Religious Disaffiliation in the US

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Septic said:
Sin-Brains.jpg


Get a brain morans!
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i could go for her......brains.:cool2:
 
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volinbham said:
probably the safest way to go - you'd have plausible deniability about what the picture was of.
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Says you... you clearly haven't seen my MSP masterpieces.

I did a slightly asymmetrical snowflake the other day that would have made Rembrandt blush.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Your snowflake joke had me wondering if there was truth to it. Check out my brother-in-law's art:

Mike Fink Gallery

he's fixing to upgrade his website, but you get the point.
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Good stuff. I help put together a small gallery for a few friends who are really good a few months back. You'd be surprised... there aren't a lot of Mandala galleries in Austin.
 
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#183
My MS paint Mohammed looks suspiciously like my MS paint Jesus... and my MS paint Abraham now that I think about it. Luckily, my Buddha has those earlobes.
 
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Mtntrout said:
My MS paint Mohammed looks suspiciously like my MS paint Jesus... and my MS paint Abraham now that I think about it. Luckily, my Buddha has those earlobes.
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My Mohammed looks a lot like my Bin Laden.

Any tips?
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Most Christian denominations were formed under the idea that God's love was a gift that didn't need to be paid for or earned by good deeds. Baptists often times defend that ideal while simultaneously espousing the importance of doing good deeds to gain salvation. That's an issue I have with a lot of churches. They seem very willing to waive their theological beliefs as long as it is convenient and economical.
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Thats interesting and something I have never heard in attending a Baptist church for 35 years. If anything I have heard many sermons and lessons on exactly the opposite. Maybe we are getting it right.
 
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BeecherVol said:
Thats interesting and something I have never heard in attending a Baptist church for 35 years. If anything I have heard many sermons and lessons on exactly the opposite. Maybe we are getting it right.
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Agreed. I've never heard a Baptist sermon espousing good deeds as a means toward salvation.
 
#188
#188
I am a proud member of Long Hollow Baptist.


We are a mega church where people come in wearing baseball hats sometimes and no one has a problem with it. Our last preacher (David Landrith who passed away in 2014) was a very humble man and wore jeans and a plaid shirt most times while preaching.

I believe our budget is somewhere around 12 million per year but they show exactly where the funds are going at all times so we can see the work that is being done with our tithes. Our church supports an orphanage in Haiti and multi other works.

I also believe the 10% tithing should not be the problem as long as it is cleat where the money is going at all times.
 
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#189
Not surprised by this decline as churches are getting worse and worse at teaching Christianity to others it seems.
 
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n_huffhines said:
One of my biggest problems with my church is that they teach a 10% tithe and that if you pay it before you take care of you and yours, the Lord will bless you. I believed this. I was below the poverty line paying tithing. I can't believe they tell this nonsense to the truly impoverished, with kids...it's flat out immoral.
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the whole 10% tithing has been taught for years, yet it's been taken out of context. the 10% was commanded towards Israel. it was part of the old testament covenant with Israel and does not apply today.
 
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So I start going again and now everyone stops? It's enough to give a guy a complex
 
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NEOCON said:
I am a proud member of Long Hollow Baptist.


We are a mega church where people come in wearing baseball hats sometimes and no one has a problem with it. Our last preacher (David Landrith who passed away in 2014) was a very humble man and wore jeans and a plaid shirt most times while preaching.

I believe our budget is somewhere around 12 million per year but they show exactly where the funds are going at all times so we can see the work that is being done with our tithes. Our church supports an orphanage in Haiti and multi other works.

I also believe the 10% tithing should not be the problem as long as it is cleat where the money is going at all times.
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I'm a member of a similar type of Church. They are very transparent with the financials and the local misisons and international missions that our Church supports and primarily funds are really doing good in our community.
 
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NEOCON said:
I am a proud member of Long Hollow Baptist.


We are a mega church where people come in wearing baseball hats sometimes and no one has a problem with it. Our last preacher (David Landrith who passed away in 2014) was a very humble man and wore jeans and a plaid shirt most times while preaching.

I believe our budget is somewhere around 12 million per year but they show exactly where the funds are going at all times so we can see the work that is being done with our tithes. Our church supports an orphanage in Haiti and multi other works.

I also believe the 10% tithing should not be the problem as long as it is cleat where the money is going at all times.
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I tried Long Hollow and all it took was 1 visit for me to decide this is not the place for me. To each their own but that is not the place for me.

I'm all for casual services but allowing men to wear hats crosses the line for me.
 
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GAVol said:
Agreed. I've never heard a Baptist sermon espousing good deeds as a means toward salvation.
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I attended a Baptist church with my parents for many many years and I have never heard this either.
 
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joevol320 said:
the whole 10% tithing has been taught for years, yet it's been taken out of context. the 10% was commanded towards Israel. it was part of the old testament covenant with Israel and does not apply today.
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I had never heard this before. Been a long time since I read it, but wasn't tithing featured in the Book of Acts, including a couple who got struck down for faking a full tithe?
 
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GAVol said:
Agreed. I've never heard a Baptist sermon espousing good deeds as a means toward salvation.
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I've never understood this. First of all, accepting Christ and professing your faith is a deed. Second, "faith without works is dead". I know people explain this by saying, "yeah if you have faith then the works will be there" and to that I say, "so then you do need works?"
 
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Mtntrout said:
I had never heard this before. Been a long time since I read it, but wasn't tithing featured in the Book of Acts, including a couple who got struck down for faking a full tithe?
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Ananias ans Sapphira. They lied about giving ALL of their proceeds and held some back. Not a story about tithing.
 
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Mtntrout said:
I had never heard this before. Been a long time since I read it, but wasn't tithing featured in the Book of Acts, including a couple who got struck down for faking a full tithe?
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The Book of Acts serves as a transition from the Old Covenant (Law) to the New Covenant of grace and faith. Tithing was law in the OC, but in the NC an individual offers a tithe out of faith. At least thats how I understand it.
 
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