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		<title>By: Norlou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Norlou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SEPARATION OF RAUNCH AND STATE

     (It&#039;s still legal - and always God-honoring - to air messages like the following. See Ezekiel 3:18-19. In light of government backing of raunchy behavior (such offenders were even executed in early America!), maybe the separation we really need is the &quot;separation of raunch and state&quot;!)

In Luke 17 in the New Testament, Jesus said that one of the big &quot;signs&quot; that will happen shortly before His return to earth as Judge will be a repeat of the &quot;days of Lot&quot; (see Genesis 19 for details). So gays are actually helping to fulfill this same worldwide &quot;sign&quot; (and making the Bible even more believable!) and thus hurrying up the return of the Judge! They are accomplishing what many preachers haven&#039;t accomplished! Gays couldn&#039;t have accomplished this by just coming out of closets into bedrooms. Instead, they invented new architecture - you know, closets opening on to Main Streets where little kids would be able to watch naked men having sex with each other at festivals in places like San Francisco (where their underground saint - San Andreas - may soon get a big jolt out of what&#039;s going on over his head!). Thanks, gays, for figuring out how to bring back our resurrected Saviour even quicker!
 
     If you would care to learn about the depraved human &quot;pigpen&quot; that regularly occurs in Nancy Pelosi&#039;s district in California, Google &quot;Zombietime&quot; and click on &quot;Up Your Alley Fair&quot; in the left column. And to think - horrors - that she is only two levels away from being President!</description>
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<p>     (It&#8217;s still legal &#8211; and always God-honoring &#8211; to air messages like the following. See Ezekiel 3:18-19. In light of government backing of raunchy behavior (such offenders were even executed in early America!), maybe the separation we really need is the &#8220;separation of raunch and state&#8221;!)</p>
<p>In Luke 17 in the New Testament, Jesus said that one of the big &#8220;signs&#8221; that will happen shortly before His return to earth as Judge will be a repeat of the &#8220;days of Lot&#8221; (see Genesis 19 for details). So gays are actually helping to fulfill this same worldwide &#8220;sign&#8221; (and making the Bible even more believable!) and thus hurrying up the return of the Judge! They are accomplishing what many preachers haven&#8217;t accomplished! Gays couldn&#8217;t have accomplished this by just coming out of closets into bedrooms. Instead, they invented new architecture &#8211; you know, closets opening on to Main Streets where little kids would be able to watch naked men having sex with each other at festivals in places like San Francisco (where their underground saint &#8211; San Andreas &#8211; may soon get a big jolt out of what&#8217;s going on over his head!). Thanks, gays, for figuring out how to bring back our resurrected Saviour even quicker!</p>
<p>     If you would care to learn about the depraved human &#8220;pigpen&#8221; that regularly occurs in Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s district in California, Google &#8220;Zombietime&#8221; and click on &#8220;Up Your Alley Fair&#8221; in the left column. And to think &#8211; horrors &#8211; that she is only two levels away from being President!
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		<title>By: Victoria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TRS

You are right about the sign of the fish, but most churches today use the Cross.</description>
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<p>You are right about the sign of the fish, but most churches today use the Cross.
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		<title>By: TRS</title>
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		<dc:creator>TRS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, the interesting thing is that the early church did not use the cross as a symbol of Christianity.  They used the Ichthys (Fish).  

There was even a huge debate later about whether the cross symbol was appropriate at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the interesting thing is that the early church did not use the cross as a symbol of Christianity.  They used the Ichthys (Fish).  </p>
<p>There was even a huge debate later about whether the cross symbol was appropriate at all.
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		<title>By: Victoria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rostin, 

If it bothers you to answer as to your beliefs about Jesus Christ that&#039;s fine, but saying - - &quot;You aren’t just interested in knowing, but in using what I say (or don’t say) to make insinuations about me as a person.&quot; - - is nothing more than an excuse.  You are the one making &quot;insinuations&quot; I had/have no idea what you stand for or believe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rostin, </p>
<p>If it bothers you to answer as to your beliefs about Jesus Christ that&#8217;s fine, but saying &#8211; - &#8220;You aren’t just interested in knowing, but in using what I say (or don’t say) to make insinuations about me as a person.&#8221; &#8211; - is nothing more than an excuse.  You are the one making &#8220;insinuations&#8221; I had/have no idea what you stand for or believe.
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		<title>By: Victoria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Cross of Christ represents where Christ died for our sins. I would be ashamed of any church who would cover it up. 

And said unto them, It is written, &lt;b&gt;My house shall be called the house of prayer;&lt;/b&gt; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 
Matthew 21:13 

When Jesus Christ made that statement it was in relation to the money changers, but HIS house is a house of prayer, it&#039;s not the place to cover up what it represents.  One must also remember that if you cannot pray to the GOD of the Bible in Jesus name in HIS house,  it would be in opposition to what the church stood for -</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Cross of Christ represents where Christ died for our sins. I would be ashamed of any church who would cover it up. </p>
<p>And said unto them, It is written, <b>My house shall be called the house of prayer;</b> but ye have made it a den of thieves.<br />
Matthew 21:13 </p>
<p>When Jesus Christ made that statement it was in relation to the money changers, but HIS house is a house of prayer, it&#8217;s not the place to cover up what it represents.  One must also remember that if you cannot pray to the GOD of the Bible in Jesus name in HIS house,  it would be in opposition to what the church stood for -
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		<title>By: SteveG</title>
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		<dc:creator>SteveG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;You leftys have tolerance for anything but the cross. Deal with it. It’s not going away. &lt;/i&gt;

Regardless of your typically inane diagnosis of &quot;leftys,&quot; the objection to the cross is only because it&#039;s a church. If they were holding it in a mosque or synagogue or Buddhist temple, it would be good to cover those religious symbols too. 

Why? Because the graduation is a secular ceremony involving students of various religious beliefs. You rightys have a firm belief in religious freedom -- right up to the point where non-Christians exercise it. (See, I can be inane too.)

I agree with those saying it should be held outdoors at the football stadium or somewhere, if the school doesn&#039;t have any indoor facilities large enough.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You leftys have tolerance for anything but the cross. Deal with it. It’s not going away. </i></p>
<p>Regardless of your typically inane diagnosis of &#8220;leftys,&#8221; the objection to the cross is only because it&#8217;s a church. If they were holding it in a mosque or synagogue or Buddhist temple, it would be good to cover those religious symbols too. </p>
<p>Why? Because the graduation is a secular ceremony involving students of various religious beliefs. You rightys have a firm belief in religious freedom &#8212; right up to the point where non-Christians exercise it. (See, I can be inane too.)</p>
<p>I agree with those saying it should be held outdoors at the football stadium or somewhere, if the school doesn&#8217;t have any indoor facilities large enough.
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		<title>By: Frank in Spokane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frank in Spokane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Victoria (52):&lt;/b&gt; As a Born Again Christian I am ALWAYS willing to answer what I believe ...

&lt;b&gt;Frank:&lt;/b&gt; ... except for &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.worldmag.com/2009/05/01/i-am-pro-choice/#comments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;when you&#039;re NOT!&lt;/a&gt;

(When I read that claim, I shot a Fruit Loop through my nose!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Victoria (52):</b> As a Born Again Christian I am ALWAYS willing to answer what I believe &#8230;</p>
<p><b>Frank:</b> &#8230; except for <a href="http://online.worldmag.com/2009/05/01/i-am-pro-choice/#comments" rel="nofollow">when you&#8217;re NOT!</a></p>
<p>(When I read that claim, I shot a Fruit Loop through my nose!)
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		<title>By: NJLawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>NJLawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And it is always possible that the people who are non-Christians can have a little respect for the church which is allowing them to use their property. Why should a church remove its cross? You leftys have tolerance for anything but the cross.  Deal with it. It&#039;s not going away. 

And the town has the option of not renting the church. No one is forcing them to rent the church building, but the building is what it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And it is always possible that the people who are non-Christians can have a little respect for the church which is allowing them to use their property. Why should a church remove its cross? You leftys have tolerance for anything but the cross.  Deal with it. It&#8217;s not going away. </p>
<p>And the town has the option of not renting the church. No one is forcing them to rent the church building, but the building is what it is.
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		<title>By: Rostin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rostin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Victoria,

&lt;i&gt;And you also aren’t comfortable giving your denomination, church affiliation, or more importantly if you are a Born Again Christian?

Interesting……….. &lt;/i&gt;

And now I see that I was completely right not to answer.  You aren&#039;t just interested in knowing, but in using what I say (or don&#039;t say) to make insinuations about me as a person.  Classy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Victoria,</p>
<p><i>And you also aren’t comfortable giving your denomination, church affiliation, or more importantly if you are a Born Again Christian?</p>
<p>Interesting……….. </i></p>
<p>And now I see that I was completely right not to answer.  You aren&#8217;t just interested in knowing, but in using what I say (or don&#8217;t say) to make insinuations about me as a person.  Classy.
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		<title>By: Random Name</title>
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		<dc:creator>Random Name</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;I did more for the cause of Christianity that day by showing respect for them, then had I boldly demanded the FISH be shown to the whole world. &lt;/I&gt;

What do they call that?

A good start.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I did more for the cause of Christianity that day by showing respect for them, then had I boldly demanded the FISH be shown to the whole world. </i></p>
<p>What do they call that?</p>
<p>A good start.
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