People who are not taking Covid-19 seriously help the spread. Like this Church. 😢

[Gardenlover]

Gardenlover, I don't know if your huffy response was meant for me, but I'll answer as if it was anyway.

Your first sentence is scrambled logic. "Believe me, it's not just a church thing. Many responsible churches are no longer meeting." That would only make sense as an answer to the insane cult in my article if I said, "Well, ALL the churches are in denial about this pandemic." Who has said, or even implied, anything like that? Please don't put words in my mouth.

Sounds to me as if you are being somewhat defensive about anyone criticizing anything ANY church does, even the nutty (and dangerous) ones! No one is lumping them all together in the same basket, except possibly you.

The same goes for your question, "Do you blast all college kids, gamblers, etc.?" According to the logic I see in your post, it is unacceptible to criticize anything anyone, or any group, does, because then it looks like you are criticizing a lot of other people who have not done that thing! Good lord, this is political correctness run amok!

So, let's not criticize the Nazi party in WW2 because there were plenty of good Germans. Let's not criticize the 9/11 terrorists because there are plenty of good, peaceful Muslims. And so on. Here's a news flash: If people are behaving wrongly, or exhibiting gross stupidity, they deserve to be criticized for it. No one needs to be apologetic about saying, "This is insane!"

And if you go back to my original note on this, I was providing a link to an article in the Washington Post, one of our top newspapers, not a rag that is out to slander anyone or any religion. Maybe it's time to chill a little?

Huffy - Me? It had nothing to do with your post, in fact I had to go back and read what you said. Perhaps you're defensive, maybe not. Mine was a general statement on the whole thread. You've read WAY too much into my words. Comparing my thoughts to Nazis or terrorists is simply wrong. I agree it is time to chill a little.

 

[oldman]

No services at our church again this week. Some churches here in PA are streaming their services online, but I doubt if our church will do that. I don't think we have the technology needed to be able to stream. I guess the Pastor could Facetime or maybe do Skype, but we have several elderly in our church who I doubt could even turn on a computer let alone Skype.

 

[Gaer]

It is my opinion,( I have to say that because of the high tension right now) that true communion with God is not done when waking to action, or while people are watching you. It's done in quietness, aloneness and humbleness. One should be in a state of respect and reverence. I believe one single prayer can slow time, change the predetermined destiny of mankind and change the entire world. If you understood the power and depth of sincere, focused thought, men would be developing the strength of thought and the quality of thought. They would be using this to communicate in private with their God to enact wonders on the Earth. and . . FEEL! Feelings are the true words of God.
If the thought force is illusive and undefined, WRITE to God. This will be read and understood. But,ask your desire not for yourself but for the WORLD!
Please forgive my sermon. I've written a few books about this. It's in me. Can't stop it.
People arn't admitting it but they are afraid. This makes people react in strange ways. We all just have to try to understand and be kind.

 

[oldman]

It is my opinion,( I have to say that because of the high tension right now) that true communion with God is not done when waking to action, or while people are watching you. It's done in quietness, aloneness and humbleness. One should be in a state of respect and reverence. I believe one single prayer can slow time, change the predetermined destiny of mankind and change the entire world. If you understood the power and depth of sincere, focused thought, men would be developing the strength of thought and the quality of thought. They would be using this to communicate in private with their God to enact wonders on the Earth. and . . FEEL! Feelings are the true words of God.
If the thought force is illusive and undefined, WRITE to God. This will be read and understood. But,ask your desire not for yourself but for the WORLD!
Please forgive my sermon. I've written a few books about this. It's in me. Can't stop it.
People arn't admitting it but they are afraid. This makes people react in strange ways. We all just have to try to understand and be kind.

I don’t quite understand everything that you have stated. However, I do believe in prayer, whether it’s alone or with the communion of others. I do pray by myself, most everyday.

I was reading a few of the posts on this forum just this morning. Some of the posters stated that they don’t pray very often, some wrote that they only decided to pray due to the virus killing so many people around the world and other reasons, but to me, it sounded almost like they were ashamed to admit that they pray or were embarrassed by praying.

I say to each his/her own, but just pray. There us power in prayers.

 

[AnnieA]

Have seen this circulating on facebook. Apparently not penned by that pastor...

 

[AnnieA]

and . . FEEL! Feelings are the true words of God.

I dunno ...it's my (alliterative ) observation that a lot of feelings are fickle and fleeting.