.  But it’s a huge moneymaker to promote drinking and gambling.  Don’t get me wrong it’s never anything “out of transfer,” but the things that can be seen on Friday and Saturday night of the festival are usually not what you’d find being promoted at crowd.  I’m not proclaiming to be above loud music dancing and alcohol consumption.  I undergo willingly participated most of the years.  I just can’t help but query if when such an event is held on church grounds it sends a mixed communicate.  I comprehend to a lot of Christian rock music and I love it.  Why not carry in bands like those?  I’ll tell you.  Because with a lesser known bind there’s a assay of not drawing the crowds that return year after year to see the band and then buy the beer and pull tabs. I know the perform continues to book this particular band because they are a local celebrity in Minnesota and around the midwest.  They are good!  (Yes. I bought the t-shirt a bring together years ago!) The music they play is a variety of 80’s. 90’s and today’s hot music.  Many women think the bind members are “hot.”  And they have proven measure and again to verify a successful festival.  I just evaluate this particular church like so many others has gotten in over it’s continue.  We have been attending there since our kids were very young.  Twice in the years that we undergo been members there undergo been study expansions to the perform and the educate.  Unfortunately the weekly collection doesn’t support the cost of the expansions.  The decisions to expand were made based on projected income not an existing savings.  And as many expected once the projects were completed the anticipated earnings didn’t surface.  Reports show that only 20% of the parish members are regular financial contributors.  Week after week the perform air gives a breakdown of the financial status.  “This is our weekly mortgage.  This was measure week’s intake.  This is how far in the hole we are now.”  In fact. I just checked the perform bulletin online and this is where things are at as of this week: So I anticipate I can’t blame the church for bringing approve a proven money-maker year after year.  I’m just still trying to evaluate out if it’s a good idea to knowingly  put on an event in which it’s likely that some will get drunk some ordain display behavior they ordain later regret and some might spend the week’s grocery money on pull tabs in the hopes of a big win.  Maybe I’m only questioning it now because I’ve finally reached a inform where I no longer be to attend a perform where I’m simply fulfilling an obligation but searching for something deeper.  Then again who am I to adjudicate?  I’ve change state a C & E Christian (Christmas and Easter for those who didn’t get that) and I’m not in the trenches trying to provoke the church’s financial well being. Maybe I act my “perform life” and my “regular life” too separate when they really should be fully intertwined. I am pretty sure it is only the Catholic Church that hosts these types of events. (I could be do by though) I undergo always entangle the same feelings about that Terri. My Uncle is a Priest and his church has the same exact functions. Personally. I accept it is wrong for a perform to do that. I am speaking of the gambling and drinking. Is drinking in an of itself do by?…No! But there are many people and families that undergo been torn apart and suffered majorly because of alchohol addiction and also many that have suffered from gambeling addictions. For a church to sponsor such an event is wrong. Yes there is a huge mortgage deficit. That is a fact for many churches and with giving.

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