Re: A juicy lawsuit in Kentucky's Future?

On 12/25/10 12:26 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:42:04 -0500, Harryk<payer3389@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Because tax breaks for churches support religion. That is the answer you
have to get.

However they support all religions equally. The founding fathers of
this great country were religious men for the most part and thought
that support and respect for religion was a good thing as long as no
one religion was favored over another. That's a fairly easy concept
to grasp isn't it?

Not to worry - the holidays will be over soon and you can take off
that uncomfortable Scrooge costume you've been wearing, the one that
seems to get your undergarments all in a knot.

Meanwhile, tis the season to be jolly...


A good number of the founding fathers of this country were deists who had no use for organized religion and very little respect for it. While they may have believed in a creator, they didn't believe in the supernatural or in the "holiness" of holy books.

Ever read the Sermon on the Mount? Ever get deep enough into it to read this:

"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

Kind of flies in the face of organized religion's ungodly number of churches in this country, eh? I mean, if one is supposed to pray in private, why so many churches?

The only christian in this newsgroup is Tim. He's the only one here, so far as I can tell, who has taken to heart the teachings of his savior. Whatever I may think of his *organized* religion, I have great respect for the personal deeds he undertakes on behalf of others. Many of the others who proclaim their christianity are CINO's whose statements here put them in the category of totally self-centered, selfish, "I've got mine, screw you" types, and they're certainly not what their savior had in mind. I do find it fascinating that those who most loudly proclaim their christianity are the far-righties who by their statements here obviously don't give a damn about their fellow man and his/her sufferings.

Oh, and it isn't a matter of "Scrooge," Wayne. I don't have the slightest issue with the private celebration of the birth of the guy many believe is their savior.

Have a happy and safe holiday, Wayne.

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