Comments on: Is Christianity a “credence good”?

By: Mark R

Mark R — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:51:48 +0000

ahhhh …. I like McChurch better though when it’s supersized.

Eat in or take away? We got it all.

By: Deacon

Deacon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:24:41 +0000

Deacon: Thanks for your insight Francis and I see it’s pretty much the same down under as it is here……

Usher: And Daniel is right, if he stopped preaching, the humans would throw them out on their butts and declare heresy!!!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:20:13 +0000

I was thinking about this whole thing a little while ago, while perusing the government pages that describe the requirements for qualifying for as a 501(c)3, or non-profit org. It seemed curious to me that one of the stipulations is that the entity cannot be involved in selling goods, or servies, and I thought, “How odd… Isn’t it patently obvious that services are being rendered? If not, then what are the professional pastors being paid for? If they decided not to show up and preach anymore sermons, would they still have a job? Doesn’t that show that they are expected to do a certain number of things for the people dropping their money in the plate?” Anyways, it seemed pretty bizarre to me….

By: francisdrakeprivateer

francisdrakeprivateer — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:35:02 +0000

From across the pond!

This Father with his young son sat in the usual Sunday service in an Anglican church.
The nine year old was bored and fidgety. The Father was also bored and doing his best not to fidget.
“Daddy, what are all those names on the wall up there?”
“SSSHHH! Can’t you see, the vicar is speaking.”
A long silence, then.
“Daddy Daddy, what are all those names doing on the wall up there?”
Frustrated, Daddy responds in a whisper, “its a list of all those who died in the services!”
Contemplation from the boy for a while, “would that be in the morning or the evening services Daddy”?

The church has done exactly what Israel did in demanding, “give us a king like the nations around us”.

God plainly said that this was a rejection of God, that He should no longer rule over them.

Apparently christians would rather have a man than God to tell them what to do. That way they don’t have to live by the spirit. They live by their Pastor, he is a much easier option. Not only that, if they don’t like the pastor they can go along the street and find one they like better.

Listening to God is tiring, you have to quieten down and humble your own opinion. The pastor on the other hand hasn’t got a clue whether you agree with him. He’s not omniscient like God.

By: Alan Paul

Alan Paul — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:55:24 +0000

I believe the church has arrived at the point at which it is not because of the leaders (though they bear responsibility for whatever sins they have committed), but because of the peoples’ ignorance and apathy. The same is true of our gov’ment and the massive amounts of money begin blown. Of course, this has been true of humanity from the beginning…