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Related: About this forumHere ya go. What more do you need, truly?
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Got to get the butts in the seats, or we will have to get real jobs!
What a waste of decent carbon these motherfuckers are;
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/03/church-as-a-non-essential-service
Unless religious leaders reopen the churches, they will appear to value earthly above eternal life. Like grocery stores, churches can be kept open in a manner consistent with public health. Drive-up confessions, in which the priest is kept at a safe distance from the penitent, are already occurring. Masses can be conducted in a way that keeps congregants six feet apartmore social distancing than one sees in the supermarket, or on the subway or sidewalk. Just as priests serving under St. Charles Borromeo once held their fingers in flame after giving the eucharist to the sick, priests today can use hand sanitizer before and after administering the sacrament.
First saw this on Mona's Twitter;
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Here ya go. What more do you need, truly? (Original Post)
A HERETIC I AM
Mar 2020
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My neighbor tells me his church group is going to visit nursing homes Sunday to "reassure them".
Midnight Writer
Mar 2020
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Ferrets are Cool
(22,077 posts)1. In other words, the Pearly Gates are reserved for those who
sit in the pews. Especially, if they are expensive ones.
Midnight Writer
(23,332 posts)2. My neighbor tells me his church group is going to visit nursing homes Sunday to "reassure them".
They have done a lot of this in the past, taking gifts, playing music, putting on plays, reading sessions, and I thought it was commendable.
But I couldn't make him see that at this time, they needed to stay away from helpless people that could be infected.
He did say that it was not his decision, his pastor was leading them.
I pray to God that the nursing homes keep them out.
Voltaire2
(15,068 posts)3. Many of these facilities have banned visitors.
Because science and reason.