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And I assure you, they have connections to some wealthy and powerful people who care about them. The vast majority of the congregation will never see that degree of help. And this is why I believe that a part of the church's role is to teach the entire nation, our entire society, that we are our brother's keeper... and implement social justice and compassion as a people.
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The above is confused, because the Church isn't the government. Your whole brouhaha is about a government putting us on the dole.
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How much was your medical bill?
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Didn't go to the hospital. The knee was cut clear down to the bone. You could see the meniscus. I didn't go to the hospital.
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Did you have insurance that covered your medical expenses?
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I have car insurance.
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It's nice that you were called and emailed. If you weren't insured, did they help pay your medical bill?
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They prayed for me. I didn't need a penny.
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I have many secular friends.
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Is it because they respect you or you behave secular when you are around them?
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Most of my church family from the churches I've attended keep in touch, but my closest friends are in our house church.
When my mother died, she didn't have life insurance either. To pay for the funeral I emptied my savings and still there was almost $2,000 dollars left to pay. My grandmother emptied her bank account and my uncle paid for the remainder. It wiped us out financially. My church? They didn't offer anything but two hours for a funeral service in the sanctuary.
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OK, not everyone is like that.
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That was it.
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So, this is it? You're whole world view is made up of points of events which happen during your lifetime? Nothing outside of that exists, and you cherry pick other things which you feel fit your life story. So, when a dummy like me comes along, and has an awesome experience in his life with Christ. It is discounted because the Liberal party line is that Christianity is a lie. They don't really help people, they give huge amounts of money to fictitious missionaries in Ethiopia, yet their books are open enough for a bread eater to find the secret? Repeat after me, prayer room, long time stay, preferably face in the carpet, many tears to shed. Come back in a year tell us how it worked out for you.
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My family was so disgusted with the church, it was embarrassing.
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Yep, this is line that the whole forum was waiting for. First Church of the Dirtbag. Hooray! I bet they were Ultra Conservative Apostolic Pentecostals.
Listen, your Harley kickstarter kicks back and you get hurt? Doesn't mean the motorcycle is bad, it means the timing needs to be adjusted. these stories have been paraded in front of us since FCF, NFCF, naturally all the way to present. I mean Facebook, must be a total cesspool of this stuff. Yet, we don't know the whole story, we just get the bloody knife in the back, and find a Teletubby standing their puzzled with bloody mittens. Good grief, as long as there are bad experiences they will be one sided horror stories.