[OFB Cafe] Goin' to church (WAS: Time Magazine and NY Times on Sarah Palin)

[Timothy Butler]

> That's EXACTLY why I don't go to church. There are simply too many
> people there that claim to be "God-fearing" but don't practice in
> their day-to-day lives.

	That's because the church is filled with humans. Admittedly, too many  
people speak as if those in the church are morally superior. We're  
not. We are just more humans -- Christianity, after all, says that we  
are sinful and need to be forgiven. Honest Christians will admit they  
are on a journey -- working earnestly towards being less sinful, but  
often failing.

> It seems anyone can do anything and "pray for forgiveness" and it's
> all okay. Or, they can pray for anything to happen -- good or bad-
> to/for themselves or others.

	Well, it is like any other group. There are always rotten apples.

>
> It's all a bunch of crap.
>
> I treat people how I'd like them to treat me; with kindness and
> respect. I don't need a church around me to make that happen.

	That's not the purpose of the church.

	-Tim

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